The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Other names"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "Sherlock Holmes", "Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson"
Genre
  • Detective radio drama
Running time30 min
Country of originUnited States
Language(s)English
Home stationBlue Network, ABC
SyndicatesMutual Broadcasting System,
StarringBasil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Tom Conway
John Stanley
Alfred Shirley
Ian Martin
George Spelvin
Ben Wright
Eric Snowden
AnnouncerKnox Manning 1939–1942, Owen Babbe, Marx Hartman, Bob Campbell, Harry Bartell, Joseph Bell, Cy Harrice, Herb Allen
Written byEdith Meiser, Leslie Charteris, Denis Green, Anthony Boucher
Original releaseOctober 2, 1939 
June 14, 1950
No. of episodes374
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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a radio drama series which aired in the USA from 1939 to 1950, it ran for 374 episodes, with many of the later episodes considered lost media. The series was based on the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Some of the surviving episode recordings may be found online, in various audio quality condition.

For most of the show's run, the program starred Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Other actors played Holmes and Watson in later seasons.