Douglas Wilmer speaks about himself and his career at The Sherlock Holmes Society’s March Meeting held on Tuesday 24th March 2009 at The Savage Club, housed in the premises of the National Liberal Club. Primarily this is the launch of Douglas Wilmer
Read more…There was Mendelssohn on the Proms programme that evening, and someone remembered that Mendelssohn's leider are mentioned in the Holmes canon, so Sherlock Holmes was topic of the discussion broadcast during the 20 minute interval. Essentially, Matthe
Read more…If you thought Meet Miss Sherlock was bad, wait until you listen to this. It's from a group called Telephone Network Theater, who deserve to be disconnected. Minerva is supposedly "the illegitimate half-Indian daughter" of The Master.
Read more…Is it possible? Did it happen? Could Sherlock Holmes have murdered his trusted friend Doctor John H Watson? From the studios of WCRS radio come the sordid circumstances of this heinous crime. All kidding aside this is a well-done pastiche. The sound
Read more…Compact Classics give tellings of the literature greats. Number two in the series is The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Here is told The Adventure of the Red-Headed League, followed by a telling of The Adventure of the Speckled Band, and concluded by
Read more…A 30 minute drama by Bert Coules. > > .......about the author's decision to stand for parliament for > Edinburgh, his home town. This was in the national election of 1900 - > the "Khaki Election" - in which the continuing and controversial war > in S
Read more…I am wondering if anybody had any of the shows where Nigel Bruce plays watson. I have only about 103 of the episodes and some of them are just ridiculusly bad adio quality. Thanks in advance
Read more…I came across this several years ago and have never been able to discover its provenance. Several OTR-for-Sale sites claim a date for it, but with no justification. Boris Aplon was a movie and Broadway actor. This presentation sounds like it was pr
Read more…What would these offerings of parody and pastiche be without The Goons? From The Light Programme, January 20. 1958.
Read more…This parody of the old TV show stars Daws Butler with Ben Wright as Holmes. Produced in the USA in 1976
Read more…"Sebastian De’th, London's premier ghost hunter, lives at 221-A Baker Street, in the apartment directly below the great detective ....and that can cause a problem ..." Allan Wightman wrote the script, but I cannot fiond any dating or broadcast infor
Read more…The Mausoleum Club was a show which parodied classic literature of all kinds.
The Holmes parody is called "A Study in Starlets."
Not bad as a parody.
Courtesy of Magersfontein. Presented by the Priory Scholars on June 28 1970 over WFUV-FM, Fordham University Radio. Robert Vierengel is Holmes, Chris Steinbrunner (who also served as producer) is Watson.
Read more…I know very little about this play, save that I believe it's Canadian and hails from the year 1981.
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