A BBC Radio six-part adaptation of Neil Gaiman's bestselling novel, starring James McAvoy as Richard and Natalie Dormer as Door.
Date: 2013-08-06
Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels
Neverwhere (1995), Stardust (1999), the Hugo and Nebula
Award-winning American Gods (2001), Anansi Boys (2005), and Good
Omens (with Terry Pratchett, 1990), as well as the short story
collections Smoke and Mirrors (1998) and Fragile Things (2006). His
screenwriting credits include the original BBC TV series of
Neverwhere (1996), Dave McKean’s first feature film, Mirrormask
(2005), the Doctor Who episode 'The Doctor's Wife' (2011) and, of
course, the forthcoming 'Good Omens' TV series.
Neil Gaiman is the creator of The Sandman comic book series and the
bestselling author of the novels Neverwhere (1995), Stardust
(1999), the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning American Gods (2001),
Coraline (2002), Anansi Boys (2005), The Ocean at the End of the
Lane (2013), Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett, 1990) and a
retelling of the Norse myths: Norse Mythology (2017). His short
story collections include Smoke and Mirrors (1998) and Fragile
Things (2006). His screenwriting credits include the original BBC
TV series of Neverwhere (1996), Dave McKean’s first feature film,
Mirrormask (2005), two Doctor Who episodes, and Good Omens
(2019).
Christopher Lee (1941-2021) was a British writer, historian and
broadcaster, best known for writing the BBC radio documentary
series This Sceptred Isle.
Lee's career began when, in his twenties, he re-started his
education, reading history at London University, after previously
being expelled from school and running away to sea in an old tramp
steamer. He later joined the BBC as a defence and foreign affairs
correspondent and was posted to Moscow and the Middle East. Leaving
his career in journalism for academia, Lee was the first
Quatercentenary Fellow in Contemporary History and Gomes Lecturer
at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He went on to research the history
of ideas at Birkbeck College, University of London.
Lee is the originator and writer of the BBC Radio 4 trilogy This
Sceptred Isle, which recounts the history of Britain and the
British Empire from the Romans to the 20th century. His recent
books include the three accompanying volumes of This Sceptred Isle,
the autobiographic Eight Bells and Top Masts, which tells the story
of his time as a deck boy and his circumnavigation of the globe,
his The Bath Detective thriller trilogy, Monarchy, Past, present...
and future? and Viceroys: The Creation of the British, illustrated
by his wife.
He is also the writer of more than 100 Radio 4 plays and series
including The House, starring Timothy West, Julian Glover and Isla
Blair, Colvil & Soames, starring Christopher Benjamin and Amanda
Redman, Our Brave Boys, starring Martin Jarvis and Fiona Shaw, and
the Los Angeles production of his The Trial of Walter Raleigh,
which Rosalind Ayres produced with Michael York in the title role.
His play A Pattern in Shrouds was broadcast on Radio 4 in the
summer of 2009 and deals with the consequences of the assassination
of the Queen's uncle, Lord Mountbatten in 1979. In 2013 the BBC
also ran his play Air Force One, which questioned the events during
the 90 minutes between the assassination of President Kennedy and
swearing in of Lyndon B Johnson aboard the presidential plane.
Nobody anticipated the impact the BBC’s 2013 adaptation of Neil
Gaiman’s cult novel by the same name would have… the production was
a smash hit with Gaiman fans and non-fans alike, propelling the
audio play into the public eye and showing just how exciting the
form can be.
*The Guardian*
Maggs... does soundscapes after the manner of Turner painting sea
storms. In Neverwhere when Benedict Cumberbatch flew you heard, saw
and felt his angel’s wings rise.
*Gillian Reynolds*
funny but haunting... black humour and deft characterisations
*The Independent*
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