Episode 71: Bert Coules

The Baker Street Babes

Live from BSI Weekend! BSBs Curly, Lyndsay, and Maria got to sit down and chat with Bert Coules, head writer and creator of the BBC Sherlock Holmes radio series starring Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. This radio adaptation of the canon was the first to present all 60 stories (plus more!), and for many is the truest “Victorian” adaptation. We learn how the series came to be, how it kept expanding, and some fun tales from the recording studio. Links: Bert Coules’ Website: About Bert, his other work, and future projects. BBC Production Website: Background, behind the scenes, and where to buy the original radio production starring Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. 221BBC Book: 221 BBC - Writing for the World's Only Complete Dramatised Canon and Beyond (with Some Observations upon Previous Radio Appearances of Mr. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. John Watson) by Bert Coules