VV341 - The Valley of Fear
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	BBC Radio Presented
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	Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes
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	Norman Shelley as Dr John H Watson
	KNOWN RECORDINGS
	The BBC recorded 77 stories from the Sherlock Holmes canon starring Hobbs & Shelley.
	These include many repeated stories. The repeats where performed by a different cast.
	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 60 Sherlock Holmes stories, including 4 novel length
	episodes. Of these Carleton Hobbs & Norman Shelley worked together on 56 stories.
	The four stories not performed by Carleton Hobbs & Norman Shelley were:-
	The Yellow Face
	The Gloria Scott
	The Creeping Man
	The Veiled Lodger
	Story Index - Listing in original publication order
	Broadcast Index - Listing in original broadcast order
	The stories recorded by Carleton Hobbs & Norman Shelley were created in two main
	batches.
	The first was from 1952 to 1957, when the recordings were made for BBC Children's Hour.
	As yet I have not found a single recording of any of these productions.
	These total 18 stories. Of these only "The Three Students" was not re-performed later.
	The Naval Treaty			15 Oct 1952
	The Five Orange Pips			12 Nov 1952
	The Blue Carbuncle			10 Dec 1952
	The Red-Headed League			07 Jan 1953
	The Three Students			04 Feb 1953
	The Norwood Builder			07 Oct 1954
	The Bruce-Partington Plans			04 Nov 1954
	The Mazarin Stone			02 Dec 1954
	The Missing Three-Quarter			06 Jan 1955
	The Copper Beeches			03 Feb 1955
	The Final Problem			03 Mar 1955
	The Naval Treaty			11 Oct 1957
	The Five Orange Pips			18 Oct 1957
	The Blue Carbuncle			25 Oct 1957
	The Red-Headed League			01 Nov 1957
	The Three Students			08 Nov 1957
	The Final Problem			15 Nov 1957
	The Hound of the Baskervilles			06 Apr 1957
	The second batch spans from 1959 to 1969 and were produced for the adult listener.
	Of these I have managed to locate 53 stories. Leaving another 6 stories to be found, but
	one of these had been performed before, and therefore may be a duplicate.
	The missing stories are:-
	The Cardboard Box		19 Apr 1960	No Other Recording Made
	The Illustrious Client		31 May 1960	No Other Recording Made
	Thor Bridge		01 Jan 1962	No Other Recording Made
	The Mazarin Stone		14 Aug 1964	Possible Repeat of 1962 version
	A Case of Identity		26 Jun 1969	No Other Recording Made
	HB Collection
	This is my own collection. I have 18 stories recorded including 2 long stories.
	These were recorded in New Zealand around 1974. All recordings are of excellent
	quality with only a couple of minor disturbances throughout all 18 stories.
	BBC Audio Collection
	The BBC released 12 stories on 3 double cassettes in the late 1980's. No more
	were released as the Clive Merrison & Michael Williams recordings began.
	These recordings are obviously of the highest quality, although the atmospheric
	music was not included.
	Radio Showcase
	Web-Page	http://www.radio-showcase.com/
	Professional Old Time Radio Recordings. Recorded in USA, they have 49 stories
	covered and most recordings are of an excellent standard.
	Jerry Haendiges - Vintage Radio Logs
	Web-Page	http://otrsite.com/logs/logs1041.htm
	Professional Old Time Radio Recordings. Recorded in USA, they have 29 stories
	covered and most recordings are supposed to be of an excellent standard.
	As yet I haven't received a copy to verify the quality.
	The Sherlock Holmes Society of London
	Web-Page	http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/Radio/1952-69_Carleton_Hobbs_and_Norman_Shelley.htm
	MP3 Files for many of the stories are now available on this site.
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