TV Killed the Radio

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  1. 3. His Watson, known from Fawlty Towers fame
  2. 4. “The Speckled ____,” one of the most frequently dramatized episodes
  3. 8. American radio producer who created many “new” Holmes adventures
  4. 11. The BBC’s archival home for preserved Holmes radio dramas
  5. 13. The 1930 BBC play that marked Holmes’ radio debut
  6. 16. Producer of the acclaimed Complete Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio 4
  7. 20. His brother voiced Watson opposite John Gielgud
  8. 21. 1940s U.S. sponsor whose jingle was heard before every episode
  9. 23. “The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” aired on this U.S. network
  10. 24. Holmes story often used as a Christmas broadcast
  11. 25. The 1959 BBC actor who became the definitive postwar Holmes
  12. 26. His loyal radio Watson from the same series
  13. 27. Holmes story broadcast by BBC to celebrate Queen’s Silver Jubilee, 1977
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  1. 1. Title of 1940s U.S. series opening line: “This is Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, and this is Dr. ____”
  2. 2. Holmes radio theme often adapted from this classical composer
  3. 5. Actor who first voiced Holmes for the BBC in 1930
  4. 6. His Watson, a stalwart BBC voice actor
  5. 7. Holmes’ catchphrase often used to open American episodes: “Good evening, Mr. ____”
  6. 9. London station that aired early BBC Holmes plays
  7. 10. “The Adventure of the ____ Soldier,” adapted for BBC Radio 4 in 1994
  8. 12. Longest-running Holmes actor in radio history (1989–2010)
  9. 14. Holmes radio story written directly for air, not from canon — “The Adventure of the ____ Emerald”
  10. 15. Sponsor of the long-running Rathbone/Bruce broadcasts
  11. 17. Legendary horror actor who played Holmes for American radio (1939–46)
  12. 18. 2010 BBC dramatization series title featuring updated sound design
  13. 19. The 1954 BBC producer who created “Sherlock Holmes: Further Adventures”
  14. 21. Sponsor of the U.S. 1947 series after Petri Wine
  15. 22. Medium that carried Holmes before TV ever existed
  16. 25. Modern BBC Radio 4 actor who played Holmes opposite Andrew Sachs
  17. 26. The first American network to air a Holmes mystery in 1930