Benedict Cumberbatch reading non-SH mysteries

[amedia]

I was poking around on archive.org looking for some more old radio detective shows, when I stumbled across this set of free audio mysteries: http://archive.org/details/BbcThrillingStoriesOfTheRailway05Eps

I was going to go ahead and download them based on the description, which I'll copy below, and then I read the comments and learned that they are read by Benedict Cumberbatch! Who, according to the comment, does a splendid job. I clicked on the first one and by golly, that's who reads them. So now I'm *definitely* grabbing them!

Here's the description from the website, in case anyone needs more convincing:

"Thrilling Stories of the Railway" contains five 15 Minute Episodes of Mystery Audio Reading written by Church of England clergyman & author, Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (1868-03-12 to 1933-05-25).

V.L. Whitechurch wrote many novels of different themes (including religious books & novels set in the church), but he is probably best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, which were featured in Strand Magazine, Railway Magazine, Pearson's & Harmsworth's Magazines.

Hazell was a vegetarian railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another character was the spy, Captain Ivan Koravitch.

Whitechurch's stories were admired by Ellery Queen & Dorothy L. Sayers for their "...immaculate plotting and factual accuracy: he was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure...." (SOURCE: Wikipedia)

These truly are five stories worth the 75 minute listening time it will take you to hear all of them!

Comments

[bulleteyes.livejournal.com]

I haven't listened to them yet but I did manage to get them. I've heard a number of his radio plays. He does extraordinary things with his voice and acting.

[amedia.livejournal.com]

He is really something, isn't he?

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up! I haven't tried to get into audio books yet, but they sound really good. And, well, Benedict Cumberbatch. :oD

[amedia.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! :-D