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Neverwhere (1996)

Actors: Freddie Jones (actor), Peter Capaldi (actor), Timothy Bateson (actor), Stratford Johns (actor), Earl Cameron (actor), Tamsin Greig (actress), Michael Culver (actor), Richard Leaf (actor), Arthur Whybrow (actor), George Jackos (actor), Dave McKean (miscellaneous crew), Dave McKean (miscellaneous crew), Julie T. Wallace (actress), Finn McGough (miscellaneous crew), Nick Holder (actor),

Plot: Richard Mayhew leads an ordinary life in London when one day a girl named Door falls, injured, across his path. The next thing he knows, his life is gone and he's pulled into the fantastical world of London Below. Pursued by the murderous Messrs. Croup and Vandemar, Door and Richard with the help of Hunter and the Marquis de Carabas, attempt to find the Angel Islington, who knows the secret behind the murder of Door's family, and possibly a way for Richard to go home.

Keywords: angel, assassination, cult-tv, homelessness, london-england, london-underground, magic, tv-mini-series
Genres: Drama, Fantasy,
Taglines: The Major BBC2 Series Descend Into The Shadows Of London Below

Quotes:

[Answering the phone]::Mr. Croup: Croup and Vandemar, the Old Firm, obstacles obliterated, nuisances eradicated, bothersome limbs removed and tutelary dentistry undertaken.

Mr. Croup: If you cut us, do we not bleed?::Mr. Vandemaar: [pondering] No.

Mr. Croup: You're completely off your head.::Mr. Vandemaar: Say the word, Mister Croup, and it'll be off his shoulders before you can say Jack Ketch.

Mr. Croup: Were I you, I would no longer worry about the young lady. Her days are numbered, and the number in question isn't even in double digits.

The Marquis De Carabas: I thought it was just a legend, like the alligators in the sewers of New York.::Old Bailey: What, the big white ones? Oh, they're down there. I had a friend who lost a head to one of them. He's all right, he had another one.

Old Bailey: What's it like? Being dead?::The Marquis De Carabas: Live long enough and you'll find out.

Door: The Marquis de Carabas is a little bit dodgy in the same way that rats are a little bit covered in fur.

Richard Oliver Mayhew: What kind of meat is it?::'Floating Market' Food Vendor: Crow.::Richard Oliver Mayhew: I'll take three vegetable curries then.

Mr. Croup: What do you want?::The Marquis De Carabas: What does anybody want?::Mr. Vandemaar: Dead things... extra teeth...

Richard Oliver Mayhew: [Prelude] Hello, I'm Richard Mayhew and I'm in Securities.