Is BBC Radio 4 adapting Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys?
It looks like a full-cast dramatisation could be set for release next year
- Ellie Harrison
Published: Friday, 15 September 2017 at 2:30 pm
It looks like BBC Radio 4 could be adapting Neil Gaiman’s bestselling 2005 novel, Anansi Boys.
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The story centres around the sons of the African spider-god, Mr Nancy, who featured in Gaiman's 2001 novel American Gods - now a hit TV series.
Anansi Boys follows Fat Charlie Nancy and his newly discovered brother, Spider, on their adventures as they explore their common heritage.
According to a listing on Amazon, an audiobook CD made by BBC Radio 4 is set for release on 1st February 2018.
The book was previously adapted into a radio play for BBC World Service, starring Lenny Henry as the Anansi brothers, as well as Matt Lucas and Rudolph Walker among the supporting cast. But this looks like a new version - given that it's from Radio 4 and the product spec has clearly been written since American Gods became a TV show.
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RadioTimes.com has contacted the BBC for confirmation - watch this space!
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Ellie HarrisonWriter, RadioTimes.com
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