{"product_id":"book-htrs","title":"Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFully-dramatised adaptations of all 60 Sherlock Holmes stories, brought to life with a full cast of actors, sound effects and music\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A remarkable undertaking... applauding them, and particularly Clive Merrison's Holmes, made my hands sore'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and his dear friend Dr Watson are among the most enduringly popular fictional characters ever created. Their adventures have been dramatised countless times on radio, TV and film, but until BBC Radio 4 took on the challenge in 1989, no-one had ever attempted to adapt all sixty stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with \u003ci\u003eA Study in Scarlet\u003c\/i\u003e and concluding with \u003ci\u003eThe Hound of the Baskervilles\u003c\/i\u003e, their epic project took over 8 years to complete - and this landmark collection contains the extraordinary result of their labours. Here is the world's first ever fully-dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarring one of radio's great double acts, \u003cb\u003eClive Merrison\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMichael Williams\u003c\/b\u003e, as Holmes and Watson, and with guest stars including \u003cb\u003eBrian Blessed, Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Andrew Sachs, Peter Davison, Robert Glenister\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHarriet Walter\u003c\/b\u003e, this definitive collection contains over 48 hours of enthralling listening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso included is a bonus interview with Adrian Conan Doyle about his father, Sir Arthur, and some fascinating behind-the-scenes revelations from the series' head writer, Bert Coules, about the making of the radio adaptations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eCast\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSherlock Holmes - Clive Merrison\u003cbr\u003eDr John Watson - Michael Williams\u003cbr\u003eMrs Hudson - Anna Cropper\/Mary Allen\/Joan Matheson\/Judi Dench\/\u003cbr\u003eInspector Gregson - John Moffatt\u003cbr\u003eInspector Lestrade - Donald Gee\/Stephen Thorne\u003cbr\u003eMary Morstan\/Mary Watson - Moir Leslie\/Elizabeth Mansfield\/Hannah Gordon\u003cbr\u003eIrene Adler - Sarah Badel\u003cbr\u003eInspector Jones - Nigel Carrington\u003cbr\u003eColonel Moran - Fraser Kerr\/Frederick Treves\u003cbr\u003eMycroft Holmes - John Hartley\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Moriarty - Michael Pennington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Arthur Conan Doyle\u003cbr\u003eDramatised by Bert Coules with David Ashton, Michael Bakewell, Roger Danes, Robert Forrest, Denys Hawthorne, Gerry Jones, Peter Ling, Vincent McInerney and Peter Mackie\u003cbr\u003eProduced and directed by Ian Cotterell, David Johnston, Patrick Rayner and Enyd Williams\u003cbr\u003eMusicians: Alexander Balanescu, Leonard Friedman, Richard Friedman, Michael Haslam, Ian Humphries and Abigail Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eContents\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Study in Scarlet \u003cbr\u003eThe Sign of the Four \u003cbr\u003eThe Hound of the Baskervilles \u003cbr\u003eThe Valley of Fear \u003cbr\u003eThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes\u003cbr\u003eA Scandal in Bohemia \u003cbr\u003eThe Red-Headed League \u003cbr\u003eA Case of Identity \u003cbr\u003eThe Boscombe Valley Mystery \u003cbr\u003eThe Five Orange Pips \u003cbr\u003eThe Man with the Twisted Lip \u003cbr\u003eThe Blue Carbuncle \u003cbr\u003eThe Speckled Band \u003cbr\u003eThe Engineer's Thumb \u003cbr\u003eThe Noble Bachelor \u003cbr\u003eThe Beryl Coronet \u003cbr\u003eThe Copper Beeches \u003cbr\u003eThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes\u003cbr\u003eSilver Blaze \u003cbr\u003eThe Yellow Face \u003cbr\u003eThe Stockbroker's Clerk \u003cbr\u003eThe Gloria Scott \u003cbr\u003eThe Musgrave Ritual \u003cbr\u003eThe Reigate Squires \u003cbr\u003eThe Crooked Man \u003cbr\u003eThe Resident Patient \u003cbr\u003eThe Greek Interpreter \u003cbr\u003eThe Naval Treaty \u003cbr\u003eThe Final Problem \u003cbr\u003eThe Return of Sherlock Holmes\u003cbr\u003eThe Empty House \u003cbr\u003eThe Norwood Builder \u003cbr\u003eThe Dancing Men \u003cbr\u003eThe Solitary Cyclist \u003cbr\u003eThe Priory School \u003cbr\u003eBlack Peter \u003cbr\u003eCharles Augustus Milverton \u003cbr\u003eThe Six Napoleons \u003cbr\u003eThe Three Students \u003cbr\u003eThe Golden Pince-Nez \u003cbr\u003eThe Missing Three-Quarter \u003cbr\u003eThe Abbey Grange \u003cbr\u003eThe Second Stain \u003cbr\u003eHis Last Bow\u003cbr\u003eWisteria Lodge \u003cbr\u003eThe Cardboard Box \u003cbr\u003eThe Red Circle \u003cbr\u003eThe Bruce-Partington Plans \u003cbr\u003eThe Dying Detective \u003cbr\u003eThe Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax\u003cbr\u003eThe Devil's Foot \u003cbr\u003eHis Last Bow \u003cbr\u003eThe Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes\u003cbr\u003eThe Illustrious Client \u003cbr\u003eThe Blanched Soldier \u003cbr\u003eThe Mazarin Stone \u003cbr\u003eThe Three Gables \u003cbr\u003eThe Sussex Vampire \u003cbr\u003eThe Three Garridebs \u003cbr\u003eThe Problem of Thor Bridge \u003cbr\u003eThe Creeping Man \u003cbr\u003eThe Lion's Mane \u003cbr\u003eThe Veiled Lodger \u003cbr\u003eShoscombe Old Place \u003cbr\u003eThe Retired Colourman \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between November 1989 and March 1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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