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Neverwhere (radio play)

2013 radio play of the Neil Gaiman novel

Summary

2013 radio play of the Neil Gaiman novel

FieldValue
show_nameNeverwhere
imagesize178
formatFantasy
countryUnited Kingdom
languageEnglish
creatorNeil Gaiman
writerNeil Gaiman
Dirk Maggs
directorDirk Maggs
Heather Larmour
producerHeather Larmour
first_aired16 March 2013
last_aired22 March 2013
num_series1
num_episodes6

Dirk Maggs Heather Larmour

Neverwhere is a radio drama based on the 1996 novel Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. It was dramatised by Dirk Maggs. The theme music is by James Hannigan.

Broadcast

On Saturday 16 March 2013, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast the first, hour-long, episode of Neverwhere. The subsequent five half-hour episodes were broadcast throughout the following week on Radio 4 Extra (in mono on DAB), and made available worldwide after broadcast on BBC iPlayer. It was rebroadcast on BBC Radio 4 starting on Dec 25th 2013 and continuing for 6 days.

Cast

CharacterActor
Richard MayhewJames McAvoy
Lady DoorNatalie Dormer
The Marquis de CarabasDavid Harewood
HunterSophie Okonedo
The Angel IslingtonBenedict Cumberbatch
Mr. CroupAnthony Head
Mr. VandemarDavid Schofield
Old BaileyBernard Cribbins
LamiaLucy Cohu
The AbbottGeorge Harris
The EarlSir Christopher Lee
JessicaRomola Garai
Figgis/The Fop With No NameNeil Gaiman
TooleyAndrew Sachs
Fuliginous/Ruislip/BlackfriarDon Gilet
Sable/Sump/Clarence/Homeless manAbdul Salis
Gary/Second GuardPaul Chequer
Anaesthesia/Female Tenant/Match GirlYasmin Paige
Lord RatspeakerJohnny Vegas
Varney/Homeless man/Letting Agent/First GuardStephen Marcus
Sylvia/Old woman/Dream Hawker/Mother...Karen Archer
Lord Portico/StocktonJon Glover
Iliaster/HalvardPaul Stonehouse
Dagvard/Dunnikin/HammersmithBen Crowe
The HeraldRobert Blythe (actor)
LearDavid Tughan
Underground Announcer/FootmanPatrick Brennan
Little GirlClodagh Casey

Episodes

  1. London Below (running time: 56:56)
  2. Earl's Court (running time: 28:26)
  3. The Angel Islington (running time: 28:27)
  4. The Black Friars (running time: 28:24)
  5. Market Afloat (running time: 28:29)
  6. The Key (running time: 28:27)

Spin-off

The short story How the Marquis Got His Coat Back was subsequently adapted in 2016. The cast included Paterson Joseph, Bernard Cribbins, Adrian Lester, Mitch Benn and Don Warrington.

Footnotes

References

  1. Jones, Paul. "Benedict Cumberbatch and the cast of Neverwhere - first photo and air date revealed". RadioTimes.
  2. Jones, Paul. (29 November 2012). "Benedict Cumberbatch to play angel in star-studded Neil Gaiman fantasy Neverwhere". RadioTimes.
  3. (26 November 2013). "BBC Blogs - The Radio 4 Blog - Neverwhere returns".
  4. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080xppt ''How the Marquis Got His Coat Back''], [[BBC Radio 4]]
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