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At the BAFTA Television awards three days ago, the Hogfather team was honored with a second prestigious award. Beating out Dispatches – War Torn: Stories of Separation, Meltdown and the Big Climate Change Experiment, and The Secret Policeman’s Ball, the Terry Pratchett adaptation won the Best Interactivity BAFTA award. Aidan Conway, Giles Pooley, Rod Brown, and Ian Sharples were recognized especially. Congrats to them and the entire Hogfather team!

The BAFTA craft awards coverage continues ... and while most articles barely give Hogfather a passing mention, VFXWorld.com tells us exactly what garnered the miniseries its Visual Effects award.  To quote the article:

Much of MPC's work on the project involved creating the fantasy characters described in the book -- the sock eater, death of rats, five different types of hog and 'discworld' -- a planet riding on the back of four elephants and a giant turtle. Each of the different characters required different skin textures ... The team performed set extensions of collapsing buildings ... and created fully CG environments -- one shot, with a full length of three minutes, is completely CGI ...

In accepting the award, Oliver Money expressed his pride in “the whole MPC team who worked tirelessly to create the effects seen in HOGFATHER.”

Last night was a good night for Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather last night at BAFTA’s Craft and Television Awards ceremony in London.  Gavin Finney of the Hogfather team lost to David Katznelson in the Photography and Lighting Fiction/Entertainment category, but Hogfather did not go unrepresented.  Simon Thomas and Oliver Money Hogfather, special effects team) won a prestigious BAFTA Television Craft award for the innovative digital effects used in the feature.  In addition, David Jason (Albert in Hogfather), as Fellow of the Academy, presented a Special Award to veteran producer Sydney Lotterby.  Congratulations to the entire Hogfather team!

Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather has been nominated for a TV BAFTA this year in the category of "Best Interactivity," according to showbiz.sky.com.  Ananova also reports that Hogfather is competing against War Torn: Stories of Separation, Meltdown And The Big Climate Change Experiment, and The Secret Policeman’s Ball.  The British Academy Television Awards will be held in on Sunday, May 20. Congratulations to the Hogfather team!