h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Several years ago when I was writing here on H2G2 about how I enjoyed the London Tube on my visit from the US, someone suggested I try "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman. This is a fantasy set mostly in "London Below", with many references to Tube locations. So I ordered it from Amazon UK, two videocassettes with 196 minutes, "The Major BBC2 Series". I had to get it converted fom PAL format, but it was well worth it. Clearly a relatively low budget production, but good writing can sure make up for a lack of special effects.

Bad guy: "We'll get off at the British Museum Tube Station."
Hero: "There is no British Museum Station."
Bad guy: "There's not? Then we better be careful getting off!"

First assassin: "If they prick us, do we not bleed?"
Second assassin: "No, we don't."

OK, it's not a network TV export (AFAIK), but it should be.

Hey, I read the book Neverwhere in the US about two years ago and never knew it was a show in London! Cool, although I don't think i'll ever see it until i actually go to London. Oh well. Still, a great story!

Actually it was released on DVD in the US not that long ago.

Researcher PSG

really?

Yay! I'm putting on my glasses and searching for it online right now.