Neil Gaiman's Stardust

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Matthew Beard stars in a brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the bestselling novel by Neil Gaiman, narrated by Eleanor Bron. Challenged to retrieve a fallen star, Tristran Thorn leaves the sleepy English village of Wall and crosses into the land of Fairie and the realm of Stormhold. Locating the star, he discovers it is no meteorite, but a young woman, Yvaine. When Yvaine evades him and escapes, Tristran discovers he is not the only one in pursuit of the star- there are dark forces in this magical land, and he must find Yvaine before she falls into their clutches. Produced and directed by Dirk Maggs and Heather Larmour, this stunning new dramatisation boasts a large cast that also includes Sophie Rundle, Frances Barber, Maggie Steed, Nicholas Boulton, Bryan Dick, Charlotte Riley, Aisling Loftus, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Alex Macqueen. Duration- 2 hours approx.Matthew Beard stars in a brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the bestselling novel by Neil Gaiman, narrated by Eleanor Bron. Challenged to retrieve a fallen star, Tristran Thorn leaves the sleepy English village of Wall and crosses into the land of Fairie and the realm of Stormhold. Locating the star, he discovers it is no meteorite, but a young woman, Yvaine. When Yvaine evades him and escapes, Tristran discovers he is not the only one in pursuit of the star- there are dark forces in this magical land, and he must find Yvaine before she falls into their clutches. Produced and directed by Dirk Maggs and Heather Larmour, this stunning new dramatisation boasts a large cast that also includes Sophie Rundle, Frances Barber, Maggie Steed, Nicholas Boulton, Bryan Dick, Charlotte Riley, Aisling Loftus, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Alex Macqueen. Duration- 2 hours approx.
Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels 'Neverwhere' (1995), 'Stardust' (1999), the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning 'American Gods' (2001), 'Anansi Boys' (2005), and 'Good Omens' (with Terry Pratchett, 1990), as well as the short story collections 'Smoke and Mirrors' (1998) and 'Fragile Things' (2006). His screenwriting credits include the original BBC TV series of 'Neverwhere' (1996), Dave McKean's first feature film, 'Mirrormask' (2005), and the Doctor Who episode 'The Doctor's Wife' (2011). In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards. A radio adaptation of Neverwhere was broadcast in March 2013, adapted by Dirk Maggs for BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra. In September 2014, Gaiman and Terry Pratchett joined forces with BBC Radio 4 to make the first ever dramatisation of their co-penned novel Good Omens.