Sherlock Holmes - The Secret Cases of the Master Detective

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Sherlock Holmes - The Secret Cases of the Master Detective
Radio play from Germany
original language German
Year of production since 2011
genre Thriller
consequences 41 radio plays (as of January 2020)
Publisher / label Titania media
Contributors
author Marc group
Director Marc Group
Stephan Bosenius
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Sherlock Holmes - The Secret Cases of the Master Detective is the name of a radio play series for adults and young people from the Titania Medien label, based on the famous characters Sir Arthur Conan Doyles . The series consists of both new cases by the author Marc Gruppe and original artwork by Sir Arthur Conan Doyles. Stephan Bosenius & Marc Gruppe are responsible for production and direction. The first episode appeared in 2011.

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So far unknown cases are told about the master detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend and chronicler Dr. John Watson from the late 19th century. These are classic criminal cases with a dash of humor. A characteristic of the stories are the frequent references to real historical personalities and events.

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After the audio game label Titania Medien was founded in 2003, the production of detective radio plays began there. A year later, the publication of some Sherlock Holmes settings based on classic cases by Arthur Conan Doyle began. However, these radio plays were barely noticed in retail, which is why after a few cases they initially refrained from further publications. In the background, however, the planning of a new series of radio plays with an independent concept was started, which was published from autumn 2011 as Sherlock Holmes - The Secret Cases of the Master Detective . During the planning phase, particular emphasis was placed on a stylish atmosphere, in which the cover design plays a major role in addition to the radio plays. The illustrator Firuz Askin, who was already responsible for the coherent cover of the radio play series Horror Cabinet , was commissioned to design them. The characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were much younger in the radio play series and thus cast closer to the original than is the case in many other films and radio plays. For the main roles, the experienced voice actors Joachim Tennstedt (including the German voice of John Malkovich) as Holmes and Detlef Bierstedt (including the German voice of George Clooney) as Dr. Watson, who both spoke this role in Titania's early radio plays.

At the start of the series, the titles of the first 12 episodes were already fixed. Firuz Askin was able to finish the work on the illustrations for these first 12 covers before he passed away on October 3, 2011. Episode 4 was originally supposed to appear together with episode 3 in November 2011, but had to be postponed due to a team member's illness. It finally appeared in May 2012 together with episode 5. Due to the company's relocation to new business premises, only one episode could appear in November 2012. Four episodes per year are planned for the future, two in spring and two in autumn.

Since November 2013, radio plays based on the original stories by Arthur Conan Doyle have also been appearing within the series. On the radio plays concerned, the title addition The Secret Cases of the Master Detective is not present and the author's name Marc Gruppe is replaced by Doyle's name. With episodes 10 and 11, two radio plays that had already been published by Titania were first re-released and then a new adaptation of A Scandal in Böhmen was brought onto the market.

A third path has been taken since episode 33: The stories of other detectives such as Flaxman Low (invented by the authors H. and E. Heron) and Ronald Standish (by the author Herman Cyril McNeile) are being rewritten to Holmes.

The series takes place in the well-known Sherlock Holmes universe and so far does not contradict the canon of the original cases.

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Regular cast

The following main characters appear in more than one episode:

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Sherlock Holmes Joachim Tennstedt
Dr. John Watson Detlef Bierstedt
Mrs. Hudson Regina Lemnitz
Margery Mapleton Philine Peters-Arnolds
Inspector Abberline Christian Stark
Inspector Lestrade Lutz Reichert
Inspector Jones Hans Bayer
Mary Watson Janina Sachau

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Numerous guest appearances by well-known actors or voice actors offer a special attraction, for example Marianne Groß (standard voice of Anjelica Huston) in episode 2, Michael Pan and Simon Jäger in episode 3, Anja Kruse in episode 4 and Ingrid van Bergen in episode 5.

Sequence index

Regular episodes

  1. In the Ripper's Shadow (October 14, 2011)
  2. Haunted Rectory (October 14, 2011)
  3. The stolen guillotine (November 11, 2011)
  4. The Angel of Hampstead (May 18, 2012)
  5. The Monkey Woman (May 18, 2012)
  6. Disappeared without a trace (November 16, 2012)
  7. The emerald of death (May 17, 2013)
  8. Walpurgis Night (May 17, 2013)
  9. The Elves of Cottingley (November 22, 2013)
  10. The Sussex & Vampire a. (22nd of November 2013)
  11. The Sign of Four (March 14, 2014)
  12. A scandal in Bohemia (April 15, 2014)
  13. The Union of Redheads (May 16, 2014)
  14. A question of identity (September 16, 2014)
  15. The Boscombe Valley Enigma (October 8, 2014)
  16. The blue carbuncle (November 14, 2014)
  17. The five orange pits (March 12, 2015)
  18. The Man with the Disfigured Lip (April 16, 2015)
  19. Engineer's Thumb (May 15, 2015)
  20. The noble bachelor (September 11, 2015)
  21. The beryl crown (November 12, 2015)
  22. The house near the blood beeches (November 12, 2015)
  23. Silberblesse (March 11, 2016)
  24. The yellow face (April 15, 2016)
  25. The stockbroker's clerk (May 13, 2016)
  26. The Gloria Scott (October 14, 2016)
  27. The Musgrave Ritual (November 18, 2016)
  28. A study in scarlet (March 16, 2017)
  29. Reigate Junkers (May 26, 2017)
  30. The Hunchbacked Man (June 28, 2017)
  31. The permanent patient (October 26, 2017)
  32. The Greek interpreter (November 24, 2017)
  33. The gray house (March 29, 2018)
  34. The Squeaky Door (April 27, 2018)
  35. The Hound of the Baskervilles (September 28, 2018)
  36. The Eerie Rectory (October 26, 2018)
  37. The missing coachman (March 29, 2019)
  38. The house with the kennels (April 26, 2019)
  39. A Question of Tar (November 29, 2019)
  40. The Third Message (November 29, 2019)
  41. Mayerling - Part 1 of 2 (January 31, 2020)

Trivia

  • Appearing in several episodes, Inspector Abberline is a historical figure.
  • The voice of Mrs. Hudson, Regina Lemnitz, already has experience as a housekeeper in flat shares for men: She speaks the housekeeper Berta in the sitcom Two and a Half Men .
  • Episode 1 In the Shadow of the Ripper is about Jack the Ripper .
  • Marianne Groß speaks the Caroline Bull in Spuk in the rectory (episode 2). She is the dubbing voice of Mrs. Hudson in the films Sherlock Holmes and Spiel im Schatten .
  • Episode 2 is apparently based on the real Borley Rectory , which is said to have been haunted.
  • In episode 2, Marianne Groß and Lutz Riedel speak to a married couple. They are married in real life too. Her daughter Sarah Riedel has a speaking role as a maid in this radio play.
  • Episode 3 is about Madame Tussauds .
  • Template for episode 4 The Angel of Hampstead is obviously the real case of the serial killer Gesche Gottfried , who was nicknamed "Angel of Bremen".
  • Episode 5 The ape woman acts u. a. from the so-called elephant man .
  • The Indian dancer from episode 7 The Emerald of Death is loosely based on the life of Mata Hari .
  • Episode 8 Walpurgis Night is about the real actor Henry Irving .
  • Episode 9 The Elves of Cottingley is based on the Cottingley Fairies , about which Arthur Conan Doyle published a book.

Awards

The radio play series won the Blauer Karfunkel (Prize of the German Sherlock Holmes Society) in the category “Best Multimedia Sherlock Holmes Publication 2011”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Consultation hours with Marc Gruppe & Stephan Bosenius on hoerspiellobby.de , accessed on August 20, 2012
  2. ↑ Announcement of the episode disappeared without a trace on Facebook , accessed on November 16, 2012
  3. ↑ Sherlock Holmes. Titania Medien, accessed May 17, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Popshot: Collective review of the radio play episodes 33 and 34 . ( over-blog.de [accessed October 18, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Awards on titania-medien.de , accessed on August 20, 2012