Stardust

Original version

BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

BBC Radio 4 LW

Neil Gaiman - Stardust

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

Neil Gaiman's tale of a young man's quest to gain his heart's desire, adapted in two parts

Neil Gaiman's tale of a young man's quest to gain his heart's desire, adapted in two parts by Dirk Maggs.

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Eleanor Bron

Matthew Beard

Sophie Rundle

Dirk Maggs

Neil Gaiman

Heather Larmour

Neil Gaiman - Stardust: Part 1

stardust_171216_ep1_elizabeth-jaynes.jpg

Part 1 BBC Radio 4 Extra - Neil Gaiman - Stardust, Part 1

Tristran Thorn travels to the mysterious land of Faerie in pursuit of a fallen star.  

Tristran Thorn leaves a sleepy English village to enter a mysterious land in pursuit of a fallen star. Stars Matthew Beard.

Challenged to retrieve a fallen star by the beautiful Victoria Forester, to whom he has lost his heart, Tristran Thorn leaves his home in the sleepy English village of Wall and crosses into the mysterious and magical land of Faerie.  

But when Tristran locates the fallen star he discovers it is no mere meteorite, but an injured young woman, Yvaine.

Tristran, however, is not the only person to have seen and be in pursuit of the fallen star.  Deep in Faerie, Morwanneg the witch queen, is also hunting the star, whose heart she plans to cut out to restore youth to herself and her sisters.

High on Mount Huon, Primus, Tertius and Septimus, the three living heirs to the realm of Stormhold, seek out the star to claim the right to their recently deceased father’s kingdom, and each will stop at nothing – not even murder – to ensure they are the only brother left in the running for the throne!

With Yvaine’s life in danger, she and Tristran find themselves embarking on an extraordinary adventure, full of danger and intrigue as they flee across Faerie.   

Encountering Little Hairy Men, witches, and lightning-hunting sky pirates along the way, Tristran is about to uncover the secret to his own identity and a fate beyond his wildest dreams at his journey’s end.

Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel dramatised in two parts by Dirk Maggs.

Narrator ...... Eleanor Bron
Tristran ...... Matthew Beard
Yvaine ...... Sophie Rundle

Sound Design: Wilfredo Acosta and Dirk Maggs

Directors: Dirk Maggs &Heather Larmour
Producer:  Heather Larmour

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Neil Gaiman - Stardust

Part 1

Contributors

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 LW

About BBC Radio 4