Sherlock Holmes
speaker
11,594 appearances
29 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 3 Aug
Sherlock Holmes’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Good evening, Mr. Bartell.
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Drop it, sir.
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That's it.
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That's right.
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In England, it's known as Guy Fawkes Day.
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Yes, Mr. Bartell, it is.
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And as Sherlock Holmes and I had a very unusual adventure on the 5th of November many years ago, it seems appropriate that I should tell you about it tonight.
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Before I begin, I think it might help you to appreciate the true flavor of the story if I tell you a little about the origin and the customs of Guy Fawkes Day.
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Well, my boy, on November the 5th, 1605, exactly 340 years ago today, King James I was about to attend the opening of Parliament.
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when a plot was discovered to blow up the House of Lords during the ceremony.
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Yes, he was.
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He was captured in a vault immediately below the House of Lords, a vault full of barrels of gunpowder.
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Of course, he and his fellow conspirators were executed.
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And ever since then, November the 5th has been known as Guy Fawkes Day.
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Well, it's a great time for the youngsters, Mr. Bartell.
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They black their faces along the streets, begging for pennies, and build bonfires in which to burn effigies of Guy Fawkes.
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These effigies are life-sized dummies stuffed with straw and dressed in old clothes.
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The children parade them in the streets, chanting rhymes.
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Well, now, let me see.
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Pleased to remember the 5th of November.
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