TV and Film:Going Postal: Difference between revisions

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Going Postal
DVD Cover
ASIN	{{{asin}}}
IMDB	1219817
First Broadcast	2010
Broadcast Channel	Sky One
Director(s)	{{{director}}}
Producer(s)	Jon Jones, Sue de Beauvoir
Writer(s)	{{{writer}}}
Starring	Richard Coyle, Claire Foy, Charles Dance
Duration	185 minutes
Episodes	2
Series	Ankh-Morpork Series
Annotations	Annotations for TV and Film:Going Postal
Notes
Preceded by	The Colour of Magic
Followed by	Troll Bridge
All data relates to the UK home release.

Going Postal is the third and final live action adaptation created by Sky One based that was off of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.

Based off the book of the same name; Moist von Lipwig is a cheat, a liar and a conman and now he has a choice, reform and restore the broken Post Office of Ankh-Morpork or face the noose. Problems abound however as he must face his Golem 'bodyguard,' corrupt businessmen, and flying assassins.

The series was broadcast as two untitled episodes, each at one hour and thirty minutes long.

Moist's challenge by the old postmen with the dogs is absent.
The old postmen only appear after the Post Office is reopened.
Anghammarad is absent.
Crispin Horsefry is killed by Reacher Gilt.
Gryle is killed by the buring letters in the Post Office rather than by flying into the sorting machine.

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 *Timothy West: [[Mustrum Ridcully]]
 *David Suchet: [[Reacher Gilt]]
+==Differences between the book and series==
+*Moist's challenge by the old postmen with the [[Lipwigzer|dogs]] is absent.
+*The old postmen only appear after the [[Post Office]] is reopened.
+*[[Anghammarad]] is absent.
+*[[Crispin Horsefry]] is killed by [[Reacher Gilt]].
+*[[Gryle]] is killed by the buring letters in the Post Office rather than by flying into the sorting machine.
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