Samuel K. (Solvanda)
Reviewed on 7/12/2018...
I absolutely love this miniseries. Considered by many a cult classic. And this is easily the most enjoyable book by the author I've read so far, even after watching this BBC miniseries 3 times over before ever touching the printed medium, which makes sense as the book was written later on. Audiobook is awesome too and read by the author. Lenny Henry (famous comedian of BBC's "Chef!" fame) had a hand in this production too.
Have shown this to several friends through the years. They are often put off by the video-like quality of the footage. Sadly, post processing was supposed to add a 'film' feel to the production, and it was lit and shot for such, but this never happened. So, we're stuck with it. What we're stuck with is still astounding. As astounding as the extreme Scottish accent of the main protagonist, Richard Mayhew. Peter Capaldi plays the main antagonist as well. Incidental music is performed by the legendary wizard Brian Eno.
In 2017 Neil Gaiman announced that he was in fact writing a sequel entitled "The Seven Sisters".