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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
A convincing explanation is not necessarily the right one. Holmes knows the difference. Explore The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on Heritage Radio Vault, detective radio inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's celebrated investigator. Holmes and Dr Watson enter a world where an overlooked detail can overturn the most confident assumption.
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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Programme Guide.
Holmes notices the detail that other people have already explained away. These American radio adventures pair his deductions with Watson’s narration, ranging from Conan Doyle adaptations to later original cases.
Broadcast history.
The New Adventures title spans more than one leading company in the 1939–1950 American radio history. The familiar Rathbone period is followed by other performers; it should not be confused with the separate BBC Hobbs and Shelley productions.
Cast and creative team.
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce lead the best-known early period, with Tom Conway later joining Bruce. John Stanley and Alfred Shirley belong to a subsequent company. Edith Meiser, Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher contribute in different writing periods.
Where to begin.
Death In The North Sea · The Adventure Of The Submerged Baronet
These available recordings offer an introduction to this collection. Their current publication dates are separate from historical broadcast dates.
An interesting detail.
A shared case title can survive in several adaptations. The actors and spoken credits identify the actual production more reliably than the detective’s name alone.
Listening appeal.
Try Death in the North Sea or The Adventure of the Submerged Baronet. Both supply a separate case; use their individual credits rather than assigning the entire collection to one pair.
Collection and date notes.
HRV lists 91 public recordings. The ninety-one records need individual company identification; no single lead cast is assigned to every transfer. Current podcast dates describe later archive publication, separately from original broadcast dates.
Sources.
Choose your next episode.
91 public recordings in this programme. Catalogue order is not a verified original broadcast chronology.
91 episodes available.
Questions about The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Does the series heading guarantee Rathbone in every recording?
Several leading companies use the title.
Is this automatically the later BBC Holmes series?
The American production has a separate history.
