Word Nerd Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 The BBC is currently airing a new radio adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, starring James McAvoy as Richard Mayhew and including Benedict Cumberbatch as the Angel Islington. You can find the episodes as they air here. Beneath the streets of London there is another London. A subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere. An act of kindness sees Richard Mayhew catapulted from his ordinary life into a subterranean world under the streets of London. Stopping to help an injured girl on a London street, Richard is thrust from his workaday existence into the strange world of London Below. So begins a curious and mysterious adventure deep beneath the streets of London, a London of shadows where the tube cry of 'Mind the Gap' takes on new meaning; for the inhabitants of this murky domain are those who have fallen through the gaps in society, the dispossessed, the homeless. Here Richard meets the Earl of Earl’s Court, Old Bailey and Hammersmith, faces a life-threatening ordeal at the hands of the Black Friars, comes face to face with Great Beast of London, and encounters an Angel. Called Islington. Joining the mysterious girl named Door and her companions, the Marquis de Carabas and the bodyguard, Hunter, Richard embarks on an extraordinary quest to escape from the clutches of the fiendish assassins Croup and Vandemar and to discover who ordered them to murder her family. All the while trying to work out how to get back to his old life in London Above. A six part adaption of Neil Gaiman’s novel adapted by Dirk Maggs for Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra, sees James McAvoy as Richard lead a stellar cast which includes Natalie Dormer, David Harewood, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Christopher Lee, Anthony Head, David Schofield, Bernard Cribbens, Romola Garai, George Harris, Andrew Sachs, Lucy Cohu, Johnny Vegas, Paul Chequer, Don Gilet and Abdul Salis. Also, Sherlock season three just began filming this week! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abeille Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Romola Garai is included in the list. Emma 2009/Amazing Grace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 Romola Garai is included in the list. Emma 2009/Amazing Grace. She was great in The Hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Squee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 James McAvoy!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 wow, thanks. I loved that book and watched the mini-series from about 15yrs ago. It wasn't so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 yaaaaay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I blame this board for getting me hooked on Sherlock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elinor Everywhere Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Regarding the new season filming, you just made my dd's day. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, as two minutes ago she was crabby and pms-ing, and now she's dancing about the room with joy. Ahhh, puberty. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Regarding the new season filming, you just made my dd's day. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, as two minutes ago she was crabby and pms-ing, and now she's dancing about the room with joy. Ahhh, puberty. :tongue_smilie: I'll remind Calvin that your DD likes Sherlock - I can't remember if I told him before. We are all big fans. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 The BBC is currently airing a new radio adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, starring James McAvoy as Richard Mayhew and including Benedict Cumberbatch as the Angel Islington. For those who are not familiar with London, The Angel Islington is a tube (underground) stop, named after the pub that used to stand there. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Ooh...sounds good. Thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Christopher Lee and Anthony Head, too! I'm fangirling all over this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Christopher Lee and Anthony Head, too! I'm fangirling all over this! Ditto! Thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlbuchina Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I would love to listen to this, but I'm in the US. Is this broadcast in the US at all? Is there a way to listen online? Thanks! ETA: OH! I figured it out! Ha ha! Yea!! Listening now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Via Neil Gaiman's Facebook page: Only one more day of NEVERWHERE up and streaming at Radio 4 I'm afraid. (Episode 1 is downloadable, the others are streamable...) The OVER A YEAR is some kind of system error. Rats! (Pun intended.) I don't think I'm going to have time to listen to the whole thing before they take it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrookValley. Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Via Neil Gaiman's Facebook page: Only one more day of NEVERWHERE up and streaming at Radio 4 I'm afraid. (Episode 1 is downloadable, the others are streamable...) The OVER A YEAR is some kind of system error. Rats! (Pun intended.) I don't think I'm going to have time to listen to the whole thing before they take it down. Waaaahhhh! I was so excited, too. I love Neil Gaiman. *sniff* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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