Dan sez, "The BBC have produced a radio play of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere with a host of great British actors. Sounds exactly like you want it to sound."

  • http://twitter.com/snarf Snarf

    This is so great! And with perfect timing: I just finished reading the book yesterday. Looking (hearing?) forward to this.

  • Boundegar

    One of my very favorite books.

  • GawainLavers

    They also produced a TV miniseries back in the ’90s that was perfectly fun.

    • http://www.flickr.com/photos/ministry/ Ministry

       The TV series was first; the novel was Neil’s revised version.

      • GawainLavers

        Oh yeah, that’s right. Waiting for the sequel, frankly.

    • http://twitter.com/MrAaronSwainEsq Aaron Swain

      Personally, I hope the radio series is a wee bit better than the TV series, which had it’s moments, but was ultimately underwhelming IMO.
      By contrast, I find the BBC’s radio dramas are nearly always excellent.

  • technogeekagain

    Alas, I can’t seem to determine how to  play the clips. Maybe they don’t work from outside the UK, maybe my Firefox setup is odd… gods know. (American Gods know?)

    Still on tenterhooks waiting for the animation of _The_Price_ to be finished. I sent that one some Kickstarter bucks… it’s taken longer than expected, but the progress reports indicate it will definitely have been worth the wait.

    (Side comment: What idiot thought touch panels on a laptop were a good thing? Especially when positioned centrally  where you can’t help but hit them occasionally with your palms?)

    • Gilbert Wham

       I’ve always found it incredibly hard to type at all on a laptop unless it’s actually in my lap. But yes. Trackpads. Boil my piss, they do.

  • Woody Smith

    Unless I’m missing something, this is premature. The BBC site says NEVERWHERE will be in the form of six episodes, and the first will have its broadcast premiere a week from today, on Saturday March 16.  Nothing available until then but brief bits of hype for it.  

    On the plus side, one very tiny thumbnail pic suggests that one of the actors in the production MAY be Benedict Cumberbatch, aka Sherlock.  Hope so.

    • http://twitter.com/michaelbelcher Michael Belcher

      Benedict Cumberbatch is the Angel Islington, while, more importantly (because he’s more important than us all) Christopher Lee is the Earl of Earl’s Court.

    • http://twitter.com/jonhendry Jonathan W. Hendry

      Cumberbatch, yes. Plus James McAvoy. And Christopher Lee, and Sophie Okonedo (Dirty Pretty Things, Hotel Rwanda – for which she got an Oscar nom.)