Saturday Live - Neil Gaiman

SATURDAY LIVE - NEIL GAIMAN (128kbs-m4a/20mb/22mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 12th October 2013

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with writer Neil Gaiman.

The Thrill Of Fear: Felicity Hannah Talks To Neil Gaiman

THE THRILL OF FEAR: FELICITY HANNAH TALKS TO NEIL GAIMAN (320kbs-m4a/31mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 7th June 2022

Spooky tour guide turned financial journalist Felicity Hannah wants to know why being scared can feel so good. Why do we frighten ourselves for fun? Why do we love scary stories and terrifying TV?

She asks Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline, The Graveyard Book, Neverwhere and The Sandman – a storyteller who knows all about the power of fear to fascinate and delight us.

Felicity and Neil talk about what scares them the most, when fear loses its thrill, and, of course, 'horror for four year olds'.

Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sarah Goodman.

Neil Gaiman And Dirk Maggs In Conversation

NEIL GAIMAN AND DIRK MAGGS IN CONVERSATION (320kbs-m4a/37mb/16mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th July 2023

The best-selling author Neil Gaiman and the revered producer Dirk Maggs go back a long way, but they only actually met in person much later in life.

Their friendship began during the early days of email when, in 1992, Dirk wrote to Neil asking if he could turn Gaiman's 'The Sandman' comic series into a radio play.

Sadly that project didn't happen, but it was the beginning of a long friendship, which led to their working together on the hugely successful 2013 radio drama Neverwhere and on BBC Radio 4's adaptation of Good Omens, the cult classic written by Neil and Sir Terry Pratchett.

Recorded after the read through of Good Omens - ahead of recording.

Producer: Elizabeth Jaynes

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in December 2014.

The Arts Hour - Neil Gaiman

THE ARTS HOUR - NEIL GAIMAN (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC World Service broadcast: 6th August 2022

Nikki Bedi is joined in the studio by best-selling author Neil Gaiman, whose long-awaited TV series The Sandman is just about to launch, and critic Rhianna Dhillon.

Desert Island Discs: Neil Gaiman

DESERT ISLAND DISCS: NEIL GAIMAN (320kbs-m4a/78mb/34mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 28th November 2021

Neil Gaiman is a writer whose list of titles spans many forms from novels, including American Gods, to children's stories such as Coraline and the comic book the Sandman.

Neil grew up in East Grinstead and after finishing school he became a journalist and then wrote short stories and books. One of his early commissions was writing a companion to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. In 1989 he began to write the Sandman series for DC Comics which were illustrated by his friend Dave McKean.

The Sandman became the first comic ever to receive a literary award - the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story – and is credited with bringing comics from an underground art form into the mainstream. It is currently in production as a television series.

Neil started writing what became the fantasy novel Good Omens in the 1980s but put it aside to concentrate on the Sandman. When his friend Terry Pratchett suggested they go back to it and finish it together, they turned Neil's initial 5,000 words into a novel which was adapted for radio in 2014 and became a television series starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen.

Neil wrote his first children's book, The Day I Swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish, in 1997. His next children's book Coraline, about a little girl adrift in a parallel universe, was initially deemed to be too frightening to publish but is now a family favourite.

Neil is married to the musician Amanda Palmer and lives in upstate New York.

Presenter: Lauren Laverne
Producer: Paula McGinley

David Bowie - Rock 'N' Roll Suicide [EMI]
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - Love Unrequited (The Nightmare Song) [London]
Al Stewart - Soho (Needless To Say) [Sony Music]
Len Cariou And Original Broadway Cast Of Sweeney Todd - The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd: "Attend The Tale Of Sweeney Todd" [RCA Red Seal]
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side [RCA]
Tori Amos - Tear In Your Hand [East West]
Michael Nyman - Bees In Trees [Venture]
Thea Gilmore - Holding Your Hand [Flying Sparks]

Neil Gaiman - The Sleeper And The Spindle

NEIL GAIMAN - THE SLEEPER AND THE SPINDLE (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 26th December 2020

Neil Gaiman's perfect Christmas-time fairy tale, brought to life by award-winning dramatist Katie Hims. Starring Penelope Wilton, Gwendoline Christie and Ralph Ineson as well as Neil Gaiman himself.

The Sleeper and the Spindle is a new tale drawing on traditional folk stories, interweaving Snow White and Sleeping Beauty in an enchanting drama that puts the women firmly centre stage.

In her mountain kingdom, a soldier-Queen prepares for her wedding day. Three dwarves, guardians from her childhood, race towards her. They were coming for the celebration, but they also bring news of a sleeping sickness sweeping the land. As a girl she survived her own long, magical sleep, so she throws on her armour, straps on her sword and rides into the heart of this new plague to try to find its source and save her people. The magical sleep is spreading from a castle deep in the forest. There, our heroine discovers a beautiful sleeping girl, and a very, very old woman, forever awake... But when the Queen wakes the princess in the traditional way, she discovers that all is not as it seems. Ultimately, she comes to understand that she really can make her own choices, and follow the path to her own happy ending.

Written by Neil Gaiman
Adapted by Katie Hims
Directed and Produced by Allegra McIlroy

Recorded remotely by Sharon Hughes and John Benton
Sound Design by Sharon Hughes

The Sleeper and the Spindle was a BBC Audio North Production

Cast:
Dame Penelope Wilton .... The Narrator/The Old Woman
Gwendoline Christie .... The Queen
Neil Gaiman .... The Home Secretary
Ralph Ineson .... The First Dwarf
Stefan Adegbola .... The Second Dwarf
Ian Dunnett Jnr .... The Third Dwarf/The Prince/ The Tinker/The Woodcutter
Cecilia Appiah .... The Pot Girl/ The Young Girl/ The Mother
Emma Handy .... The Maid/The Other Woman/ The Stepmother
Roger Ringrose .... The Father/The Innkeeper/ The Bandit
Milton Dighton .... The Child

Orpheus Underground

ORPHEUS UNDERGROUND (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 4th January 2016

Novelist Neil Gaiman explores the intricacies of the Orpheus myth, the timeless story of art's place in trying to recover the dead.

With contributions from writers Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Carroll, the late Russell Hoban and his daughter Phoebe Hoban, songwriter and cartoonist Peter Blegvad, and composer and conceptual artist Hannah Catherine Jones.

Produced by Michael Umney
A Resonance production for BBC Radio 4.

Open Book - Neil Gaiman Special

OPEN BOOK - NEIL GAIMAN SPECIAL (128kbs-m4a/26mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 27th June 2013

Neil Gaiman talks to Mariella Frostrup about his hugely popular Science fiction/ fantasy works for both adults and children alike and why he continues to be inspired by the thing lurking just out of sight in the shadows.

Author of the successful Coraline, The Graveyard Book and American Gods, Gaiman is a prolific writer and this year is no exception - so far he's published Chu's Day for younger readers, had Neverwhere, his novel set in the dark and dirty world of London Below, adapted on Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra, seen his second episode of Dr Who, Nightmare in Silver aired, published the book of a keynote speech he made in the US and edited a selection of short stories called Unnatural Creatures.

September sees publication of another children's title Fortunately the Milk, a fast paced story with a dinosaur who has invented a floaty ball person carrier (a hot air balloon), sparkly coloured ponies, vampires, pirates and globby green aliens and he has just published his first adult novel in eight years, The Ocean at the end of the Lane.

Producer: Andrea Kidd.

Neil Gaiman And The BBC Symphony Orchestra - Playing In The Dark (Part 2)

NEIL GAIMAN AND THE BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - PLAYING IN THE DARK (PART 2) (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 1st January 2020

Neil Gaiman is one of the great storytellers of our time, his work loved by fans of all ages in books, films, on TV and in the theatre.

In this second part of a very special concert (the first part was broadcast on Christmas Day), he joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mihhail Gerts, for a walk on the dark side, reading from his best-selling books, weaving together his dystopian visions with music to thrill and excite the senses.

He is joined on stage by Amanda Palmer who sings A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square and David Tennant, reading from Gaiman and Sir Terry Pratchett's work "Good Omens".

This is an edited version of the full concert, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 23 December 2019.

All written works: Neil Gaiman (with Sir Terry Pratchett for Good Omens)
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mihhail Gerts
Producer for BBC Radio 4: Steve Doherty
Producer for BBC Symphony Orchestra: Ann McKay
General manager, BBC Symphony Orchestra: Paul Hughes

A Giddy Goat and BBC Symphony Orchestra production for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4

Music played in part two of the concert:
Richard Wagner - The Ride Of The Valkyries
Bernard Herrman - Prelude From Fahrenheit 451
Benjamin Britten - Sinfonia Da Requiem (2nd Movement)
Sherwin & Maschwitz - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

Neil Gaiman And The BBC Symphony Orchestra - Playing In The Dark (Part 1)

NEIL GAIMAN AND THE BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - PLAYING IN THE DARK (PART 1) (320kbs-m4a/130mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 25th December 2019

Neil Gaiman is one of the great storytellers of our time, his work loved by fans of all ages in books, films, on TV and in the theatre.

In this first part of a very special concert (the second part is broadcast on New Years's Day), he joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mihhail Gerts, for a walk on the dark side, reading from his best-selling books, weaving together his dystopian visions with music to thrill and excite the senses.

He is joined on stage by Amanda Palmer who reads Gaiman's poem The Mushroom Hunters and Simon Butteriss for a stunning rendition of The Nightmare Song from Iolanthe.

This is an edited version of the full concert, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 23 December 2019.

All written works: Neil Gaiman
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mihhail Gerts
Producer for BBC Radio 4: Steve Doherty
Producer for BBC Symphony Orchestra: Ann McKay
General manager, BBC Symphony Orchestra: Paul Hughes

A Giddy Goat and BBC Symphony Orchestra production for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4

Music played in part one of the concert:
David Arnold - Good Omens (Opening Titles)
Gilbert & Sullivan - The Nightmare Song From Iolanthe
Jherek Bischoff - Underscore To The Mushroom Hunters
Jean Sibelius - Valse Triste
Paul Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Neil Gaiman And The BBC Symphony Orchestra - Playing In The Dark

NEIL GAIMAN AND THE BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - PLAYING IN THE DARK (320kbs-m4a/288mb/2hrs5mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 23rd December 2019

Neil Gaiman is one of the great storytellers of our time, his work loved by fans of all ages in books, films, on TV and in the theatre. He joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra, along with special guests David Tennant and Amanda Palmer, for a walk on the dark side, reading from his best-selling books, weaving together his dystopian visions with music to thrill and excite the senses on a chilled December day. On the music menu the BBC SO performs music by Dukas, Gershwin, Sibelius, Sullivan, Wagner, Herrmann, and Britten.

Recorded at the Barbican on Tuesday 12th November 2019.

Neil Gaiman (narrator)
Amanda Palmer (singer)
David Tennant (narrator)
Simon Butteriss (baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Mihhail Gerts (conductor)

Paul Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
George Gershwin - Walking The Dog (Promenade)
Arthur Sullivan - Iolanthe - The Nightmare Song
Jherek Bischoff - The Mushroom Hunters
Jean Sibelius - Valse Triste
Jean Sibelius - Belshazzar's Feast - Oriental Procession
Richard Wagner - The Ride Of The Valkyries
Bernard Herrmann - Prelude From Fahrenheit 451
Benjamin Britten - Sinfonia Da Requiem (2nd Movt)
Manning Sherwin - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
David Arnold - Good Omens

Paperback Writers - Neil Gaiman (Graphic Content)

PAPERBACK WRITERS - NEIL GAIMAN (GRAPHIC CONTENT) (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 6th October 2019

The multi-award-winning author of Sandman, Good Omens & American Gods picks some of the music that's shaped him. With tracks from David Bowie, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Costello, Amanda Palmer and Tori Amos.

A writer of comics, graphic novels, fiction, films, and plenty in between, Neil talks about how music has influenced him over his long and varied career.

This is part of 6 Music's Paperback Writers: Graphic Content series, focussing on where the worlds of comics and music collide. Alan Moore kicks things off on the 4th October, with the legendary comic book writer sharing two hours of his favourite music. He talks to producer and writer Richard Norris about the important part it's played in his life. Hannah Berry, the UK's current Comics Laureate takes over the reins next Sunday 13th October, and Castlevania creator Warren Ellis completes the line up with an hour of his favourite music on 20th October.

Elvis Costello - Waiting For The End Of The World [Stiff]
Al Stewart - Soho (Needless To Say) [CBS]
The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko [Red Bird]
Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener
Amanda Palmer - Voicemail For Jill [8ft.]
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side [Global Television]
Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You [Philips]
David Bowie - Rock 'N' Roll Suicide [EMI]
John Cooper Clarke - I Don't Want To Be Nice
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues [CBS]
The Gothic Archies - How Do You Slow This Thing Down? [Nonesuch]
Tori Amos - A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square [Silva Screen]

Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology

NEIL GAIMAN'S NORSE MYTHOLOGY (320kbs-m4a/200mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 26th December 2018

‘And the game begins anew…’

As the nights draw in and frost begins to crackle in the air, Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology comes to Radio 4, inviting us into a world of gods and monsters, fiery endings and new beginnings, tricks and trust.

Diana Rigg, Derek Jacobi, Colin Morgan and Natalie Dormer lead a stellar cast, inviting us into these stories of old betrayals – and new hope.

We meet the trickster god Loki and his astonishing children – the giant wolf Fenrir, Jormungundr the snake that encircles the world, and Hel, the little girl who grows up to be Queen of the dead. We meet Odin the all-father, who sacrificed his eye to see the future, and Freya the understandably angry, most beautiful of the gods and always being gambled for by unwanted suitors. And the stories take us to the very end of the world, Ragnarok.

The stellar cast also includes Luke Newberry, Nonso Anozie, Rhashan Stone, Don Gilet, Nathaniel Martello-White, Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong, Lucy Doyle, Michael Bertenshaw, Lewis Bray, Alexandra Constantinidi, Cameron Percival, Saffron Coomber…. And Neil Gaiman himself.

Author …… Neil Gaiman
Adaptor …… Lucy Catherine
Sound Design …… Wilfredo Acosta
Director & Producer …… Allegra McIlroy

Cast:

Teller …… Diana Rigg
Odin …… Derek Jacobi
Freya …… Natalie Dormer
Loki …… Colin Morgan
Thor …… Nathaniel Martello-White
Balder …… Luke Newberry
Thrym …… Nonso Anozie
Fenrir …… Rhashan Stone
Heimdall …… Tayla Kovacevic -Ebong
Mimir …… Don Gilet
Sif …… Lucy Doyle
The Stranger …… Lewis Bray
Brokk …… Michael Bertenshaw
Hel …… Alexandra Constantinidi
Eitri …… Cameron Percival
Angrboda …… Saffron Coomber
Magnus …… Eviee Lavery
Young Hel …… Grace Doherty
Radio …… Neil Gaiman

Anansi Boys: Episode 6

ANANSI BOYS: EPISODE 6 (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 30th December 2017

Anansi Boys is a magical web of a story that spans the old world and the new, from South London to the Southern US, to the fictional Caribbean island of St Andrews, and the Mountains at the End of the World. Or the Beginning of the World. Depending on which way you're heading.

Jacob Anderson is a musician (as Raleigh Ritchie) as well as an actor. Starring as Fat Charlie, a young man who struggles to find his voice, he has also written and performed a specially commissioned song - Charlie's Song - which forms part of the magical fabric of Anansi Boys.

The stellar cast of the series also includes Earl Cameron, Tanya Moodie, Adjoa Andoh, Joseph Marcell, Jacob Anderson, Lenny Henry, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sheila Atim, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Cecilia Noble, Angela Wynter, Ariyon Bakare, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Danielle Vitalis, Ronke Adekoluejo, Clifford Samuel, and Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong.

Writer ..... Neil Gaiman
Adaptor ..... Dirk Maggs
Sound Design ..... Wilfredo Acosta
Producer ..... Allegra McIlroy
Director ..... Allegra McIlroy.

Anansi Boys: Episode 5

ANANSI BOYS: EPISODE 5 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 29th December 2017

Anansi Boys is a magical web of a story that spans the old world and the new, from South London to the Southern US, the fictional Caribbean island of St Andrews, and the Mountains at the End of the World. Or the Beginning of the World. Depending on which way you're heading.

The stellar cast of the series also includes Earl Cameron, Tanya Moodie, Adjoa Andoh, Joseph Marcell, Jacob Anderson, Lenny Henry, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sheila Atim, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Cecilia Noble, Angela Wynter, Ariyon Bakare, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Danielle Vitalis, Ronke Adekoluejo, Clifford Samuel, and Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong.

Writer ..... Neil Gaiman
Adaptor ..... Dirk Maggs
Sound Design ..... Wilfredo Acosta
Producer ..... Allegra McIlroy
Director ..... Allegra McIlroy.

Anansi Boys: Episode 4

ANANSI BOYS: EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 28th December 2017

Charlie begins to follow the strands of the web to its centre, and takes the first steps to owning his own story. Through an unexpected séance, he slips across the hairsbreadth between worlds, to the place of the old gods, and encounters his father's old enemies, Tiger and Bird.

Anansi Boys is a magical web of a story that spans the old world and the new, from South London to the Southern US, the fictional Caribbean island of St Andrews, and the Mountains at the End of the World. Or the Beginning of the World. Depending on which way you're heading.

The stellar cast of the series also includes Earl Cameron, Tanya Moodie, Adjoa Andoh, Joseph Marcell, Jacob Anderson, Lenny Henry, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sheila Atim, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Cecilia Noble, Angela Wynter, Ariyon Bakare, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Danielle Vitalis, Ronke Adekoluejo, Clifford Samuel, and Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong.

Writer ..... Neil Gaiman
Adaptor ..... Dirk Maggs
Sound Design ..... Wilfredo Acosta
Producer ..... Allegra McIlroy
Director ..... Allegra McIlroy

Anansi Boys: Episode 3

ANANSI BOYS: EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 27th December 2017

'Fat Charlie has a headache, a grieving heart, and a cash bonus from Graham Coats of two thousand pounds'

A gentle boy whose dad made him feel small, Fat Charlie Nancy is now overwhelmed by the discovery of a brother he never knew he had (not to mention the fact that his dad is the Spider God Anansi). As Spider (not so much feckless as absent on the day they handed out feck) tramples carelessly across Charlie's life, Charlie begins to discover in himself a growing fire.

From the writer of Neverwhere and American Gods, a six part adaption of Neil Gaiman's best-selling and much-loved novel.

The stellar cast of the series also includes Earl Cameron, Tanya Moodie, Adjoa Andoh, Joseph Marcell, Jacob Anderson, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sheila Atim, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Cecilia Noble, Angela Wynter, Ariyon Bakare, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Danielle Vitalis, Ronke Adekoluejo, Clifford Samuel, and Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong.

Writer ..... Neil Gaiman
Adaptor ..... Dirk Maggs
Sound Design ..... Wilfredo Acosta
Producer ..... Allegra McIlroy
Director ..... Allegra McIlroy.

Anansi Boys: Episode 2

ANANSI BOYS: EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 26th December 2017

When his father dies, Fat Charlie Nancy (Jacob Anderson) discovers that not only was the late Mr Nancy (Lenny Henry) actually the god Anansi, but that he also has a long-lost brother, Spider (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett), who is everything Fat Charlie is not. When Spider begins to take over Fat Charlie's life, flat and even his fiancée Rosie (Sheila Atim), Fat Charlie is forced to make a pact that lands him in even more trouble. Not just with his boss (Julian Rhind-Tutt), the wife of their biggest client (Julie Hesmondhalgh) and police officer Daisy Day (Pippa Bennett-Warner), but with the gods themselves...

Anansi Boys is a magical web of a story that spans the old world and the new, from South London to the Southern US, the fictional Caribbean island of St Andrews, and the Mountains at the End of the World. Or the Beginning of the World. Depending on which way you're heading.

From the writer of Neverwhere and American Gods, a six part adaption of Neil Gaiman's best-selling and much-loved novel.

The stellar cast of the series also includes Earl Cameron, Tanya Moodie, Adjoa Andoh, Joseph Marcell, Cecilia Noble, Angela Wynter, Ariyon Bakare, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Danielle Vitalis, Ronke Adekoluejo, Clifford Samuel, and Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong.

Writer ..... Neil Gaiman
Adaptor ..... Dirk Maggs
Sound Design ..... Wilfredo Acosta
Producer ..... Allegra McIlroy
Director ..... Allegra McIlroy.

Anansi Boys: Episode 1

ANANSI BOYS: EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 25th December 2017

'Stories are Webs. They are connected strand to strand....'

Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys comes to Radio 4, with a stellar cast, and a specially commissioned song written and performed by Jacob Anderson (Game of Thrones's Grey Worm) who makes his radio debut as Fat Charlie Nancy, a South London boy whose dad is trouble. And not just your standard, run of the mill kind of trouble: more like, your trickster God and master of mischief and storytelling kind of trouble.

Anansi Boys is a story of love, laughter, music and murder, old gods and new tricks, that takes Fat Charlie from his home in London to Florida, the Caribbean, and the very Beginning of the World itself. Or the End of the World. Depending on which direction you're coming from.

Jacob Anderson is a musician (as Raleigh Ritchie) as well as an actor. Starring as Fat Charlie, a young man who struggles to find his voice, he has also written and performed a specially commissioned song - Charlie's Song - which forms part of the magical fabric of Anansi Boys.

The stellar cast of the series also includes Earl Cameron, Tanya Moodie, Adjoa Andoh, Joseph Marcell, Lenny Henry, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sheila Atim, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Cecilia Noble, Angela Wynter, Ariyon Bakare, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Danielle Vitalis, Ronke Adekoluejo, Clifford Samuel, and Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong.

This is Dirk Maggs's fifth adaptation of a Neil Gaiman novel for Radio 4, and Neil Gaiman's favourite so far.

Writer ..... Neil Gaiman
Adaptor ..... Dirk Maggs
Sound Design ..... Wilfredo Acosta
Producer ..... Allegra McIlroy
Director ..... Allegra McIlroy.

Good Omens: Episode 6

GOOD OMENS: EPISODE 6 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th December 2017

Events have been set in motion to bring about the End of Days. The armies of Good and Evil are gathering and making their way towards the sleepy English village of Lower Tadfield. The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse - War, Famine, Pollution and Death - have been summoned from the corners of the earth and are assembling.

Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell and his assistant Newton Pulsifier are also en route to Tadfield to investigate some unusual phenomena in the area, while Anathema Device, descendent of prophetess and witch Agnes Nutter, tries to decipher her ancestor's cryptic predictions about exactly where the impending Apocalypse will take place.

Atlantis is rising, fish are falling from the sky; everything seems to be going to the Divine Plan.

Everything that is but for the unlikely duo of an angel and a demon who are not all that keen on the prospect of the forthcoming Rapture. Aziraphale (once an angel in the Garden of Eden, but now running an antiquarian bookshop in London), and Crowley (formerly Eden's snake, now driving around London in shades and a vintage Bentley) have been living on Earth for several millennia and have become rather fond of the place. But if they are to stop Armageddon taking place they've got to find and kill the one who will the one bring about the apocalypse: the Antichrist himself.

There's just one small problem: someone seems to have mislaid him...

With a cast led by Peter Serafinowicz and Mark Heap this is the first ever dramatization of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.

Adaptation and sound design by Dirk Maggs.
Produced by Heather Larmour.