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Neil Gaiman's How the Marquis Got His Coat Back
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- Narrated by: Paterson Joseph, Bernard Cribbins, Samantha Beart, Adrian Lester, Mitch Benn, Don Warrington
- Length: 1 hr
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Summary
Paterson Joseph stars as the Marquis de Carabas in this brand-new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Neil Gaiman's spin-off short story, set in the magical world of Neverwhere.
Returning us to London Below, this enchanting tale continues the story of one of the most colourful characters from Neverwhere - the cool, charming, resourceful Marquis de Carabas, who trades in favours and always has a plan....
The Marquis' coat is a thing of wonder and beauty. Sleek, stylish and 'the colour of a wet street at midnight', it has numerous pockets, sumptuous sleeves and the power to transform a young sneak thief into a nobleman. And now it is missing, sold by the Sewer Folk. To reclaim it, the Marquis must venture into one of the most terrifying parts of the subterranean city, encounter an old enemy, face dreadful dangers and - worst of all - accept help from someone very close to home.
Expanded and dramatised for Radio 4 by the award-winning Dirk Maggs (Neverwhere, Good Omens, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and codirected by Dirk Maggs and Heather Larmour, this spine-tingling production features a star cast including Adrian Lester, Don Warrington and Bernard Cribbins. Contains 15 minutes of additional unbroadcast material. Duration: 60 mins approx.
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- Stina
- 14-11-16
Excellent work, BBC (and Neil Gaiman)
This is a superb dramatisation of Neil Gaiman's short story, and a sequel to Neverwhere. All the performances are well done, and the story is everything I could wish for. Lovely to meet the Marquis again, and to be in London Below.
Perfect for anyone who's read (or even better - listened to) Neverwhere and want more.
Absolutely brilliant!
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- Little Red
- 27-12-16
Enjoyable
Great listen but rather too short for the money!its only an hour long which I didn't notice but and enjoyable short continuing from the original.
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- Tod Werewolf
- 10-12-16
Short but sweet
another wild adventure with the marquis in the other London of Neil Gaiman's fantastic imagination. a great addition to Neverwere, sadly short but full of the "Real meanings of London place names" .
Neil Gaiman books are always mad and off in a marvellous tangent to world's that are just a blur in the edge of your vision, it's there but you just can't find it with out his help.
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- Cheryl Richardson
- 15-05-19
Over Too Soon
Over too soon! Loved Neverwhere and looked forward to this follow up. While I enjoyed the full dramatisation I had really enjoyed Neil Gaiman's reading of Neverwhere more.
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- S. Lidwell
- 27-12-16
*grins*
Excellent in all aspects other than its brevity, and lack of siblings. More of London below please.
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- Janny G
- 14-11-19
not worth the cost of the credit
I enjoyed the original Neverwhere book once I got into it but I feel that this spin off should have been added to the back of it. I would certainly not have paid the full book price for it in a book shop and I feel that the £7.99 credit cost was not value for money either. sorry.
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- Richard
- 30-05-19
5 star
Wonderful story and performance, I only wish it were longer.
Definitely need to have read or listened to Neverwhere before this.
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-11-23
Loved it!
Was fantastic and loved every minute of it. Would recommend 100%!! Great story and well acted.
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- Tony Feltham
- 13-07-23
To short for the money
Great story but rather short ,used a token for one hour,felt I was ripped of.
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- Senior
- 29-12-22
Great Entertainment
This is unusual in that the main character has his bad points. In addition to the main plot there is a sub plot. I thought the end of the sub plot was a bit rushed.
I was rather entertained by the elephant with his elephant sound effect.
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