SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE CARLETON HOBBS COLLECTION

By Arthur Conan Doyle

Synopsis

A comprehensive collection of the classic Sherlock Holmes stories starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley - plus bonus documentary. Legendary actor Carleton Hobbs played the great Baker Street detective for over 17 years between 1952 and 1969 alongside Norman Shelley as Holmes's friend and companion Dr Watson. Their superb incarnations of the crime-fighting duo were exceptionally popular and are now wonderfully nostalgic. This unique collection contains the existing Sherlock Holmes dramas in chronological order of publication each a faithful standalone adaptation of the original tale. Of the 56 short stories in the canon 51 are included here ('The Adventure of the Yellow Face' 'The Adventure of the Gloria Scott' 'The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger' and 'The Adventure of the Creeping Man' were never made and 'The Adventure of the Three Students' is missing from the BBC archives). Also featured are dramatisations of the four novels: A Study in Scarlet The Sign of the Four The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Valley of Fear. Among the star casts are Grizelda Hervey Humphrey Morton Gudrun Ure Sylvia Coleridge and Rolf Lefebvre. Concluding our collection is a fascinating 40-minute programme Chosen Companions: Sherlock Holmes in which Richard Usborne one-time assistant editor of The Strand Magazine selects his favourite extracts from the books (read by Carleton Hobbs) to weave together the story of Sherlock Holmes' development. NB: Due to the age and nature of some of the recordings the sound quality may vary.

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Narrator Norman Shelley
Length 29hrs 34mins
Catalogue No. 17139
Publisher Findaway; 2023
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