Radio broadcasting was the cheapest form of entertainment, and it provided the public with far better entertainment than most people were accustomed to. As a result, its popularity grew rapidly in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and by 1934, 60 percent of the nation's households had radios.

Sherlock Holmes

Broadcast History: 20 October 1930 to 4 September 1956
Theme Tune: ‘March of the Ancestors’ – based on a theme from Ruddigore by Gilbert and Sullivan

The famous Sherlock Holmes detective stories appeared on radio for more than 25 years, with a long list of performers playing the parts of Holmes and Dr Watson. The stories were written by Edith Meiser, a self-confessed Holmes addict. At first she used Arthur Conan Doyles’ original stories, but, after the series outlived the original material, she created her own new stories. These were so well written that she was warmly praised by Arthur Conan Doyle’s widow and son.

Sherlock Holmes 461207 The Adventure of the Half-Eaten Apple
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Sherlock Holmes 461214 The Elusive Emerald
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Sherlock Holmes 461221 The Grand Old Man
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Sherlock Holmes 461228 The White Cockerel
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Sherlock Holmes 470104 The Darlington Substitution
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Sherlock Holmes 470113 The Devil's Foot
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Sherlock Holmes 470120 The Babbling Buttler
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Sherlock Holmes 470203 AdventureOfTheDyingDetective
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Sherlock Holmes 470210 The Strange Case of the Persecuted Mil
 6.76 MB

Sherlock Holmes 470217 The Adventure of the Haunted Bagpipes
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Sherlock Holmes 470224 The Adventure of the Horseless Carriag
 6.69 MB

Sherlock Holmes 470303 Queue for Murder
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Sherlock Holmes 470310 The Singular Affair of the Ancient Egy
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Sherlock Holmes 470317 The Strange Case of Professor Presbury
 6.71 MB

Sherlock Holmes 470324 AdventureOfTheScarletWorm
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Sherlock Holmes 470331 The Adventure of Maltree Abbey
 6.71 MB

Sherlock Holmes 470407 The Tolling Bell
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Sherlock Holmes 470414 The Adventure of the Carpathian Horror
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Sherlock Holmes 470421 The Lion's Mane
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Sherlock Holmes 470428 The Island of Death
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Sherlock Holmes 470505 Remarkable Affair Of The Pointless Robbery
 6.65 MB

Sherlock Holmes 470512 WysteriaLodge
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Sherlock Holmes 470519 The Harley Street Murders
 6.77 MB

Sherlock Holmes 470526 The Submerged Nobleman
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Sherlock Holmes 470602 The Red Headed League
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Sherlock Holmes 470609 The Locked Room
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Sherlock Holmes 470616 DeathInTheNorthSea
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Sherlock Holmes 470623 AdventureOfTheSpeckledBand
 6.87 MB

Sherlock Holmes 470630 AdventureOfTheInnocentMurderess
 6.83 MB

Sherlock Holmes 470707 The Iron Maiden
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