BBC Radio's Neverwhere.

Radio The BBC have produced a radio adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. Natalie Dormer who plays Door murmurs about the recording process here which I'd urge you to read, but if you don't have the time, here's the publicity paragraph which lists the crew and cast:
"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."
They had me at Dirk Maggs, who produced the posthumous adaptations of the later Hitchhikers novels.

One particular interesting aspect is the scheduling, with an hour long opening episode on Radio 4 in the Saturday drama slot, followed by a series of half hours on Radio 4 Extra which should be an excellent opportunity to remind people that they have digital radio on their televisions.  And PVRs.

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