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Neverwhere
Sign in to saveNeverwhere is an urban fantasy television six-part drama by Neil Gaiman that first aired in 1996 on BBC2. The series is set in "London Below", a magical realm coexisting with the more familiar London, referred to as "London Above". It was devised by Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry and directed by Dewi Humphreys. Gaiman adapted the series into a novel, which was released in September 1996. The series and book were partially inspired by Gene Wolfe's novel Free Live Free.
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★ 6.7Richard 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.
- Aired
- 1996–1996
- Seasons
- 1 · 6 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Neil Gaiman, Lenny Henry
- Network
- BBC Two
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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- start time
- 1996-09-12
- end time
- 1996-10-17
- number of episodes
- 6
- title
- Neverwhere
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Neverwhere is an urban fantasy television six-part drama by Neil Gaiman that first aired in 1996 on BBC2. The series is set in "London Below", a magical realm coexisting with the more familiar London, referred to as "London Above". It was devised by Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry and directed by Dewi Humphreys. Gaiman adapted the series into a novel, which was released in September 1996. The series and book were partially inspired by Gene Wolfe's novel Free Live Free.
== Plot == Richard Mayhew, a Scottish man living in London, encounters an injured girl named Door on the street one night. Despite his fiancée's protests he decides to help her; upon doing so he ceases to exist on Earth and becomes real only to the denizens of "London Below", whose inhabitants are generally invisible and non-existent to the people of "London Above". He loses his flat, his job, and nearly his mind as he travels London Below to make sense of it all, find a way back, and help Door survive as she is hunted by assassins.