Going Postal (TV series)

Going Postal (or Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal^[1]) is a two-part 2010 television film adapting Going Postal. It was the last of three Discworld adaptations produced by The Mob and broadcast on Sky One in the UK.

Taglines

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Creative Team

Crew

Screenplay by Bev Doyle and Richard Kurti
Mucked about by Terry Pratchett
Directed by Jon Jones
Produced by Sue de Beauvoir
Executive Producers Rod Brown, Sarah Conroy, Vadim Jean and Ian Sharples

Cast

Richard Coyle as Moist von Lipwig
Charles Dance as Lord Vetinari
David Suchet as Reacher Gilt
Claire Foy as Adora Belle Dearheart
Andrew Sachs as Groat
Timothy West as Ridcully
Steve Pemberton as Drumknott
Madhav Sharma as Crispin Horsefry
Ian Bonar as Stanley Howler
Nicholas Farrell (voice) and Marnix Van Den Broeke (body) as Mr. Pump
Adrian Schiller as Mr. Gryle

Supporting Cast

Paul Barber as Dave Pins
John Henshaw as Mr. Pony
Don Warrington as Priest
Tamsin Greig as Miss Cripslock
Jimmy Yuill as Mr. Spools
Daniel Cerqueira as Trooper
Ingrid Bolsø Berdal as Sergeant Angua
Ben Crompton as Mad Al
Asif Khan as Sane Alex
Paula Lane as Princess
Alex Price as Roger
Gabrielle Hamilton as Old Lady
Terry Pratchett as Postman
Tamás Mohai as John Dearheart
Anna Györgyi as Sapphire
Béla Székely as Undertaker
Anna Erdos as Shop Girl
Matt Devere as Parker
Angéla Eke as Receptionist
Mike Kelly as Hobson
István Göz as Cashier
Szabolcs Thuróczy as Maitre d'
Richard Usher as Aggy
Gäbor Atlasz as Farmer
Tamás Sághy as Bank Clerk
Christopher Boote as Ankh-Morpork Citizen
Oszkár Ács as Otto Chriek (uncredited)

Episodes

Going Postal consists of two parts. Note that the synopses below will contain spoilers.

#	Broadcast Date^[2]	Episode Title	Synopsis
1	2010-05-29	Part 1	Conman Moist von Lipwig is caught by Lord Vetinari and given one chance to avoid the hangman’s noose: revitalise the Ankh-Morpork Post Office, which has languished since the rise of the Clacks semaphore message service. The last two employees, Stanley and Mr Groat, explain that the Office is cursed, with the previously appointed Post Masters dying mysteriously. Moist is watched by the golem bodyguard Mr Pump, and in his attempt to escape he visits the Golem Trust where he becomes smitten with Adora Belle Dearheart. Moist starts delivering letters, restoring the Post Office building and invents the postage stamp, improving the Post Office's image with the public. His progress is opposed by Reacher Gilt, the ruthless capitalist who has monopolised the Clacks and destroyed its previous owner, Adora Belle’s father, and (she suspects) killed her brother. Moist realises one of his own scams caused Dearneart to lose the Clacks to Gilt, but as he is admitting this to her over dinner, Gilt’s assassin, Mr Gryle, sets the Post Office on fire...
2	2010-05-31	Part 2	Moist runs into the building, where Gryle corners him and reveals he works for Gilt and killed Adora Belle’s brother. Moist appeals to the unsent letters, which have been speaking to him, and they kill Gryle. He escapes, but the Office is destroyed. He fakes an appeal to the gods as a way to cover retrieving the proceeds of an old scam, which he uses to rebuild the Office. With the help of returning old postmen and hired Golem Trust golems, and continuing problems with the Clacks, the Post Office enters into an escalating battle between the two services that culminates in a race proposed by Moist: the Post Office and the Clacks will compete to take a message to Überwald. Moist rides with the message himself on horseback, but abandons the race and returns. He is caught and about to be hanged for once more trying to escape, but buys enough time for word to reach Ankh-Morpork that the Clacks message has reached Überwald - but it’s not the one from the contest. With help from a group of Clacks “hackers” and Adora Belle, Moist substituted evidence of Gilt’s nefarious business dealings and murder. Gilt goes on the run, the Clacks is temporarily shut down, the Post Office is a success once more and Moist and Adora Belle get engaged.

Podcast episodes

Major appearances

These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this film.

Date	Show	Episode	External link
2023-01-08	British Invaders	“Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal (Part 1)” (1/2)	britishinvaders.com
2023-01-22	British Invaders	“Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal (Part 2)” (2/2)	britishinvaders.com

Other appearances

Episodes where the film is discussed, but not as the main topic.

Date	Show	Episode	External link
2023-12-24	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	Hogswatch 2023: “Gay Abandon”	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com

External links

Going Postal (TV Movie 2010) at the Internet Movie Database
Going Postal at the L-Space wiki

Footnotes

↑ The “Terry Ratchet’s” prefix seems to have been de-emphasised for this third adaptation, but does still appear on DVD covers etc.
↑ This is the original broadcast date on Sky One.

[1] The “Terry Ratchet’s” prefix seems to have been de-emphasised for this third adaptation, but does still appear on DVD covers etc.

[2] This is the original broadcast date on Sky One.

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