"Neverwhere" (1996) TV mini-series

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

12 September 1996 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Richard Mayhew leads an ordinary life in London when one day a girl named Door falls, injured, across his path...

Plot Keywords:

Angel | Cult Favorite | London Underground | TV Mini-Series | Magic

Cast

Gary Bakewell	...	Richard Mayhew (6 episodes, 1996)
Laura Fraser	...	Door (6 episodes, 1996)
Hywel Bennett	...	Mr. Croup (6 episodes, 1996)
Clive Russell	...	Mr. Vandemaar (6 episodes, 1996)
Paterson Joseph	...	Marquis De Carabas (6 episodes, 1996)
Peter Capaldi	...	Islington (5 episodes, 1996)
Tanya Moodie	...	Hunter (5 episodes, 1996)
Trevor Peacock	...	Old Bailey (5 episodes, 1996)
Elizabeth Marmur	...	Jessica (4 episodes, 1996)
Tamsin Greig	...	Lamia (3 episodes, 1996)
Damien Lyne	...	Gary (3 episodes, 1996)

Runtime:

180 min (6 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

London Underground, London, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Neil Gaiman originally created characters named Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemaar for a children's book he started, but never finished, when he was 18. In the story, they are sitting in a cellar in 14th century England eating a puppy. Gaiman had forgotten about the story, created what he thought were brand new characters for Neverwhere named Croup and Vandemaar, and only remembered their original appearance later when he ran across a copy of the children's story while cleaning out some of his papers.

Quotes:

Hunter: Have you ever used a spear before?
Richard Oliver Mayhew: No
Hunter: Take it!
[Richard moves toward the spear]
Hunter: Hold it by the blunt end.
Richard Oliver Mayhew: I knew that bit!

Movie Connections:

References Dracula (1931)

My God! It's Neil Gaiman!

This is simply incredible. At the same time dark and brooding, funny and silly, and outright weird. In a nutshell: True Neil Gaiman.

I did not read the book before I saw the series, but now I have read the book and I was struck by how well made the series is. It feels the same way as the book -- and I don't think I need to say how rare that is... Very Neil Gaiman! Now I just wait for the adaptation of The Sandman...