Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1324 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-04-23
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 173 minutes

DVD Description
Under the streets of London is a strange world inhabited by monsters and saints, muderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet. Richard, a quiet London businessman, is pitchforked into this world when he rescues a young girl he finds bleeding on a pavement. Neverwhere is a dark and thrilling mixture of metaphor, history, humour and high adventure. Starring Laura Fraser (The Flying Scotsman), Hywel Bennett (Loot, Eastenders), Gary Bakewell (Man and Boy).

Synopsis
Get lost under the London streets with this six-part fantasy adventure written for television by the prolific fantasy author Neil Gaiman. Richard Mayhew is a businessman whose whole life is about to change when he comes across a girl by the name of Door...

Customer Reviews

A forgotten gem
I vaguely remember watching Neverwhere when it was on Television eleven years ago on the basis of Neil Gaiman's name - who I knew from the Sandman comics and Good Omens by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. I can recall enjoying it and a few of the characters were memorable (Old Bailey in particular!), but as it was never repeated and there was no DVD release it fairly quickly got swept to the back of my mind.

Since then, however, I've really got into Gaiman's novels and comic work so when this new release was announced I just had to get it - albeit with a bit of trepidation...

I have to say, I really enjoyed it! I've seen some criticism for the typical BBC low budget (after being hyped for whole series, the "Beast of London" ends up looking like a Highland Coo!), but that's not really the point, is it? In the same vein as Hitch-Hikers Guide and Blake's Seven, it's the characters; storyline and plain imagination really carry it off rather than the special effects. You just can't help getting drawn into the world of London Below where the Earl holds Court in a tube train, Islington is a real Angel and the floating market sets up stalls on the HMS Belfast, and you can almost feel Richard's sense of loss when he returns to the mundane world of London Above.

A gem of a program!
I loved this when it first came out for its unique storyline. Its a decent into a strange and dangerous world existing alongside our own London. Given the explicit use of London Ungerground and place names it may not be as darkly funny to those who do not know London however. It is inovative and captivating. I have one HUGE issue with the other reviews here thogh. Yes Neil Gaimen is an underappriciated genius - but Lenny Henry was as much a part of writting this series as Gaimen was! Henry has done a number of projects, all good. Oh, and for the reviewer who claims this was a book that didnt translate to TV - it was a TV show first and book second. I would recommend this to anyone who knows London or has a dark sense of humour

At last! A Region 2 release - Buy it
A long time ago - over a decade now, this mini-series was shown on the BBC.
It had a late night slot so didn't get any casual viewers and quickly got cult status.
As far as I know the BBC have never repeated it.
There has been a Region 1 release of this series available for a few years now, however a UK release has just never happened despite many people contacting the BBC - until now.

Set in the world of "London Below" where there really is an Angel Islington this is a fantastic mini-series.
Richard Mayhew is our hero who comes across an injured girl called Door and before he knows what is going on his life in London Above is no more and he is drawn into a search for the Angel who knows the secret behind the murder of Door's family and who also might be able to help Richard get home. We meet numerous characters along the way, both good and bad.
This is a mini-series you simply should not miss, especially so if you are a fan of Neil Gaiman.