The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 3

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (BBC Radio) #3

by Bert Coules, Clive Merrison (Narrator), Paul Magrs (Narrator)

How many times did Dr. John Watson tantalize us with references to mysteries which his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, never wrote about in full? In these full cast original adventures Bert Coules, the chief dramatist of BBC Radio’s celebrated complete Sherlock Holmes canon, has imaginatively fleshed out four more unrecorded cases. Clive Merrison and Andrew Sachs star as Holmes and Watson in these four brand new full-cast adventures.

Genres: Mystery

Audio CD

First published January 22, 2009

About the author

Bert Coules is an English writer, and dramatist, who has produced a number of adaptations and original works. He works mainly in radio drama but also writes for TV and the stage.

Coules specializes in mystery and science fiction audio and radio drama, and has written a number of adaptations, most notably as the head writer of the Sherlock Holmes radio series (1989–1998) starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Watson (the first time the entire canon had been adapted with the same two lead actors throughout). He also wrote original Sherlock Holmes scripts for the following BBC radio series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, each based on a reference from the original stories. These were first broadcast between 2002 and 2010, and starred Merrison and Andrew Sachs as Watson, following Michael Williams' death in 2001.

He has also written adaptations of several of Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael novels, and of works by Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Isaac Asimov and other best-selling genre authors.

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Reviews

[Graeme Newell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Four Sherlock Holmes dramas performed by an outstanding BBC cast. Coules has a real talent for writing excellent dialog. However, I felt as though the stories failed to showcase the essence of Conan Doyle's Holmes, Sherlock's incredible attention to detail and his ability to find clues in even the smallest trifle. I was disappointed with the first story, but each tale in this book got progressively stronger. The last story was definitely the strongest.

Still, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is wonderful to have new Sherlock stories.

[Simon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bert Coules is a great adaptationist and this is a nice collection of stories.