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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.

1 hour

Last on

Tue 28 Dec 2021 03:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Eleanor Bron
Tristran Matthew Beard
Yvaine Sophie Rundle
Adaptor Dirk Maggs
Author Neil Gaiman
Director Heather Larmour
Director Dirk Maggs
Producer Heather Larmour

Broadcasts

  • Sat 17 Dec 2016 14:30
  • Christmas Eve 2016 21:00
  • Mon 27 Dec 2021 10:00
  • Mon 27 Dec 2021 15:00
  • Tue 28 Dec 2021 03:00

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