The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a classic American radio drama series that brought Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories to life for mid-20th-century audiences, most famously starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American radio program
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radio drama series ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
His Last Bow
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium | AM radio ⓘ |
| character |
Dr. John H. Watson
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Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributionFormat | syndicated radio transcriptions ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Inspector Lestrade
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Professor Moriarty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1939 ⓘ |
| format | radio drama ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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detective fiction ⓘ mystery ⓘ |
| hasFormatFeature |
dramatic dialogue and sound effects
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self-contained mystery episodes ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
considered a classic Sherlock Holmes radio adaptation
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helped popularize Sherlock Holmes in mid-20th-century American radio ⓘ |
| hasMedium | audio recording ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1950 ⓘ |
| notableCastChange |
Basil Rathbone left the series in the mid-1940s
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Nigel Bruce continued as Dr. Watson after Rathbone’s departure NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Conway later played Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Basil Rathbone’s portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on radio
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Nigel Bruce’s portrayal of Dr. Watson on radio ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | over 200 ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
Blue Network
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Mutual Broadcasting System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Dr. Watson as Holmes’s friend and chronicler
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Sherlock Holmes as a consulting detective ⓘ |
| productionEra | Golden Age of Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionType | scripted episodic series ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone–Bruce film series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| starred |
Basil Rathbone
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Nigel Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Philip St. John Basil Rathbone