This is one of the greatest thing I've heard. I remember seeing this movie as a kid. I love Holmes. He was the first superhero. He was such a brilliant and flawed human being. Doyle was a genius creating this character.
I must disagree with your pretentious claim "it's a pity he is only known for Holmes" you have not impressed anyone besides which sadly was your main goal
This was one of my favorite books and the movie was great. My favorite line in the movie when talking to Freud is: My dear doctor you see but you do not observe.
Those who have played Sherlock Holmes since 1893: Charles Brookfield - 1893 William Gillette - 1899-1929 - 1300 Performances over 30 yrs. Sherlock Holmes movie Baffled - 1900 Silent/Short - Max Goldberg John F. Preston - 1900 Charles Rice - 1904 Karoly Baumann - 1905 Maurice Costello - 1905 Viggo Larsen - 1908 Alwin NeuB - 1908, 1911, 1914 Otto Lagoni - 1910 Holger Rasmussen - 1911 Mack Sennett - 1911-1912 George Treville - 1912 Harry Benham - 1913 James Bragington - 1914 Francis Ford - 1914 H.A. Saintbury - 1916 Hugo Flink - 1917 Sam Robinson - 1918 Eille Norwood - 1921 Silent short movie - The Dying Detective Burt Lytell - 1921 Dennis Neillson-Terry - 1921 John Barrymore - 1922 Hamilton Deane - 1923-1932 Tod Slaughter - 1928, 1930 Richard Gordon - 1930-1933, 1936 Clive Brook - 1929/1930/1932 Arthur Wontner - 1931- 1937 - Movie Series Raymond Massey - 1931 Robert Rendel - 1931/1932 Reginald Owen - 1933 Felix Alymer - 1933 Louis Hector - 1934-1935, 1937 Bruno Guttner - 1937, 1939, 1942-1943 Orson Welles - 1938 Basil Rathbone - 1939-1946 Cedric Hardwick - 1945 Tom Conway - 1947 Howard Marion-Crawford - 1948 John Stanley - 1948-1949 Alan Napier - 1949 John Longden - 1951 Laidman Browne - 1951 Carleton Hobbs - 1952-1969 Ronald Howard - 1954 (39 episodes) Sir John Gielgud - 1954-1955 Christopher Lee - 1962, 1970, 1992 Douglas Wilmer - 1964 Peter Cushing - 1959, 1968, 1984 John Neville - 1965, 1970, 1978 Robert Stephens - 1970 Stewart Granger - 1972 John Cleese - 1973 Larry Hagman - 1974 Robert Powell - 1974 John Wood - 1974-1975 Leonard Nimoy - 1976 Kevin McCarthy - 1977 Roger Moore - 1976 Nicol Williamson - 1976 Christopher Plummer - 1977 Peter Cook - 1977 Paxton Whitehead - 1978 Geoffrey Whitehead - 1979-1980 Keith Mitchell - 1979 Charlton Heston - 1980 Frank Langella - 1980 Vasily Livanov - Russian TV - 1979-1981, 1983 & 1986 John Moffatt - 1981 Guy Henry - 1982 Tom Baker - 1982 Ian Richardson - 1983 Peter O’Toole - 1983 (animated TV films - Australian) Jeremy Brett - 1984-1994 Nicholas Rowe - 1984 Guy Rolfe - 1984 Dinsdale Landen - 1987 Tim Pigott-Smith - 1987 Anthony Higgins - 1987 Michael Pennington - 1987 Roger Rees - 1988 Ron Moody - 1988-1989 Clive Merrison - 1989-1998, 2002, 2004, 2008-2010 Edward Woodward - 1990 Simon Callow - 1990 Richard E. Grant 1992 Robert Powell - 1993 Patrick McNee - 1993 Anthony Higgins - 1993 Matt Frewer - 2000-2001 John Gilbert - 2000 Joaquim de Almeida - 2001 Richard Roxburgh - 2002 James D’Arcy - 2002 Andrew Sachs - 2004 Rupert Everett - 2004 Jonathan Pryce - 2007 Javier Marzan - 2007 Roger Llewellyn - 2009 Ben Syder - 2010 Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018 Johnny Lee Miller - 2012-2019 Benjamin Lawlor - 2013 Igor Petrenko - Russian TV Series - 2013 Robert Downey Jr. 2009 & 2011 Benedict Cumberbatch - 2010-2016 Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018 Seamus Dever - 2014 Ian McKellen - 2015 Euan Morton - 2015 Gregory Wooddell - 2015 Paul Andrew Goldsmith - 2015-2016 Ewen Bremner - 2016 Jay Taylor - 2017-2018 Yuko Takeuchi - 2018 (HBO Asia - female ‘Holmes’) Orlando Wells - 2018 Samuel Tady - 2011, 2014, 2017-2018 (Tady Bros. Productions/on YTube) Johnny Depp - 2018 (animation) Will Ferrell - 2018 Nicholas Boulton - 2020 Henry Cavill - 2020 Ethan Bell - 2020 (Fan Film on UA-cam) This list is not exhaustive. however, these are some of the many actors who have played Sherlock Holmes on stage, screen, radio and TV adaptations.
Great list! Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett wre best IMHO. I had no idea there were so many. I often like Robert Downey Jr & he at least put in an original role but the movie he was in seemed absurd, a little like overstated. That's the modern world, of course, lots of special effects and overacting and very little subtlety or conversation
@@granthurlburt4062 Hands down the best IMHO. Brett and his cohort were so true to the original book. All the rest were terrible caraciatures sp; I don't like the fact that they made Dr Watson out to be a fool, nor showed Sherlock in all his over the top enthusiasm. The Brits did a great job with Brett and their Sherlock series. I don't think it can be topped. Gillette was a Ham, and no Kosher either. Just because you play One role for your life doesn't mean a thing except you are a one trick pony. Also, remember the Eugene Oneill play, with the father having done the same part year after year. One trick ponies are not usually very good....
Doyle's attempt to bring to light, albeit in the example of a ficticious character, the struggles of those with drug abuse and mental illness. Holmes was one of gifted intellect, but was a prisoner to narcotics which made a bipolar condition more pronounced. This is a tale as old as time.
I know he doesn't look the part but it's a shame Simon Callow never got a proper crack at Sherlock but In my opinion the best Holmes we never had was Richard E Grant ,,,in looks and general crankiness he would have owned the part 🤨🔍🎻(just an opinion)
I really like the part where there is a steam train chase. I found it a bit strange that the station master knew how much fuel was on board the steam locomotive that Watson borrowed at Gun point. but I guess the poor station master knew something about steam engines
Very well done, although I do kind of wish this BBC Radio production could have been an unabridged reading of the Meyer story with bits such as Holmes in his delirium babbling about oysters taking over the world, (a homage to the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes story 'The Dying Detective') but this is still a beautiful adaptation of one of the essential Sherlock Holmes pastiche stories.
Speaking of superheros, I bet you that sherlock holmes could beat every super villain and hero even thanos, i also bet that he would find some scientific way to kill/delete the power that supervillain and superhero's have in order to win
Ha...Sigmund Freud plays a role in this? Well it's a fact they both like cocaine. Okay cool I'm impressed this show had the guts to depict that. It caught me by surprise bcuz it's often censored.
Hi Mike, I think it's mostly self censorship on the part of the author, thinking it might play badly with the audience. But I too am impressed with the fidelity
It was rarely mentioned because Holmes used coke as a last resort and it never affected his mental powers. As soon as a case of interest appeared he returned to his old cerebral, crime solving genius. I know nothing of his thrice daily ministrations so I believe it was a device to introduce Freud. However, other Holmes writers saw him as a beekeeper;one even had him battling with Count Dracula. Of Freud and his circle, Jung often dealt with addicts and alcoholics, in fact Jung is mentioned in AAs' Big Book He believed that a spiritual change was an essential part of the addicts recovery. Jung's letter to an American doctor was added to the first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous' big book. Yes, I have been a fan for fifty years.
I have never been a fan of Sherlock Holmes pastiches. THIS one dwells on the great fictional character's sole weakness. I especially do not like this pastiche.
This is one of the greatest thing I've heard. I remember seeing this movie as a kid. I love Holmes. He was the first superhero. He was such a brilliant and flawed human being. Doyle was a genius creating this character.
Doyle also wrote many other fine novels and short stories . It's rather a pity he's only remembered
for Holmes...
I must disagree with your pretentious claim "it's a pity he is only known for Holmes" you have not impressed anyone besides which sadly was your main goal
Bravo 👏
Quite excellent and most enjoyable
My compliments to the entire cast and my deepest gratitude for sharing this post
I've been looking for this audio story for several years. I last heard it back around 2012. Excellent!
Eureka! ;).
Was this originally on BBC radio...or where, please?
Brilliant! Perfect listening for a dreary wet day.
This was one of my favorite books and the movie was great. My favorite line in the movie when talking to Freud is: My dear doctor you see but you do not observe.
Those who have played Sherlock Holmes since 1893:
Charles Brookfield - 1893
William Gillette - 1899-1929 - 1300 Performances over 30 yrs.
Sherlock Holmes movie Baffled - 1900 Silent/Short - Max Goldberg
John F. Preston - 1900
Charles Rice - 1904
Karoly Baumann - 1905
Maurice Costello - 1905
Viggo Larsen - 1908
Alwin NeuB - 1908, 1911, 1914
Otto Lagoni - 1910
Holger Rasmussen - 1911
Mack Sennett - 1911-1912
George Treville - 1912
Harry Benham - 1913
James Bragington - 1914
Francis Ford - 1914
H.A. Saintbury - 1916
Hugo Flink - 1917
Sam Robinson - 1918
Eille Norwood - 1921 Silent short movie - The Dying Detective
Burt Lytell - 1921
Dennis Neillson-Terry - 1921
John Barrymore - 1922
Hamilton Deane - 1923-1932
Tod Slaughter - 1928, 1930
Richard Gordon - 1930-1933, 1936
Clive Brook - 1929/1930/1932
Arthur Wontner - 1931- 1937 - Movie Series
Raymond Massey - 1931
Robert Rendel - 1931/1932
Reginald Owen - 1933
Felix Alymer - 1933
Louis Hector - 1934-1935, 1937
Bruno Guttner - 1937, 1939, 1942-1943
Orson Welles - 1938
Basil Rathbone - 1939-1946
Cedric Hardwick - 1945
Tom Conway - 1947
Howard Marion-Crawford - 1948
John Stanley - 1948-1949
Alan Napier - 1949
John Longden - 1951
Laidman Browne - 1951
Carleton Hobbs - 1952-1969
Ronald Howard - 1954 (39 episodes)
Sir John Gielgud - 1954-1955
Christopher Lee - 1962, 1970, 1992
Douglas Wilmer - 1964
Peter Cushing - 1959, 1968, 1984
John Neville - 1965, 1970, 1978
Robert Stephens - 1970
Stewart Granger - 1972
John Cleese - 1973
Larry Hagman - 1974
Robert Powell - 1974
John Wood - 1974-1975
Leonard Nimoy - 1976
Kevin McCarthy - 1977
Roger Moore - 1976
Nicol Williamson - 1976
Christopher Plummer - 1977
Peter Cook - 1977
Paxton Whitehead - 1978
Geoffrey Whitehead - 1979-1980
Keith Mitchell - 1979
Charlton Heston - 1980
Frank Langella - 1980
Vasily Livanov - Russian TV - 1979-1981, 1983 & 1986
John Moffatt - 1981
Guy Henry - 1982
Tom Baker - 1982
Ian Richardson - 1983
Peter O’Toole - 1983 (animated TV films - Australian)
Jeremy Brett - 1984-1994
Nicholas Rowe - 1984
Guy Rolfe - 1984
Dinsdale Landen - 1987
Tim Pigott-Smith - 1987
Anthony Higgins - 1987
Michael Pennington - 1987
Roger Rees - 1988
Ron Moody - 1988-1989
Clive Merrison - 1989-1998, 2002, 2004, 2008-2010
Edward Woodward - 1990
Simon Callow - 1990
Richard E. Grant 1992
Robert Powell - 1993
Patrick McNee - 1993
Anthony Higgins - 1993
Matt Frewer - 2000-2001
John Gilbert - 2000
Joaquim de Almeida - 2001
Richard Roxburgh - 2002
James D’Arcy - 2002
Andrew Sachs - 2004
Rupert Everett - 2004
Jonathan Pryce - 2007
Javier Marzan - 2007
Roger Llewellyn - 2009
Ben Syder - 2010
Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018
Johnny Lee Miller - 2012-2019
Benjamin Lawlor - 2013
Igor Petrenko - Russian TV Series - 2013
Robert Downey Jr. 2009 & 2011
Benedict Cumberbatch - 2010-2016
Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018
Seamus Dever - 2014
Ian McKellen - 2015
Euan Morton - 2015
Gregory Wooddell - 2015
Paul Andrew Goldsmith - 2015-2016
Ewen Bremner - 2016
Jay Taylor - 2017-2018
Yuko Takeuchi - 2018 (HBO Asia - female ‘Holmes’)
Orlando Wells - 2018
Samuel Tady - 2011, 2014, 2017-2018 (Tady Bros. Productions/on YTube)
Johnny Depp - 2018 (animation)
Will Ferrell - 2018
Nicholas Boulton - 2020
Henry Cavill - 2020
Ethan Bell - 2020 (Fan Film on UA-cam)
This list is not exhaustive. however, these are some of the many actors
who have played Sherlock Holmes on stage, screen, radio and TV adaptations.
Thank you 😊
Great list! Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett wre best IMHO. I had no idea there were so many. I often like Robert Downey Jr & he at least put in an original role but the movie he was in seemed absurd, a little like overstated. That's the modern world, of course, lots of special effects and overacting and very little subtlety or conversation
@@granthurlburt4062 Hands down the best IMHO. Brett and his cohort were so true to the original book. All the rest were terrible caraciatures sp; I don't like the fact that they made Dr Watson out to be a fool, nor showed Sherlock in all his over the top enthusiasm. The Brits did a great job with Brett and their Sherlock series. I don't think it can be topped. Gillette was a Ham, and no Kosher either. Just because you play One role for your life doesn't mean a thing except you are a one trick pony. Also, remember the Eugene Oneill play, with the father having done the same part year after year. One trick ponies are not usually very good....
Love the book, movie, and audiobook. Thank you for posting!
Another great one thank you
Smashing!! Beautifully done in every aspect... a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for the the upload!
A wonderful upload. A great performance and story. Looking forward to listening to more
Loved the book! And the movie! This is great!
Would love to see the movie again.
Much fun! Thank you very much for a job well done!
Excellent execution in sound and delivery! Despite being familiar with the story, nonetheless, I found myself at the edge of my chair. Job well done 👍
Ian Hogg sounds Very Like Michael Williams, who was THE Dr Watson for me. All of the acd stories were recorded for the BBC by he and Clive Merrison
Thank you.
You are welcome enjoy
Lovely!!
Doyle's attempt to bring to light, albeit in the example of a ficticious character, the struggles of those with drug abuse and mental illness. Holmes was one of gifted intellect, but was a prisoner to narcotics which made a bipolar condition more pronounced. This is a tale as old as time.
what a lovely display of the friendship between Homes and Watson.
Except that this story is not by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was written by Nicholas Meyer, otherwise known for his involvement with Star Trek.
Enjoyed that thanks.
Holmes on a tear. Calm down, my dear boy. Ra-ther.
Remarkable
Very enjoyable
Excellent!
I know he doesn't look the part but it's a shame Simon Callow never got a proper crack at Sherlock but In my opinion the best Holmes we never had was Richard E Grant ,,,in looks and general crankiness he would have owned the part 🤨🔍🎻(just an opinion)
Nicol Williams was outstanding in the film version as Holmes. By cruel coincidence his brilliance was ended too soon by addiction to alcohol..
I really like the part where there is a steam train chase. I found it a bit strange that the station master knew how much fuel was on board the steam locomotive that Watson borrowed at Gun point. but I guess the poor station master knew something about steam engines
Can you upload Roald Dahl's 'The Witches' also read by Simon Callow?
"The riddle of Holmes's disappearance at the Reichenbach Falls is solved, and the real reason for Professor Moriarty's power is revealed."
The riddle that never existed?
I just listened to the first scene with holmes and watson and for once someone mastered the effect of cocaine very well done simon
Really? Christ that must be some seriously strong cocaine.
Very well done, although I do kind of wish this BBC Radio production could have been an unabridged reading of the Meyer story with bits such as Holmes in his delirium babbling about oysters taking over the world, (a homage to the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes story 'The Dying Detective') but this is still a beautiful adaptation of one of the essential Sherlock Holmes pastiche stories.
Speaking of superheros, I bet you that sherlock holmes could beat every super villain and hero even thanos, i also bet that he would find some scientific way to kill/delete the power that supervillain and superhero's have in order to win
Ha...Sigmund Freud plays a role in this? Well it's a fact they both like cocaine. Okay cool I'm impressed this show had the guts to depict that. It caught me by surprise bcuz it's often censored.
Hi Mike, I think it's mostly self censorship on the part of the author, thinking it might play badly with the audience. But I too am impressed with the fidelity
It was rarely mentioned because Holmes used coke as a last resort and it never affected his mental powers. As soon as a case of interest appeared he returned to his old cerebral, crime solving genius. I know nothing of his thrice daily ministrations so I believe it was a device to introduce Freud. However, other Holmes writers saw him as a beekeeper;one even had him battling with Count Dracula. Of Freud and his circle, Jung often dealt with addicts and alcoholics, in fact Jung is mentioned in AAs' Big Book
He believed that a spiritual change was an essential part of the addicts recovery. Jung's letter to an American doctor was added to the first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous' big book. Yes, I have been a fan for fifty years.
I have never been a fan of Sherlock Holmes pastiches. THIS one dwells on the great fictional character's sole weakness. I especially do not like this pastiche.
Was this originally on BBC radio...or where, please?
As it states it’s from BBC Radio
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 'Saturday Night Theatre' on Saturday 9th January 1993.
@@VintageRadioPrograms wanted a wee bit more info than that!
@@peterfreeman6677 Excellent!
Thanks!!
As good as it gets, as with Holmes always a great listen.Cocain is a bewitching drug.
Well, that was bloody daft.
Best holmes ever .duggy mckone Bradford
The first season of intervention...
Gp