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Sherlock Holmes: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- Classic Drama from the BBC Archives
- Narrated by: Clive Merrison, Michael Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Classics
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Summary
Clive Merrison stars as Holmes, with Michael Williams as Watson, in this collection from the unique, fully dramatised BBC Radio 4 canon. These 12 stories range from Holmes' very first case to the epic struggle between Holmes and Moriarty high above the Reichenbach Falls.
The stories are: 'Silver Blaze'; 'The Yellow Face'; 'The Stockbroker's Clerk'; 'The 'Gloria Scott''; 'The Musgrave Ritual'; 'The Reigate Squires'; 'The Crooked Man'; 'The Resident Patient'; 'The Greek Interpreter'; 'The Naval Treaty'; 'The Second Stain'; and 'The Final Problem'.
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- Ephraim Gadsby
- 07-09-17
Best Holmes there is, bar none.
I've long been a fan of Clive Merrison's Sherlock Holmes. Merrison performed every story in the canon of Sherlock Holmes for the BBC, and are in my opinion unsurpassed. Up until now I've had to wait for repeats to be aired on Radio 4, so finding them on audible was amazing. I urge any serious Sherlock Holmes fan not to overlook these plays for more recent readings or TV programmes. These are classic Sherlock at its best.
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- Andrea
- 06-02-17
Sherlock Holmes
Great narrative! Loved listening to this collection of stories, I'm definitely going to buy the others in the collection
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- Wild Bunny
- 31-07-17
Brilliant
A fantastic play of your favourite stories about the great detective. Having listened to the original works, I thoroughly enjoyed this.
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- P. Donovan
- 11-03-18
The supreme Holmes audio interpretation
There are many readings and dramatisations of the Holmes canon but this will remain the ultimate interpretation. Outstanding!
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-01-20
Truly professional production!
Excellent acting & stories. First class production as you’d expect from the BBC at it’s best.
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- Miss Sarah L Wood
- 13-09-19
Quality Crime Drama
Excellent adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes tales. Well acted, scripted and paced
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- William Farrar
- 07-05-17
misspelling of authors name
The content of the book is fine if you like a bit of light fiction from time to time but i am only giving it it three stars as a result of a publishing error. I am not quite sure who is responsible for this error but the two last names of this author are run into one I.e. Conandoyle, hence this audio book is filed under C in my library catalogue and not under D with my other books by the same author. In my expanding library this mistake I a bit irksome.
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- DoctorWho5000
- 31-01-17
Clive Merrison is truly the voice of Holmes
What about Clive Merrison and Michael Williams ’s performance did you like?
Merrison is the perfect Sherlock Holmes, in my view. He is the voice of Holmes when I think of the character or when I read anything relating to the sleuth.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
You could do that, I guess, but I rather enjoy listening to the audio plays in a piecemeal fashion.
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- Mariana
- 07-11-20
Excellent Production. Poor Quality Audiobook.
I won't lie. It's amazing content. But - tiny bone of contention: You BBC bozos had three jobs - MAX! 1. DIGITIZE ORIGINAL RECORDING 2. DIVIDE INTO SMALLER SEGMENTS 3. oh and one more... NAME THESE SEGMENTS!!!!! Thankfully the order in which they are listed in the description matches the order of the tracks: 1. 'Silver Blaze'; 2. 'The Yellow Face'; ' 3. The Stockbroker's Clerk'; 4. 'The 'Gloria Scott''; ' 5. The Musgrave Ritual'; 6.'The Reigate Squires'; ' 7. The Crooked Man'; 8. 'The Resident Patient'; ' 10. The Greek Interpreter'; 11. 'The Naval Treaty'; 12. 'The Second Stain'; 13. and 'The Final Problem'.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-04-20
The best way to experience Sherlock Holmes.
When I hear Sherlock speaking in my head he's voiced by Clive Merrison. A superb effort.