BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes The Seven Per-Cent Solution Simon Callow Holmes Ian Hogg Watson (09/01/93)

BBC Radio
Sherlock Holmes
The Seven Per-Cent Solution (09/01/93)
Sherlock Holmes Story by Nichols Myer
Simon Callow Sherlock Holmes
Ian Hogg Dr. Watson
Carl Johnson Sigmund Frued
Adapted By Denny Martin Flinn
Novel By Nichols Myer

[@christopherconduff1964]

This is one of the greatest thing I've heard. I remember seeing this movie as a kid. I love Holmes. He was the first superhero. He was such a brilliant and flawed human being. Doyle was a genius creating this character.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Doyle also wrote many other fine novels and short stories . It's rather a pity he's only remembered for Holmes...

[@barbarawhittall2311]

I must disagree with your pretentious claim "it's a pity he is only known for Holmes" you have not impressed anyone besides which sadly was your main goal

[@dubyacwh7978]

Bravo 👏 Quite excellent and most enjoyable My compliments to the entire cast and my deepest gratitude for sharing this post

[@davidalbertfreemon]

I've been looking for this audio story for several years. I last heard it back around 2012. Excellent!

[@chrishintz1077]

Eureka! ;).

[@BeesWaxMinder]

Was this originally on BBC radio...or where, please?

[@coleparker]

This was one of my favorite books and the movie was great. My favorite line in the movie when talking to Freud is: My dear doctor you see but you do not observe.

[@timm1481]

Smashing!! Beautifully done in every aspect... a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for the the upload!

[@HJKelley47]

Those who have played Sherlock Holmes since 1893: Charles Brookfield - 1893 William Gillette - 1899-1929 - 1300 Performances over 30 yrs. Sherlock Holmes movie Baffled - 1900 Silent/Short - Max Goldberg John F. Preston - 1900 Charles Rice - 1904 Karoly Baumann - 1905 Maurice Costello - 1905 Viggo Larsen - 1908 Alwin NeuB - 1908, 1911, 1914 Otto Lagoni - 1910 Holger Rasmussen - 1911 Mack Sennett - 1911-1912 George Treville - 1912 Harry Benham - 1913 James Bragington - 1914 Francis Ford - 1914 H.A. Saintbury - 1916 Hugo Flink - 1917 Sam Robinson - 1918 Eille Norwood - 1921 Silent short movie - The Dying Detective Burt Lytell - 1921 Dennis Neillson-Terry - 1921 John Barrymore - 1922 Hamilton Deane - 1923-1932 Tod Slaughter - 1928, 1930 Richard Gordon - 1930-1933, 1936 Clive Brook - 1929/1930/1932 Arthur Wontner - 1931- 1937 - Movie Series Raymond Massey - 1931 Robert Rendel - 1931/1932 Reginald Owen - 1933 Felix Alymer - 1933 Louis Hector - 1934-1935, 1937 Bruno Guttner - 1937, 1939, 1942-1943 Orson Welles - 1938 Basil Rathbone - 1939-1946 Cedric Hardwick - 1945 Tom Conway - 1947 Howard Marion-Crawford - 1948 John Stanley - 1948-1949 Alan Napier - 1949 John Longden - 1951 Laidman Browne - 1951 Carleton Hobbs - 1952-1969 Ronald Howard - 1954 (39 episodes) Sir John Gielgud - 1954-1955 Christopher Lee - 1962, 1970, 1992 Douglas Wilmer - 1964 Peter Cushing - 1959, 1968, 1984 John Neville - 1965, 1970, 1978 Robert Stephens - 1970 Stewart Granger - 1972 John Cleese - 1973 Larry Hagman - 1974 Robert Powell - 1974 John Wood - 1974-1975 Leonard Nimoy - 1976 Kevin McCarthy - 1977 Roger Moore - 1976 Nicol Williamson - 1976 Christopher Plummer - 1977 Peter Cook - 1977 Paxton Whitehead - 1978 Geoffrey Whitehead - 1979-1980 Keith Mitchell - 1979 Charlton Heston - 1980 Frank Langella - 1980 Vasily Livanov - Russian TV - 1979-1981, 1983 & 1986 John Moffatt - 1981 Guy Henry - 1982 Tom Baker - 1982 Ian Richardson - 1983 Peter O’Toole - 1983 (animated TV films - Australian) Jeremy Brett - 1984-1994 Nicholas Rowe - 1984 Guy Rolfe - 1984 Dinsdale Landen - 1987 Tim Pigott-Smith - 1987 Anthony Higgins - 1987 Michael Pennington - 1987 Roger Rees - 1988 Ron Moody - 1988-1989 Clive Merrison - 1989-1998, 2002, 2004, 2008-2010 Edward Woodward - 1990 Simon Callow - 1990 Richard E. Grant 1992 Robert Powell - 1993 Patrick McNee - 1993 Anthony Higgins - 1993 Matt Frewer - 2000-2001 John Gilbert - 2000 Joaquim de Almeida - 2001 Richard Roxburgh - 2002 James D’Arcy - 2002 Andrew Sachs - 2004 Rupert Everett - 2004 Jonathan Pryce - 2007 Javier Marzan - 2007 Roger Llewellyn - 2009 Ben Syder - 2010 Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018 Johnny Lee Miller - 2012-2019 Benjamin Lawlor - 2013 Igor Petrenko - Russian TV Series - 2013 Robert Downey Jr. 2009 & 2011 Benedict Cumberbatch - 2010-2016 Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018 Seamus Dever - 2014 Ian McKellen - 2015 Euan Morton - 2015 Gregory Wooddell - 2015 Paul Andrew Goldsmith - 2015-2016 Ewen Bremner - 2016 Jay Taylor - 2017-2018 Yuko Takeuchi - 2018 (HBO Asia - female ‘Holmes’) Orlando Wells - 2018 Samuel Tady - 2011, 2014, 2017-2018 (Tady Bros. Productions/on YTube) Johnny Depp - 2018 (animation) Will Ferrell - 2018 Nicholas Boulton - 2020 Henry Cavill - 2020 Ethan Bell - 2020 (Fan Film on KZbin) This list is not exhaustive. however, these are some of the many actors who have played Sherlock Holmes on stage, screen, radio and TV adaptations.

[@cha5]

Thank you 😊

[@granthurlburt4062]

Great list! Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett wre best IMHO. I had no idea there were so many. I often like Robert Downey Jr & he at least put in an original role but the movie he was in seemed absurd, a little like overstated. That's the modern world, of course, lots of special effects and overacting and very little subtlety or conversation

[@craigdylan3953]

@@granthurlburt4062 Hands down the best IMHO. Brett and his cohort were so true to the original book. All the rest were terrible caraciatures sp; I don't like the fact that they made Dr Watson out to be a fool, nor showed Sherlock in all his over the top enthusiasm. The Brits did a great job with Brett and their Sherlock series. I don't think it can be topped. Gillette was a Ham, and no Kosher either. Just because you play One role for your life doesn't mean a thing except you are a one trick pony. Also, remember the Eugene Oneill play, with the father having done the same part year after year. One trick ponies are not usually very good....

[@joojooluv6314]

Love the book, movie, and audiobook. Thank you for posting!

[@euanshanks]

A wonderful upload. A great performance and story. Looking forward to listening to more

[@rachelberry1570]

Brilliant! Perfect listening for a dreary wet day.

[@michaeldean1445]

Much fun! Thank you very much for a job well done!

[@lindabiggerstaff7135]

Excellent execution in sound and delivery! Despite being familiar with the story, nonetheless, I found myself at the edge of my chair. Job well done 👍

[@bryanevans350]

Another great one thank you

[@markhonerbaum3920]

As good as it gets, as with Holmes always a great listen.Cocain is a bewitching drug.

[@chrishintz1077]

Holmes on a tear. Calm down, my dear boy. Ra-ther.

[@edwardlubin322]

Doyle's attempt to bring to light, albeit in the example of a ficticious character, the struggles of those with drug abuse and mental illness. Holmes was one of gifted intellect, but was a prisoner to narcotics which made a bipolar condition more pronounced. This is a tale as old as time.

[@eliotreader8220]

what a lovely display of the friendship between Homes and Watson.

[@peterfreeman6677]

Except that this story is not by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was written by Nicholas Meyer, otherwise known for his involvement with Star Trek.

[@chrishowgill888]

Ian Hogg sounds Very Like Michael Williams, who was THE Dr Watson for me. All of the acd stories were recorded for the BBC by he and Clive Merrison

[@brianallsopp69]

I know he doesn't look the part but it's a shame Simon Callow never got a proper crack at Sherlock but In my opinion the best Holmes we never had was Richard E Grant ,,,in looks and general crankiness he would have owned the part 🤨🔍🎻(just an opinion)

[@spikemcnock8310]

Enjoyed that thanks.

[@uslines]

Would love to see the movie again.

[@rebeccacahill1000]

Loved the book! And the movie! This is great!

[@susytomable]

Thank you.

[@VintageRadioPrograms]

You are welcome enjoy

[@franciir]

Lovely!!

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Nicol Williams was outstanding in the film version as Holmes. By cruel coincidence his brilliance was ended too soon by addiction to alcohol..

[@jaystermac9870]

I just listened to the first scene with holmes and watson and for once someone mastered the effect of cocaine very well done simon

[@PeterCamberwick]

Really? Christ that must be some seriously strong cocaine.

[@19683]

Remarkable

[@eliotreader8220]

I really like the part where there is a steam train chase. I found it a bit strange that the station master knew how much fuel was on board the steam locomotive that Watson borrowed at Gun point. but I guess the poor station master knew something about steam engines

[@dkdodds8837]

Very enjoyable

[@evacameron6288]

Can you upload Roald Dahl's 'The Witches' also read by Simon Callow?

[@johngreene7928]

Excellent!

[@steveschick1646]

Speaking of superheros, I bet you that sherlock holmes could beat every super villain and hero even thanos, i also bet that he would find some scientific way to kill/delete the power that supervillain and superhero's have in order to win

[@cha5]

Very well done, although I do kind of wish this BBC Radio production could have been an unabridged reading of the Meyer story with bits such as Holmes in his delirium babbling about oysters taking over the world, (a homage to the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes story 'The Dying Detective') but this is still a beautiful adaptation of one of the essential Sherlock Holmes pastiche stories.

[@tharealmikezee3165]

Ha...Sigmund Freud plays a role in this? Well it's a fact they both like cocaine. Okay cool I'm impressed this show had the guts to depict that. It caught me by surprise bcuz it's often censored.

[@paulreilly3904]

Hi Mike, I think it's mostly self censorship on the part of the author, thinking it might play badly with the audience. But I too am impressed with the fidelity

[@johnveitch7410]

It was rarely mentioned because Holmes used coke as a last resort and it never affected his mental powers. As soon as a case of interest appeared he returned to his old cerebral, crime solving genius. I know nothing of his thrice daily ministrations so I believe it was a device to introduce Freud. However, other Holmes writers saw him as a beekeeper;one even had him battling with Count Dracula. Of Freud and his circle, Jung often dealt with addicts and alcoholics, in fact Jung is mentioned in AAs' Big Book He believed that a spiritual change was an essential part of the addicts recovery. Jung's letter to an American doctor was added to the first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous' big book. Yes, I have been a fan for fifty years.

[@richardclay]

I have never been a fan of Sherlock Holmes pastiches. THIS one dwells on the great fictional character's sole weakness. I especially do not like this pastiche.

[@peterfreeman6677]

"The riddle of Holmes's disappearance at the Reichenbach Falls is solved, and the real reason for Professor Moriarty's power is revealed."

[@PeterCamberwick]

The riddle that never existed?

[@raymondmckone5088]

Best holmes ever .duggy mckone Bradford

[@BeesWaxMinder]

Was this originally on BBC radio...or where, please?

[@VintageRadioPrograms]

As it states it’s from BBC Radio

[@peterfreeman6677]

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 'Saturday Night Theatre' on Saturday 9th January 1993.

[@BeesWaxMinder]

@@VintageRadioPrograms wanted a wee bit more info than that!

[@BeesWaxMinder]

@@peterfreeman6677 Excellent! Thanks!!

[@PeterCamberwick]

Well, that was bloody daft.

[@gp.pacman7310]

The first season of intervention... Gp