Book Review - The Further Adventures of Sherlock Homes - Sherlock Holmes Society of London
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“Twenty years ago Jim French — writer, actor and producer — decided to redress the decline of good popular drama on American radio: he set up Imagination Theatre to create quality series and single plays. Sherlock Holmes was only a part of it, but a very important part, and it began with The Further Adventures, a series gratifyingly reminiscent of the days when listeners tuned in every week to hear Rathbone and Bruce as Holmes and Watson. The main difference is that IT’s Watson, played by Lawrence Albert, is not only brave and loyal, but intelligent. Jim French assembled a team of writers that includes M.J. Elliott, John Hall, Matthew Booth, Gareth Tilley — and David Marcum, who has prepared this very handsome three-volume edition of French’s own splendid scripts. Jim French died in 2017, but The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes continues, with 135 programmes recorded to date.”
Reviewed by Roger Johnson (pictured reading one of the volumes), Sherlock Holmes Society of London.
The Further Adventures are available from:
Amazon USA Barnes and Noble The Strand Magazine
Amazon UK Book Depository (free worldwide delivery)