- Hardcover
- Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd (4 Feb 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563552786
- ISBN-13: 978-0563552789
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 10 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 750,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the stories and novels Doyle wrote about his great detective, there are many references to successful cases that are never actually written about. These 4 stories, written by the main dramatist on the complete BBC Radio 4 Sherlock Holmes canon, flesh out the cases behind the references to wonderful effect.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent stories worthy of the originals,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (BBC Radio Collection) (Hardcover)
All four of the stories on these cassettes are extremely well written and cast. They are a delight to hear. I was a little apprehensive about how Mr Sachs would be as Watson (I have all the BBC cassettes and have always thought Mr Merrison and Mr Williams were the very best Holmes and Watson ever), but by the end of the series I was delighted with the new interpretation, and thought Mr Sachs had done a wonderful job. Perhaps the stories were a little darker than the originals, but none seemed too far from the Conan Doyle style to my mind. I thought "The Madness of Colonel Warburton" was especially interesting as Conan Doyle himself was so involved in spiritualism. My favourite of the 5 stories that were part of this set - just broadcast in February on the BBC - (I heard them via the internet) is sadly not on this tape though! I hope the BBC plans to give us another series very soon and will include the 5th one on the next cassettes.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The flavour of Doyle's Holmes is still here. A super attempt,
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This review is from: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (BBC Radio Collection) (Hardcover)
Bert Coules has made a super attempt to capture the wonder that is Sherlock Holmes.After listening to the complete works, as put out by the BBC radio collection, I was overjoyed to hear of this tape. Fantastically elaborate stories in the Holmesian style that have not in anyway deteriorated from the originals. All four stories are taken from earlier references in the Conan Doyle books and I found myself going back to identify them, with renewed interest. I was a little unsure as to the atmosphere to begin with, mainly due to the sad loss of Michael Williams as Dr Watson, however, Andrew Sachs is a worthy replacement and I soon found myself well involved in the plots. I have only given 4 stars due to Michael Williams absence and the nagging doubt in the back of my mind that something just wasn't quite right, but you'll have to listen for yourself to identify with that. I would like to heartily recommend all the audio books in the Sherlock Holmes series.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Slightly Different Interpretation of Holmes,
By George R Dekle "Bob Dekle" (Lake City, FL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (BBC Radio Collection) (Hardcover)
Bert Coules did yeoman work in bringing the entire Holmes canon (or is it Conan?) to the air and to audiotape. Merrison and Williams were the best Holmes/Watson combo since Rathbone/Bruce. As the stories continued to flow from Coules' pen, he became more and more free in embellishing the stories with added detail. The result was both entertaining and true to the original stories.I mourned when the canon was finished and rejoiced when I heard that Coules intended to continue the saga with adventures drawn from the canon's references to apocryphal cases. I just finished auditing "Further Adventures" for the second time. Entertaining in the extreme. Some random observations: The stories seem more like lateral logic puzzles than mysteries. Holmes is (perhaps a bit too) much more fallible than in the canonical stories. Although I miss Michael Williams as Watson, the Holmes/Watson chemistry is still quite good. The sly references to William Gillette were quite amusing. Until the coming of Bert Coules, Anthony Boucher and Dennis Greene (who wrote for Rathbone and Bruce) were the best writers of audio Holmes pastiches. Coules has surpassed them. I wish "Further Adventures" a long run on the BBC. Some suggestions for future episodes: Edith Meiser did the "Giant Rat of Sumatra" back in the 30's in a six part radio serial. That serial is apparently lost to posterity. The "Giant Rat" cries out to be retold. The mentor/student relationship Holmes had with the London librarian in "The Saviour of Cripplegate Square" was quite good and should be revisited. Coules is especially good in characterizing the firm friendship of Holmes and Watson; he brought some of that same charm to Holmes' relationship with the librarian.
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