Sherlock Holmes

In our latest poll, the winner of the favorite crime drama, was none other than Sherlock Holmes!

A fictional character created by the famous British crime fiction writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Sherlock Holmes detective stories appeared on radio for more than 25 years, with a long list of performers playing the parts of Holmes and Dr Watson.

The Sherlock Holmes stories for radio were written by Edith Meiser, a self-confessed Holmes addict. At first she used Arthur Conan Doyles’ original stories, but, after the series outlived the original material, she created her own new stories. These were so well written that she was warmly praised by Arthur Conan Doyle’s widow and son.

As the recent poll has proven, a great many of you are Sherlock Holmes fans, and so am I!  

Over ten years ago, myself and my good friend David Ian Davies created a brand new Sherlock Holmes production. David helped out by doing all of the voices, and we created a full blown stereo production complete with music and sound effects. The end result ran in at about 35 minutes, but as it was full stereo rather than mono like many of the files on RUSC, the file size is a little bit larger. 

If you listen on headphones or in your car you should hear the voices coming from different places even though they are all played by the same person. 

It is the tale of Sir Robert Norberton, an aristocrat who is facing financial ruin. Living with his widowed sister at a property, which had belonged to his sister's late husband. Sir Robert has no claim on it at all, and so has invested everything he has into a fine horse, in the hope that he will win the upcoming derby and make enough money to pay his debts.

Down at the stables, a horse trainer called John Mason decides to contact Sherlock Holmes when he becomes concerned about his employer's recent strange behaviour. Sir Robert is hiding something, but what could it be?

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Well, I hope that you enjoy the show. Maybe you can curl up in front of the fire and listen to it - just like in the old days.

Next month, I'll be adding an Easter Sunday show which includes a parody of Sherlock Holmes. My tummy was aching from laughing so hard when I listened to it, so I just know you'll love it!

Happy listening my friends,