{"id":13027,"date":"2015-09-26T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T06:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=13027"},"modified":"2015-09-26T13:55:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T19:55:39","slug":"audio-drama-review-hound-baskervilles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/audio-drama-review-hound-baskervilles\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Drama Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=adamsblog03-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=1844355934&#038;asins=1844355934&#038;linkId=TJOMPFDIY6HXGZHM&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/em> is like the Christmas Carol. You don&#8217;t watch or listen to an adaptation to find out what happens but to see how well the creators have captured the story. Big Finish does a superb job of capturing the spirit of the <em>Hound of the Baskervilles<\/em> in \u00a0a very traditionalist adaptation. Amazingly, the entire program was recorded and rehearsed in a single day.<\/p>\n<p>The cast is \u00a0wonderful. Richard Earl has got the part of Watson nailed and that&#8217;s vital since most of the story centers around him. John Banks and Charlie Norfolk did Yeoman&#8217;s work, playing five parts and three parts respectively. They did it so\u00a0seamlessly,\u00a0I didn&#8217;t know they didn&#8217;t have separate actors for each part until I listened to the Extra&#8217;s CD. Samuel Clemens is very compelling as Sir Henry Baskerville. And of course, Briggs is great as Holmes.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, what \u00a0makes the piece so atmospheric over audio is the sound design and music, coupled with Earl&#8217;s narration and they did an incredibly good job in post-production. It captured the spookiness and suspense of the story. Overall, Big Finish does Doyle&#8217;s most legendary story justice in a superb adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed this post, you can have new posts about Detective stories and the golden age of radio and television delivered\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004U8SET2\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=adamsblog03-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004U8SET2\">automatically to your Kindle<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This post contains affiliate links, which means that items purchased from these links may result in a commission being paid to the author of this post at no extra cost to the purchase<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hound of the Baskervilles is like the Christmas Carol. You don&#8217;t watch or listen to an adaptation to find out what happens but to see how well the creators have captured the story. 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