According to many, these radio dramas from the early 50s are still regarded as among the best productions, with admirable performances from Gielgud and Richardson. Superb entertainment and fabulous value. 16 complete original episodes.
The digital download includes a composite booklet in PDF format.
Includes these four double-album sets (click below to see details):
Volume 1 HMD 26101
Volume 2 HMD 26102
Volume 3 HMD 26103
Volume 4 HMD 26104
Sir Laurence Olivier stars in four dramatic adaptations of classic tales, first broadcast in the UK in 1952-3, and favorites with American radio listeners. Gielgud takes the lead in Beerbohm’s black comedy “The Happy Hypocrite – A Fairy Tale for Tired Men” of 1897. Wilde’s works date from the 1887-1891, accompanied by the more recent Greene story from 1954.
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Starring Sir John Gielgud as Sherlock Holmes, Sir Ralph Richardson as Dr John Watson and an uncredited cast of top BBC actors.
Still regarded by many as the definitive Sherlock Holmes dramatisations, these 16 episodes dramatised by John Keir Cross from the original tales by Arthur Conan Doyle were first broadcast by the BBC in 1954 and in the United States by NBC the following year. Since then we have licensed them out for broadcast for the joy of new generations of fans. Previously available as one 8CD set through Hodder Headline, we are delighted to offer these new editions ourselves, in 2 CD sets containing four episodes each.
Starring Sir John Gielgud as Sherlock Holmes and Sir Ralph Richardson as Dr. Watson, with Val Gielgud as Mycroft Holmes and an uncredited cast of top BBC actors.
Still regarded by many as the definitive Sherlock Holmes dramatisations, these 16 episodes dramatised by John Keir Cross from the original tales by Arthur Conan Doyle were first broadcast by the BBC in 1954 and in the United States by NBC the following year. Since then we have licensed them out for broadcast for the joy of new generations of fans. Previously available as one 8CD set through Hodder Headline, we are delighted to offer these new editions ourselves, in 2 CD sets containing four episodes each.
Starring Sir John Gielgud as Sherlock Holmes and Sir Ralph Richardson as Dr John Watson, with an uncredited cast of top BBC actors.
Still regarded by many as the definitive Sherlock Holmes dramatisations, these 16 episodes dramatised by John Keir Cross from the original tales by Arthur Conan Doyle were first broadcast by the BBC in 1954 and in the United States by NBC the following year. Since then we have licensed them out for broadcast for the joy of new generations of fans. Previously available as one 8CD set through Hodder Headline, we are delighted to offer these new editions ourselves, in 2 CD sets containing four episodes each.
Starring Sir John Gielgud as Sherlock Holmes, Sir Ralph Richardson as Dr. John Watson and in ‘The Final Problem’, Orson Welles as Moriarty.
Still regarded by many as the definitive Sherlock Holmes dramatisations, these 16 episodes dramatised by John Keir Cross from the original tales by Arthur Conan Doyle were first broadcast by the BBC in 1954 and in the United States by NBC the following year. Since then we have licensed them out for broadcast for the joy of new generations of fans. Previously available as one 8CD set through Hodder Headline, we are delighted to offer these new editions ourselves, in 2 CD sets containing four episodes each.