The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce and Basil Rathbone as Watson and Holmes | |
| Other names | "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "Sherlock Holmes", "Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson" |
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| Running time | 30 min |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language | English |
| Home station | Blue Network, ABC |
| Syndicates | Mutual Broadcasting System, |
| Starring | Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Tom Conway John Stanley Alfred Shirley Ian Martin George Spelvin Ben Wright Eric Snowden |
| Announcer | Knox Manning 1939–1942, Owen Babbe, Marx Hartman, Bob Campbell, Harry Bartell, Joseph Bell, Cy Harrice, Herb Allen |
| Written by | Edith Meiser, Leslie Charteris, Denis Green, Anthony Boucher |
| Original release | October 2, 1939 – June 14, 1950 |
| No. of episodes | 374 |
| Sponsored by | Grove's Bromo Quinine, Petri Wine, Kreml Hair Tonic, Trimount Clothing Co. |
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a radio drama series which aired in the USA from 1939 to 1950, it ran for 374 episodes. The series was based on the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Some of the surviving episode recordings may be found online, in various audio quality condition; many of the later episodes have not survived.
For most of the show's run, the program starred Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. They reprised their roles from the 1939–1946 film series. Other actors played Holmes and Watson in later seasons.