{"product_id":"sherlock-holmes-and-his-adventures-ian-dickerson-9781629335087","title":"Sherlock Holmes and his Adventures on American Radio (hardback)","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Dickerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1629335088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629335087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BearManor Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Ian Dickerson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44126404477183,"sku":"9781629335087","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_174767b4-af1e-435e-9156-a8de5b91d3dc.jpg?v=1687447991","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sherlock-holmes-and-his-adventures-ian-dickerson-9781629335087","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}