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The Hound of the Baskervilles

A starry cast including Mark Gatiss, Sanjeev Bhaskar and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Timothy Brock, on the detective trail in a new adaptation of Conan Doyle's classic.

“Standing over Hugo Baskerville, and plucking at his throat, there stood a foul thing, a great, black beast, shaped like a hound, yet larger than any hound that ever mortal eye has rested upon.”

A desolate house on the moors, an escaped murderer, and a bloodthirsty supernatural beast – Conan Doyle’s best-selling mystery has all the ingredients of a classic thriller. Following the success of his adaptations of A Christmas Carol and The Wind in the Willows, the dramatist , composer and long-term collaborator with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Neil Brand has crafted a chilling, gripping and hair-raising version of this favourite tale.

Mark Gatiss stars as Sherlock Holmes with Sanjeev Bhaskar as Dr Watson.

Recorded at the Barbican Hall, London on December 20th 2022.

Neil Brand, orchestrated by Timothy Brock: The Hound of the Baskervilles (BBC co-commission and world premiere]

Mark Gatiss - Sherlock Holmes
Sanjeev Bhaskar - Dr Watson
Sam Dale - Dr Mortimer/Frankland/Narrator
Ewan Bailey - Barrymore/Mycroft/Narrator
Clare Corbett - Mrs Barrymore/Beryl Stapleton/Billy/Narrator
Carl Prekopp - Stapleton/Selden/Narrator
Ryan Early - Henry Baskerville/Narrator

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Brock (conductor)
Neil Brand (conductor)
David Hunter (director)

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Jan 2023 19:30

Music Played

  • Neil Brand

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Brock.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Johannes Moser. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.
    • Shostakovich Cello Concerto; Britten Cello Symphony.
    • Hanssler Classic.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Jan 2023 19:30