1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The stories of Sherlock Holmes was a very well produced South African Radio show which delivered 50 episodes. The stories and the acting are great. Enjoy! Baselton Estat e  Length: ~22 minutes Starring: Graham Armitage (Holmes), Kerry Jordan (Watson) Summary: Holmes and Watson are summoned to the rural property known as Baselton Estate, where a series of troubling events has unsettled the househol...

It was 1887 and all of England was excited to welcome Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Extravaganza to London- especially Queen Victoria, who was given a special area in the stands from which she could enjoy the show.  When Cody received a bomb threat he called on Sherlock Holmes to determine the validity of the threat. What happened wasn't revealed to the public until years later when Watson release...

 The Missing Inventor    Length: ~24 minutes Starring: Graham Armitage (Holmes), Kerry Jordan (Watson) Summary Holmes and Watson are called in when a brilliant but reclusive inventor suddenly disappears under circumstances that suggest more than a simple vanishing. The man's workshop contains half‑finished devices, scattered notes, and signs of a struggle—or perhaps a staged one. His latest creati...

 The Auction of the Oxford Crown   Length: ~28 minutes Starring: Graham Armitage (Holmes), Kerry Jordan (Watson) Summary Holmes and Watson become involved in a curious affair surrounding the planned auction of a rare and valuable artifact known as the Oxford Crown. The sale attracts collectors, opportunists, and unsavory characters, each with their own motives for wanting the piece. When irregular...

The Night Before Christmas Original Air Date: December 24, 1945 Summary: While Dr. Watson is preparing to play Santa Claus for Mrs. Hudson's nieces, Holmes receives an urgent visit from an old friend, Lord Woodham. Woodham has received a blackmail note threatening that the valuable jewels and bank notes he intends to give his relatives will "disappear" unless he pays £5,000. Holmes recognizes the...

Full‑Episode Summary (No Spoilers) In this immersive four‑part Sherlock Holmes adventure, we follow Holmes and Watson as they investigate the Whitechapel murders using real names, dates, and locations drawn directly from the historical Jack the Ripper case. The story begins in London in the autumn of 1888, when Inspector Abberline calls upon Holmes to examine the brutal killings of Mary Ann Nichol...

Link to 'Marie' by H. Rider Haggard at 1001 Stories From The Gilded Age: https://www.bestof1001stories.com/show/1001storiesfromthegildedage/marie-by-h-rider-haggard-chap-1/ In Chapter 1 of "The Great Boer War", titled "The Boer Nations," Arthur Conan Doyle explores the historical and cultural origins of the Boer people to explain why they became such formidable opponents for the British Empire.  K...

Sherlock Holmes investigates the death of a nobleman which is tied in to a mysterious ghost who haunts an English castle. This is one of the hard to find episodes of 'The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ' from John Stanley and Ian Martin (1948)

Tonight we step back to Jan 18, 1986 for a unique production that blurs the lines between fiction and reality, The Mystery of the Reluctant Storyteller, written by Derek Wilson and directed by Brian Miller. In this drama, Holmes and Watson discuss their creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, exploring his accomplishments,his misses, and the time when Doyle wanteed to kill off his famous detective so he...

Jon Hagadorn narrates this adventure in which Holmes and Watson solve the case of a mysterious tenant who is frightening an older landlady who comes to Holmes for help. In the process of finding out who the tenant is, Holmes joins forces with Scotland Yard and The Pinkerton Detective Agency,  

Continuing the 1946 season of The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, here are the summaries for the next two episodes you mentioned. Both featured Tom Conway as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson. The Singular Affair of the Coptic Compass Original Air Date: December 7, 1946 Summary: Sherlock Holmes returns to his lodgings to find a bizarre collection of items: a railway ticket, a Coptic compass, a h...

Both episodes originally aired in 1946 and featured Tom Conway as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, following Basil Rathbone's departure from the series. The Adventure of the Black Angus Original Air Date: October 19, 1946 Summary: A young woman, a jilted bride-to-be, hires Holmes to investigate why her fiancé—the son of a Scottish Lord—suddenly broke off their engagement without expl...

  "The Indiscretion of Mr. Edwards" is an original radio play from The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, first broadcast on February 4, 1946. The plot involves Holmes investigating the murder of a French circus performer who was involved with a member of the British Royal Family traveling incognito Get all of our shows at one website: WWW.BESTOF1001STORIES.COM REVIEWS NEEDED . My email works as w...

Two great episodes of The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Nigel Bruce and Basil RathboneIn the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, these episodes aired during the mid-1940s and reflect the show's blend of original scripts and classic adaptations.  The Fifth of November  Original Air Date: November 5, 1945 This episode, also known...

"The Terrifying Cats" and "The Submarine Caves" are episodes of the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which originally starred Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. These episodes often featured original scripts by Anthony Boucher and Denis Green rather than direct adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.  The Terrifying Cats Original Air Date: Febr...

Stories of Sherlock Holmes ran on South African 'Springbok Radio' in the early 1980's. It starred Graham Armitage as Sherlock and Kerry Jordan as Watson. Watson is no longer the bumbling mumbling Watson of Nigel Bruce. The stories do not attempt to stick to the original Conan Doyle canon.  Get all of our shows at one website: www.bestof1001stories.com My email works as well for comments: 1001stori...

Murder Beyond the Mountains (Original Air Date: January 14, 1946) Set during the period when the world believed Sherlock Holmes was dead, this episode follows Holmes (disguised as the Norwegian explorer Sigerson) as he treks through the Himalayas. While seeking passage to Tibet, he is rescued from a blizzard by a missionary and becomes embroiled in a high-stakes power struggle involving a local Ch...

  The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was a popular American radio series that aired from 1939 to 1950, primarily starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. The show followed a framing device where a retired Watson, living in California, would share stories of his past cases with a weekly guest. While some episodes were direct adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle's or...

Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce take us on another great Sherlock Holmes Adventure sponsored by Petri Wines. "The Great Gandolfo" is an episode of The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes radio series, which aired on October 22, 1945, starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. It was written by Anthony Boucher and Denis Green, and while not an original Arthur Conan Doyle story, i...

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Holmes and Watson come to the aid of an old war buddy of Watson's who is haunted by visions of the past. The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a series of radio dramas based on Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes. Written by Bert Coules as a pastiche of Doyle's work, the series was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002, 2004, 2008–2009 and 2010. There are sixteen episodes, all of them...

A man is found dead from a bullet wound on a train to London and Scotland Yard is unable to piece together how it happened. This is one of Doyle's first murder mysteries and one of the few which does not include Sherlock Holmes. "The Story of the Man with the Watches" (1898) It was collected in Doyle's Round the Fire Stories (1908) and Tales of Terror and Mystery (1922). The story concerns the app...

 THE CABMAN'S STORY "The Cabman's Story" is a short crime fiction story by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published anonymously in Cassell's Saturday Journal on May 17, 1884. The narrative serves as a frame for an old, experienced London cabman to share a series of grim and mysterious encounters he has had during his long career as a "growler" (four-wheeler cab) driver.  Summary of the Stories The stor...

The Springbok Radio series The Stories of Sherlock Holmes was a South African radio drama that aired from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. The show was a notable part of the legacy of Springbok Radio, a major commercial station in South Africa at the time.    Airing Period : The series ran between 1979/1980 and 1985. Springbok Radio itself ceased broadcasting in 1985. Cast: Sherlock Holmes was pla...

Graham Armitage- My vote for best radio Sherlock Holmes The Stories of Sherlock Holmes was a South African radio show series of 47 or 50 episodes, produced by Michael Silver and aired on Springbok Radio (Johannesburg, South Africa) between 1979/1980 and 1985, starring Graham Armitage as Sherlock Holmes and Kerry Jordan as Dr. Watson. The episodes were around 20-30 minutes each and broadcasted on S...