Neverwhere
GenreFantasy
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Created byNeil Gaiman
Written byNeil Gaiman
Dirk Maggs
Directed byDirk Maggs
Heather Larmour
Produced byHeather Larmour
Original release16 March –
22 March 2013
No. of series1
No. of episodes6

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,[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]

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
  2. Earl's Court
  3. The Angel Islington
  4. The Black Friars
  5. Market Afloat
  6. The Key

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.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Jones, Paul. "Benedict Cumberbatch and the cast of Neverwhere - first photo and air date revealed". RadioTimes. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Jones, Paul (29 November 2012). "Benedict Cumberbatch to play angel in star-studded Neil Gaiman fantasy Neverwhere". RadioTimes. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  3. ↑ BBC Blogs - The Radio 4 Blog - Neverwhere returns, 26 November 2013, retrieved 30 November 2013
  4. ↑ How the Marquis Got His Coat Back, BBC Radio 4
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