Richard Mayhew vit à Londres une vie sans histoire, travaille dans un bureau, s'apprête à se marier, lorsqu'il sauve la vie de Porte, une jeune fille qui a le don de savoir ouvrir toutes les portes. Cet évènement fait basculer la vie de Richard. Sa fiancée le quitte, ses proches ne le voient plus, sa vie semble n'avoir jamais existé. Partant à la recherche de Porte, il découvre alors qu'il existe un Londres d'En Bas, peuplé de mendiants qui parlent aux rats, et de toute une société féodale et magique...
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As brilliant and enveloping as the book series is, this tv adaptation unfortunately falls extremely short. Anyone trying to watch this would have to have read the book or 90% of the show would make little to no sense. Had they had another 6 episodes to flesh this out, or made each episode an hour long that could have helped a lot. Set design is great, characters are all perfectly played, special effects are few and far between.
In the vein of so many other stories where a young adult stuck in a mundane life suddenly finds a secret world, this is a fantasy that I think is worthwhile watching. There are some great characters (my favourites being the sadistic brothers Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemaar) all set in London Below, a city that is not visible to normal folks. It's not startling, special affects are rare, but you can tell it is based on a good story, and it comes from a time when the BBC made some interesting stuff.