Neverwhere

1996

Neverwhere

7.2 | TV-PG | en | Drama

Richard Mayhew leads an ordinary life in London when one day a girl named Door falls, injured, across his path. The next thing he knows, his life is gone and he's pulled into the fantastical world of London Below. Pursued by the murderous Messrs. Croup and Vandemar, Door and Richard with the help of Hunter and the Marquis de Carabas, attempt to find the Angel Islington, who knows the secret behind the murder of Door's family, and possibly a way for Richard to go home.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP6 As Above, So Below

Oct. 17,1996

With the sacred key in his possession, only one person stands in the way between the Angel and his ultimate ambition - Door. As the apocalyptic climax looms, everyone faces their own destinies.

EP5 Down Street

Oct. 10,1996

Our band of heroes attends another floating market. Door meets an old friend and Richard makes a new one. Old Bailey must make good on his debt. Richard, Door, and Hunter seek Downstreet in an attempt to find their way back to Islington.

EP4 Blackfriars

Oct. 03,1996

The Angel Islington has charged Richard and Door with finding a sacred key that will answer all their questions. But getting it involves the dinner party from hell, and an ordeal from somewhere worse. Meanwhile, Croup and Vandemar show their tastes for the finer things in life while developing an unhealthy interest in the Marquis.

EP3 Earl's Court to Islington

Sep. 26,1996

Angel Islington is the only person who can tell Door who killed her family and help get Richard back to his old life. But how do they get to him? The Marquis suggests a visit to Earl's Court - but it has a worrying tendency to move around. Meanwhile, Croup and Vandemar alert Door to the fact that there is a traitor in her midst... but who?

EP2 Knightsbridge

Sep. 19,1996

Richard Mayhew has fallen into a parallel world that exists beneath the streets of London and he wants his old life back. His only chance is to find Door and the Marquis, who have set off for the Floating Market in search of a bodyguard to protect Door from Croup and Vandemar. But Richard could do with protection himself.

EP1 Door

Sep. 12,1996

When Richard Mayhew helps a wounded girl on the street, he finds himself beginning a nightmare journey that plunges him into a weird parallel world underneath London. The girl is on the run from two cut-throats who she thinks killed her family. But why are they after her? And now that Richard is involved, will he ever return to a normal life?

7.2 | TV-PG | en | Drama , Sci-Fi | More Info

Released: 1996-09-12 | Released Producted By: BBC , Crucial Films Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ph7t3

Synopsis

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Cast

Laura Fraser , Hywel Bennett , Clive Russell

Director

James Dillon

Producted By

BBC , Crucial Films

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Cast

Laura Fraser

as Door

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Hywel Bennett

as Mr. Croup

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Clive Russell

as Mr. Vandemar

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Reviews

caio_msantos The Universe behind Neverwhere's plot is so intense and fascinating that I really wanted to see how this TV Show would have been made if they had a bigger budget at the time. The enormous amount of close-shots that follows us through the episodes are a really frustrating attempt to hide the poor scenarios and the environment. And considering we are following a character knowing a new "world", it would have been much better if it were presented to us by wide-shots. But as I said, this is obviously a choice they had to do because of the short budget. I still think this can't be used as an excuse. Doctor Who is a TV Show that almost every episode brings us to a different "world" and for so many time had problems with budget. However, they were never afraid of showing us the "world" we were seeing. That being said, what really makes me sad about this TV show, specially because I'm a huge fan of the book, are the performances. The actors chosen were clearly bad choices. This even gets worse when three of the four main characters (Hunter, Marquis de Carabas and Richard) are so awful that really got me out of a story that I adore. There are, of course, exceptions. Peter Capaldi is good as always, and Laura Fraser was a Door that convinced me. That may explain why their careers went forward and the others's career, didn't.Although all the above restrictions, I still think the plot is interesting, the story is really good, the characters are well-developed and the world we unfortunately barely see on the show is mind-blowing. I strongly recommend everyone to watch Neverwhere and to get in touch with the beautiful and brilliant mind of Neil Gaiman, for those who don't know him yet.

mimi-137 I was blown away back in 96 when I first watched this TV series. Not only was the story-line way out there compared with most of the rest of the TV output at the time, but also the casting and acting were both superb. I was already a fan of Peter Capaldi, which was one of the reasons I tuned in at the beginning, but I was soon swept up in the whole story and found it one of those strange stories that is completely believable although obviously fantastical. I have always been sorry that it hasn't been repeated on terrestrial TV and was thrilled last summer to find the book freely available. Reading this I found that many of the image from the original broadcast were firmly fixed in my mind and I have been searching websites for information about a DVD. To my amazement the BBC website denies all knowledge of the series at all! What's that all about? I have finally found a supplier in Australia for the DVD - but that's not much use is it? Has anyone else also watched the brilliant Gaiman recent work Mirrormask?

geneticjackhammer_316 Neverwhere is really not for people living in the USA and shouldn't be put down from people outside the UK who probably don't appreciate just because they assumed it would be like Gaiman's Sandman. Neverwhere is supposed to be a gritty dark story with comedy elements and also, if Gaiman didn't like it he wouldn't have agreed to do an exclusive interview after the feature on the VHS copy. Neverwhere has great actors and a great storyline that kept me addicted even at the age of 11 when I first saw it. All of the actors included in this feature have been in other award winning programs and wouldn't do Neverwhere if they thought it was rubbish. These other programs include Casualty, Eastenders, Casanova, The Crow Road, The Vicar of Dibley and Kevnin and Perry go Large.

childofGod317 I loved this series. Sure, it's not a Hollywood production budget or anything, but that almost works more in its favor than against it. The world that this series creates is bizarrely believable. From the first few moments when the innocent-bystander hero Richard gets sucked into the adventure to the couldn't-be-more-perfect ending, we get transported into a world of people as real as they are strange, of terrifying beasts and myth-like quests and ordeals, of twists, turns, tricks, and surprises. The book version is, of course, a little better just because it allows you to go deeper into Neverwhere by seeing it all from inside these characters' heads, but that isn't meant as any slam on this series. In fact, this is probably the best filmed version of a story that's also a book that I've ever seen. Totally worth seeing, buying, treasuring. Gaiman is a master of storytelling, and this is one of his first and greatest masterpieces.