Savoir Faire is Neverwhere!

The Neil Gaiman novel Neverwhere, a tale of London Below, is enthralling, clever, and exciting.  The 1996 BBC miniseries of Neverwhere looked like a passable college production made on low-grade videotape and even lower-grade budget. (To be fair, first he wrote the story, then they made a miniseries, then the novel was published.)

But now there is going to be a BBC Radio drama of Neverwhere, and it is set to be astounding.  Meet the all-star cast, most of which are also super-star hotties which gives a new spin to the phrase "having a face for radio."

From Hypable: Neil Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’ recorded for radio with all-star cast
From Unleash the Fanboy: Neil Gaiman’s NEVERWHERE Gets The Best Cast Ever!
From Bleeding Cool:  England has about 20 awesome actors and they are all in Neverwhere

Here's the incomplete cast list Tweeted, Tumblred and blogged by Gaiman:

• James McAvoy – Richard
• Natalie Dormer – Door
• David Harewood – Marquis
• Sophie Okonedo – Hunter
• Benedict Cumberbatch – Islington
• Anthony Head – Croup
• David Schofield – Vandemar
• Bernard Cribbins – Old Bailey
• Romola Garai – Jessica
• Christopher Lee – Earl of Earl’s Court
• Andrew Sachs – Tooley
• George Harris – Abbot
• Don Gilet – Fulingous, Ruislip, Blackfriar
• Abdul Salis – Sable, Sump, Clarence, Homeless Man
• Paul Chequer – Gary, Guard 2
• Lucy Cohu – Lamia
• Yasmin Paige – Anaesthesia, Tenant 2 – female, Match girl
• Johnny Vegas – Lord Ratspeaker
• Stephen Marcus – Varney, Homeless man, Letting agent, Guard 1
• Karen Archer – Sylvia, Old Woman, Dream Hawker, Mother

Yeah, that's Professor X, Sherlock and Giles in that list with a number of Doctor Who alumni. Makes me wish it were a movie.