Comments on: Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere as a BBC radio play

By: Jonathan W. Hendry

Jonathan W. Hendry — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:25:00 +0000

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

By: GawainLavers

GawainLavers — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:22:00 +0000

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

By: Michael Belcher

Michael Belcher — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 03:22:00 +0000

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.

By: Woody Smith

Woody Smith — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 03:01:00 +0000

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.

By: Gilbert Wham

Gilbert Wham — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:41:00 +0000

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.

By: technogeekagain

technogeekagain — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:23:00 +0000

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?)

By: Aaron Swain

Aaron Swain — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:56:00 +0000

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.

By: Ministry

Ministry — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:24:00 +0000

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

By: GawainLavers

GawainLavers — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:07:00 +0000

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

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:37:00 +0000

One of my very favorite books.

By: Snarf

Snarf — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:21:00 +0000

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