{"id":30964,"date":"2022-04-16T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T06:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=30964"},"modified":"2022-04-21T12:58:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T18:58:43","slug":"audio-drama-review-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/audio-drama-review-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Drama Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=adamsblog03-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B01ICWUVVK&amp;asins=B01ICWUVVK&amp;linkId=988beae1b3c608461354d7c7bfe50efa&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-modals allow-forms allow-same-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/em>\u00a0is like the Christmas Carol. You don\u2019t 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\u00a0<em>Hound of the Baskervilles<\/em> in a very traditionalist adaptation. Amazingly, the entire program was recorded and rehearsed in a single day.<\/p>\n<p>The cast is wonderful. Richard Earl has got the part of Watson nailed and that\u2019s vital since most of the story centers around him. John Banks and Charlie Norfolk did Yeoman\u2019s work, playing five parts and three parts respectively. They did it so seamlessly, I didn\u2019t know they didn\u2019t have separate actors for each part until I listened to the Extra\u2019s CD. Samuel Clemens is very compelling as Sir Henry Baskerville. And of course, Nicholas Briggs is great as Holmes.Of course, what makes the piece so atmospheric over audio is the sound design and music, coupled with Earl\u2019s 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\u2019s 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 purchaser.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pECdK-3o7\">version<\/a> of this review was posted in 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hound of the Baskervilles\u00a0is like the Christmas Carol. You don\u2019t 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\u00a0Hound of the Baskervilles in a very traditionalist adaptation. 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