Review of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – The Complete Jim French Imagination Theatre Scripts

“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. All royalties from these books will go towards the preservation of Undershaw, Conan Doyle’s former Surrey home, which now houses Stepping Stones School.”

Reviewed by The Sherlock Holmes Society of London

The scripts are spread across three volumes.

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is available from all good bookstores including Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble USA,  Amazon UK, Waterstones UK and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository.