Sky One to make three new HD dramas
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Sky One will be producing three high definition drama series following a hefty investment of an eight-figure sum into its production wing. Following on from the Terry Pratchett adaptation of The Colour of Magic, the channel is set to spend more than £10m throughout 2008-9 on three new productions, all of which will be book adaptations, filmed in HD, one of which will again be based on a Pratchett novel.
Seemingly following in the bootsteps of the critically acclaimed Ross Kemp in Afghanistan, the first of the three is set to be a remake of Strike Back by ex-SAS man Chris Ryan, about a British military hero and a fallen war veteran now living rough in
David Almond’s Skellig tells the story of Michael, a young boy who discovers a strange wasted creature called Skellig living in his garage, which comes to the aid of Michael’s sister when she becomes seriously ill, and will be made into a two-hour one off broadcast is by Feel Films.
The third production will be the previously mentioned Pratchett adaptation Going Postal, which sees con artist Moist von Lipwig running a postal service up against the newfangled ‘clacks’ system, which is sort of like the Discworld’s version of the interweb. Unfortunately, as the narrative of Going Postal doesn’t feature Rincewind, there will be no David Jason; no actors have been announced yet.
