The Game Is Afoot

Adam Roche has cornered the market in telling interesting and lesser known backstories to famous Hollywood films and stars. In 1939, 20th Century Fox teamed Basil Rathbone with Nigel Bruce in their lavish production of The Hound Of The Baskervilles and Hollywood introduced one of the most enduring detectives to the world of film. Over the decades interest in Sherlock Holmes wavered and he appeared antiquated to a modern world on the brink on a second world war, until a new plan was instigated....

For people of a certain age who grew up with Basil Rathbone as “their” Holmes, this will be a fascinating narrative. it covers both the stories of the actors and the films themselves. Roche has an engaging style. An enjoyable listen on an unusual but enjoyable subject.