EXCLUSIVE: Hugh Bonneville has narrated a podcast version of Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles.
The first episode of the nine-part audio series from podcast network Noiser lands on April 27 with Paddington, Downton Abbey and Twenty Twenty-Six actor Bonneville reading from Arthur Conan Doyle’s original story, which first published 125 years ago in The Strand magazine. Each episode will end with a cliffhanger, mirroring the instalments of Conan Soyle book.
“There’s a reason this story has never left us, and Arthur Conan Doyle knew exactly what he was doing when he wrote it to land in nine parts,” said Bonneville. “Getting to bring that structure back, to let listeners feel those cliffhangers the way Victorian readers felt them, is a rare opportunity. I wanted to honour the material and make it feel alive for new audiences today.”
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