"HO HO HO." PJ and Andy meet to celebrate Hogswatch with gerbils, eggnog, and a fine festive Pratchett, with more mergings of sociology and fantasy. Albert and Death have frank discussions about childhood and income inequality amongst celebrations on fiction and belief, as f-frightening Teatime stalks the disc. An extra special episode and a happy Hogswatch to you all. Have you enjoyed Hogfather or Jingo for the first time? Send us a 4 minute clip talking about your experience and we'll publish it next episode. I've Never Read Discworld is available on Bluesky, Facebook and YouTube @discworldgnu And be sure to check out check out some more of our wares: PJ Hart's 'Country Rogues' (BBC iPlayer) feat. James Martin https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022d39 PJ Hart's 'The Divil's Own' (BBC Sounds/Illumination podcast) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yhg4 Andy's Coastlines After Dark https://books2read.com/coastlinesafterdark And youtube channel @andrewluke

"In weather like this right-thinking people were indoors, in front of the fire, telling stories about heroes."

Aged barbarian Cohen plans to kill a troll in single combat. Instead they find themselves reminiscing about how the Discworld used to be. Andy and PJ harvest PTerry's short story for themes and subtext before casting an eye over Snowgum Films' marvellous 2019 adaptation. There's also a contribution from Arsalan Haider Ali, who has never read Discworld.

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"If there ain't no water in the sea, it ain't the sea," said Nanny Ogg. "It's just a damn great hole in the ground.

The Witches Trials have come to Lancre and Granny Weatherwax is too well equipped for some. How will she take this news? HOW WILL SHE TAKE IT? PJ and Andy depart from continuity in a podcast without script or structure on this Discworld short from 'A Blink of the Screen'. Which one has their own Weatherwax-level boffo headology? Tune in to find out.

And check out their brand new big things:

Andy's Marenghi-style comedy horror book, Coastlines: After Dark https://book2read.com/coastlinesafterdark

PJ's BBC comedy short with James Martin. Country Rogues, https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0022d39/comedy-shorts-series-1-2-country-rogues