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2013 radio play of the Neil Gaiman novel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Genre | Fantasy |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Created by | Neil Gaiman |
Written by | Neil Gaiman Dirk Maggs |
Directed by | Dirk Maggs Heather Larmour |
Produced by | Heather Larmour |
Original release | 16 March – 22 March 2013 |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
On Saturday 16 March 2013,[1] BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast the first, hour-long, episode of Neverwhere.[2] 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.[3]
Character | Actor |
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Richard Mayhew | James McAvoy |
Lady Door | Natalie Dormer |
The Marquis de Carabas | David Harewood |
Hunter | Sophie Okonedo |
The Angel Islington | Benedict Cumberbatch |
Mr. Croup | Anthony Head |
Mr. Vandemar | David Schofield |
Old Bailey | Bernard Cribbins |
Lamia | Lucy Cohu |
The Abbott | George Harris |
The Earl | Sir Christopher Lee |
Jessica | Romola Garai |
Figgis/The Fop With No Name | Neil Gaiman |
Tooley | Andrew Sachs |
Fuliginous/Ruislip/Blackfriar | Don Gilet |
Sable/Sump/Clarence/Homeless man | Abdul Salis |
Gary/Second Guard | Paul Chequer |
Anaesthesia/Female Tenant/Match Girl | Yasmin Paige |
Lord Ratspeaker | Johnny Vegas |
Varney/Homeless man/Letting Agent/First Guard | Stephen Marcus |
Sylvia/Old woman/Dream Hawker/Mother... | Karen Archer |
Lord Portico/Stockton | Jon Glover |
Iliaster/Halvard | Paul Stonehouse |
Dagvard/Dunnikin/Hammersmith | Ben Crowe |
The Herald | Robert Blythe (actor) |
Lear | David Tughan |
Underground Announcer/Footman | Patrick Brennan |
Little Girl | Clodagh Casey |
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.[4]
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