{"product_id":"sherlock-holmes-and-his-adventures-on-american-radio-9781629335070","title":"Sherlock Holmes and his Adventures on American Radio","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ian Dickerson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: BearManor Media\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: BearManor Media\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Radio - Reference\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's been over a hundred and twenty-five years since the adventures of Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print and captivated a generation of readers. Subsequent generations have enjoyed, adapted and expanded on his adventures leading him to become perhaps the most enduring character in fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat long run has been helped by his adventures in a variety of media, most notably film and television. But what about radio? Holmes has had a long career in radio on both sides of the Atlantic, indeed the radio adventures of Sherlock Holmes are almost as old as radio itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe debuted on air in 1922 and just a few years later Holmes and Watson were featuring in a regular weekly series on NBC in the USA. That series ended in 1936 but when Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce made the first of their career-defining fourteen films as Holmes and Watson there was a certain inevitability about Holmes' return to the American airwaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe subsequent series ran for seven years and almost two hundred and twenty half hour radio shows. When Rathbone quit the role--in both radio and film - the show limped on for a few years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book tells the story of those shows.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46456530960535,"sku":"9781629335070","price":2461.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781629335070.webp?v=1769178806","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sherlock-holmes-and-his-adventures-on-american-radio-9781629335070","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}