As a huge and unabashed fan of Neil Gaiman, I leapt on the chance earlier in 2016 to listen to a four-part radio adaptation of his novel 'Neverwhere,' a fantasy adventure set in the London that "slipped through the cracks" of the real world, a place where the Knightsbridge toll is unspeakably high, rats are highly respected, but easily offended, and angels pace forgotten corridors for millennia. It was a wonderful retelling, and so when I heard that BBC Radio 4 was at it again, I was thrilled.

'Stardust' is one of the few Gaiman works to make it from page to screen (outside of a really excellent episode of 'Doctor Who,' that is). In 2007 it hit the big screens, and somewhat faded away, as many movies do. But now, the story is coming back in the form of a radio adaptation on the BBC Radio 4 website for a limited time.

A two-part story, the entire recording is two hours long and tells the story of Tristran Thorn, who leaves his safe little village to find a star that fell from the sky deep in the lands of Faerie - though instead of a meteorite, he finds an injured young woman, Yvaine.

A star is a rare and precious thing out of the sky, of course, so Tristran isn't the only one looking for it; what's a good story without some conniving princes, a greedy witch, and a pirate crew?

The recording is available to listen to here until January 22nd.