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... a delight -- Bournemouth Daily Echo
Each and every one is a gem. And a gem all the more valuable for those of us discovering them for the first time. -- Chichester Observer
Each and every one is a gem. And a gem all the more valuable for those of us discovering them for the first time. -- Chichester Observer
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Carleton Hobbs stars as Sherlock Holmes in this box set containing all three volumes of the classic full-cast BBC Radio dramas. In these twelve classic stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Carleton Hobbs established the 'sound' of Sherlock Holmes, with Norman Shelley as his superb Watson. All three volumes of these unique recordings are available together on CD for the first time ever, with specially commissioned new introductions by Nicholas Utechin, former Editor of the "Sherlock Holmes Journal". Volume 1 includes: "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Red-Headed League", "Charles Augustus Milverton", and "The Speckled Band". Volume 2 includes: "The Blue Carbuncle", "Silver Blaze", "The Final Problem", and "The Empty House". Volume 3 includes: "The Musgrave Ritual", "Black Peter", "The Bruce-Partington Plans", and "The Dancing Men". '...a delight' - Bournemouth, "Daily Echo". 'Each and every one is a gem. And a gem all the more valuable for those of us discovering them for the first time' - "Chichester Observer".
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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These short 30min (approx) dramatisations of Sherlock Holmes are brilliant. I hope the BBC have the archives of the other stories recorded by Hobbs and Shelley and make them into CDs as well. Definitely the best Holmes around.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley are quite simply the best radio Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. All others pale in comparison. More recent characterisations of Holmes are far too user friendly and matey. Hobb's Holmes is cold and calculating, and rather like my tutors from the early fifties, far from cuddly. What's more, the stories are not so padded out as later adaptations, they were after all, with exceptions, written as short stories.
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Re-issue of a classic
24 April 2011
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Hobbs and Shelley were THE Holmes and Watson of the BBC from 1952 to 1969. Many think they are still the definitive portrayals of the characters on the radio. The Hobbs' Holmes is logical and incisive, but does retain a sense of humor and an obvious affection for his chronicler. Shelley's Watson is the sturdy British doctor, fond of his more intellectual friend, but not by any means the "boobus-britannicus" offered by other players.
This collection offers a small selection of the recordings from various years, previously available only on cassette. It is nicely restored to clear, artifact free, sound quality and has short but informative introductions by Nicholas Utechin, former editor of the Sherlock Holmes Journal. A must for those who enjoy full cast radio drama and Holmes. I can't wait for more of these classic recordings.
This collection offers a small selection of the recordings from various years, previously available only on cassette. It is nicely restored to clear, artifact free, sound quality and has short but informative introductions by Nicholas Utechin, former editor of the Sherlock Holmes Journal. A must for those who enjoy full cast radio drama and Holmes. I can't wait for more of these classic recordings.
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