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===Audio=== [[Edith Meiser]] adapted the novel as six episodes of the radio series ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (radio series)|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]''. The episodes aired in February and March 1932, with [[Richard Gordon (actor)|Richard Gordon]] as Sherlock Holmes and Leigh Lovell as Dr. Watson. Another dramatisation of the story aired in November and December 1936, with Gordon as Holmes and Harry West as Watson.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dickerson |first=Ian |author-link=Ian Dickerson |title=Sherlock Holmes and His Adventures on American Radio |publisher=BearManor Media |year=2019 |pages=41, 76 |isbn=978-1629335087}}</ref> The story was also adapted by Meiser as six episodes of ''[[The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' with [[Basil Rathbone]] as Holmes and [[Nigel Bruce]] as Watson. The episodes aired in January and February 1941.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dickerson |first=Ian |author-link=Ian Dickerson |title=Sherlock Holmes and His Adventures on American Radio |publisher=BearManor Media |year=2019 |pages=96β97 |isbn=978-1629335087}}</ref> A dramatisation of the novel by [[Felix Felton]] aired on the [[BBC Light Programme]] in 1958 as part of the [[Sherlock Holmes (1952 radio series)|1952β1969 radio series]], with [[Carleton Hobbs]] as Sherlock Holmes and [[Norman Shelley]] as Dr. Watson.<ref>{{cite book |last=de Waal |first=Ronald Burt |title=The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes |year=1974 |publisher=Bramhall House |page=386 |isbn=0-517-217597 |url=https://archive.org/details/worldbibliograph00dewa/page/386}}</ref> A different production of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', also adapted by Felton and starring Hobbs and Shelley with a different supporting cast, aired in 1961 on the [[BBC Home Service]].<ref>{{cite book |last=de Waal |first=Ronald Burt |year=1974 |title=The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes |publisher=Bramhall House |page=388 |isbn=0-517-217597 |url=https://archive.org/details/worldbibliograph00dewa/page/388}}</ref> The novel was adapted as an episode of ''[[CBS Radio Mystery Theater]]''. The episode, which aired in 1977, starred [[Kevin McCarthy (actor)|Kevin McCarthy]] as Holmes and [[Lloyd Battista]] as Watson.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Payton |first1=Gordon |last2=Grams | first2=Martin Jr. |year=2015 |orig-year=1999 |title=The CBS Radio Mystery Theater: An episode guide and handbook to nine years of broadcasting, 1974β1982 |page=195 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786492282 |edition=Reprinted}}</ref> ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' has been adapted for radio for the BBC by [[Bert Coules]] on two occasions. The first starred [[Roger Rees]] as Holmes, [[Crawford Logan]] as Watson and [[Matt Zimmerman (actor)|Matt Zimmerman]] as Sir Henry and was broadcast in 1988 on [[BBC Radio 4]]. Following its good reception, Coules proposed further radio adaptations, which eventually led to the [[List of BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes dramatisations|1989β1998 radio series]] of dramatisations of the entire canon, starring [[Clive Merrison]] as Holmes and [[Michael Williams (actor)|Michael Williams]] as Watson.<ref>{{cite web |first=Bert |last=Coules |author-link=Bert Coules |title=The Background |website=The BBC complete audio Sherlock Holmes |url=http://merrisonholmes.com/background.php |access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref> The second adaptation of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', featuring this pairing, was broadcast in 1998, and also featured [[Judi Dench]] as Mrs. Hudson and [[Donald Sinden]] as Sir Charles Baskerville.<ref>{{cite web |first=Bert |last=Coules |author-link=Bert Coules |title=The Hound of the Baskervilles |access-date=12 December 2016 |website=The BBC complete audio Sherlock Holmes |url=http://merrisonholmes.com/hound.php}}</ref> [[Clive Nolan]] and [[Oliver Wakeman]] adapted ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (album)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' as a progressive rock album in 2002, with narration by [[Robert Powell]]. ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' was adapted as three episodes of the American radio series ''[[The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'', with [[John Patrick Lowrie]] as Holmes and Lawrence Albert as Watson. The episodes first aired in March 2008.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wright |first=Stewart |date=30 April 2019 |title=The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Broadcast log |website=Old-Time Radio |url=https://www.old-time.com/otrlogs2/classicsh_sw.log.pdf |access-date= 1 May 2020}}</ref> In 2011, [[Big Finish Productions]] released their adaptation of the book as part of their second series of Holmes dramas. Holmes was played by [[Nicholas Briggs]], and Watson was played by Richard Earl.<ref>{{cite web |first=Nicholas |last=Briggs |author-link=Nicholas Briggs |year=2011 |title=The Hounds of the Bakervilles |id=2.3 |website=[[Big Finish Productions]] |url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/sherlock-holmes-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-19 |access-date=5 April 2020 }}</ref> In 2014, [[L.A. Theatre Works]] released their production, starring [[Seamus Dever]] as Holmes, [[Geoffrey Arend]] as Watson, [[James Marsters]] as Sir Henry, [[Sarah Drew]] as Beryl Stapleton, [[Wilson Bethel]] as Stapleton, Henri Lubatti as Dr. Mortimer, [[Christopher Neame]] as Sir Charles and Frankland, [[Moira Quirk]] as Mrs. Hudson & Mrs. Barrymore, and Darren Richardson as Barrymore.<ref>{{cite web |year=2014 |title=The Hound of the Bakervilles |website=[[L.A. Theatre Works]] |url=https://latw.org/title/hound-baskervilles |access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref> In 2017, Bleak December released an abridged full-cast production for Cadabra Records with [[Sir Derek Jacobi]] as Holmes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles LP with Sir Derek Jacobi & Bleak December - Yellow mix |website=Cadabra Records |url=https://cadabrarecords.com/products/sir-arthur-conan-doyle-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-lp-with-sir-derek-jacobi-bleak-december-yellow-mix |access-date=11 November 2024}}</ref> In 2020, Lions Den Theatre released a new adaptation of the novel written and directed by Keith Morrison on the company's YouTube channel. An early version of the play was performed in various locations around Nova Scotia in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hound of the Baskervilles: The Audio Play|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK-OSwPIFak |access-date=28 June 2023|work=Lions Den Audio| date=12 July 2020 }}</ref> In 2021, [[Audible (service) |Audible]] released a dramatisation by [[George Mann (writer)|George Mann]] and [[Cavan Scott]], starring [[Colin Salmon]] as Holmes and [[Stephen Fry]] as Watson.<ref>{{cite web |year=2021 |title=The Hound of the Bakervilles |website=[[Audible (service)|Audible]] |url=https://www.audible.com.au/pd/The-Hound-of-the-Baskervilles-Podcast/B09LVVR1D7?qid=1643071053&sr=1-6&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_6&pf_rd_p=771c6463-05d7-4981-9b47-920dc34a70f1&pf_rd_r=JFT7R86PTQ52ZXFF3CCF |access-date=25 January 2022 }}</ref> In 2022, ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' was adapted and conducted as a "concert drama" by [[Neil Brand]], with the music directed by [[Timothy Brock]], and performed by the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]]. [[Mark Gatiss]] and [[Sanjeev Bhaskar]] played Holmes and Watson, respectively. The production was recorded at the [[Barbican Hall]] on 20 December, and was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 3]] on 22 January 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hound of the Baskervilles|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001h56s |access-date=28 June 2023|work=BBC Radio}}</ref> A filmed recording of the reading was broadcast for BBC Four on 25 December 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Inside Classical: The Hound of the Baskervilles|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2023/52/inside-classical-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles |access-date=1 January 2024|work=BBC Media Centre}}</ref>
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