Further "Further Adventure" from Bert Coules!
Edit: I wanted to post this on 221b, ahem...
Well, no matter, it can stay here as well :)!
A new BBC radio play, written by Bert Coules, is on the way!
With the big movie coming up, this seems like small news in comparison - but for me, this made me much more happy :)!
My favourite Holmes and Watson of all times are written by Conan Doyle (no surprise), adapted by Bert Coules and brought to live by Clive Merrison and Michael Williams (and, to a degree, Andrew Sachs, who followed Williams in the "Further Adventures). I'm talking about the BBC Audio Plays, of course, all 60 Canon stories and the pastiches called "Further Adventures". For me, probably nothing will ever surpass them in terms of faithfulness to the books, and in creating the exact "feeling" of Sherlock Holmes, which, for me, is essential to enjoying any adaptation. Long live Bert Coules, I say, and he should be payed at least 10 times of what he gets, this insightful and romantic man :).
I was very sad when I, at last, had listened to all the recordings. But what did I find today? On 8th April 2010, the fourth and final (NO!!!) volume of Bert Coules dramas will be released (says amazon.com), with two already broadcast stories, and two new ones!
Bert Coules writes (SPOILERS???):
The briefest of brief notes, from my hotel room in the mighty metropolis, to say that the other two titles are The Mystery of Marlbourne Point, part one and - well, perhaps you can deduce the second for yourselves.
Tomorrow is the final studio day for this particular two-part adventure, which finds Holmes and Watson in unfamiliar but impressive surroundings and (in Holmes's case) in somewhat unusual, but not at all unwelcome, company. The detective gets a chance to use one of his less frequently aired foreign languages, the doctor gets the shock of his life, a policeman becomes a suspect, a brass band plays a part, and the safety of the Empire is secured by a remarkable bird...
I really can't wait. I love Clive Merrison's Holmes so much :)!!!
Well, no matter, it can stay here as well :)!
A new BBC radio play, written by Bert Coules, is on the way!
With the big movie coming up, this seems like small news in comparison - but for me, this made me much more happy :)!
My favourite Holmes and Watson of all times are written by Conan Doyle (no surprise), adapted by Bert Coules and brought to live by Clive Merrison and Michael Williams (and, to a degree, Andrew Sachs, who followed Williams in the "Further Adventures). I'm talking about the BBC Audio Plays, of course, all 60 Canon stories and the pastiches called "Further Adventures". For me, probably nothing will ever surpass them in terms of faithfulness to the books, and in creating the exact "feeling" of Sherlock Holmes, which, for me, is essential to enjoying any adaptation. Long live Bert Coules, I say, and he should be payed at least 10 times of what he gets, this insightful and romantic man :).
I was very sad when I, at last, had listened to all the recordings. But what did I find today? On 8th April 2010, the fourth and final (NO!!!) volume of Bert Coules dramas will be released (says amazon.com), with two already broadcast stories, and two new ones!
Bert Coules writes (SPOILERS???):
The briefest of brief notes, from my hotel room in the mighty metropolis, to say that the other two titles are The Mystery of Marlbourne Point, part one and - well, perhaps you can deduce the second for yourselves.
Tomorrow is the final studio day for this particular two-part adventure, which finds Holmes and Watson in unfamiliar but impressive surroundings and (in Holmes's case) in somewhat unusual, but not at all unwelcome, company. The detective gets a chance to use one of his less frequently aired foreign languages, the doctor gets the shock of his life, a policeman becomes a suspect, a brass band plays a part, and the safety of the Empire is secured by a remarkable bird...
I really can't wait. I love Clive Merrison's Holmes so much :)!!!