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Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

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Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

NOISER
Petrified

2

Petrified

Liam Geraghty / Peter Dunne
The Archers

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The Archers

BBC Radio 4
Jane Austen Stories

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Jane Austen Stories

NOISER
The Sleepy Bookshelf

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The Sleepy Bookshelf

Slumber Studios
Limelight

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Limelight

BBC Radio 4
Sherlock & Co.

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Sherlock & Co.

Goalhanger

13 HR AGO

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09/04/2026

Alan rallies the troops, and Oliver takes Miranda under his wing.

13 hr ago

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13 min
SEASON 1, EPISODE 72

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The Boscombe Valley Mystery: Part Two

The mysterious ‘rat’ falls into Sherlock’s trap. But what will the great detective do with him, once he’s solved the murder of Charles McCarthy? A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Hugh Bonneville  Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Produced by Duncan Barrett Sound Design and Audio Editing by Tony Onuchukwu Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines Mix & Mastering: Josh Latham Series Consultant: Dan Smith Executive Producer: Katrina Hughes For ad-free listening and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Just click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1, E72

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39 min
1 DAY AGO

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08/04/2026

Out in the fields David waxes lyrical about Magic Day grass, but notices how distracted Pip is. It’s obvious when Pip makes mistakes that something’s wrong, and she finally admits that she’s found a lump in her breast. She reassures emotional David that she’s having it looked into. Pip doesn’t want to worry Ruth, but David feels she’d want to know. Later Pip gently berates David for tiptoeing around her, trying to encourage normality. Pip doesn’t want to stir up old memories for Ruth, but admits to feeling in limbo herself. Khalil goes round to see Fletcher the budgie, with a bell as a gift for him. Awkward Lynda starts to explain that Fletcher can’t stay. However, she can’t bring herself to disappoint Khalil. Azra’s grateful to Lynda for talking to her again about her mental health initiative, following Lynda’s help with the radio interview. They brainstorm ideas for going out into the community with a stall and recruiting key people like Ben Archer. Lynda encourages Azra to communicate directly with people, before admitting her dismal failure in communicating with Khalil earlier about the budgie. This is news to Azra who takes Khalil round to Ambridge Hall later, insisting he apologise to Lynda and, separately, to absent Robert. Azra then says they’ll take the bird off Lynda’s hands. Fletcher can stay with Azra until Khalil finds a friend who will take him on. As Azra and Khalil depart, Khalil bets that Azra will secretly love Fletcher, while Lynda mutters a sad farewell to the bird.

1 day ago

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13 min
SEASON 1, EPISODE 71

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The Boscombe Valley Mystery: Part One

Holmes and Watson head down to Herefordshire… where an Antipodean murder mystery is playing out. But who has killed local landowner Charles McCarthy, two decades after he returned home from Australia with his family? And what light can the dead man’s final words – ‘A rat!’ – shine on the mystery? A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Hugh Bonneville  Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Produced by Duncan Barrett Sound Design and Audio Editing by Tony Onuchukwu Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines Mix & Mastering: Josh Latham Series Consultant: Dan Smith Executive Producer: Katrina Hughes For ad-free listening and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Just click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S1, E71

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36 min
2 DAYS AGO

5

07/04/2026

David notes Adam’s happy mood and prises from him the good news about the Home Farm succession, agreeing to keep the news to himself. This gets them talking about inscrutable Josh, who seems to be enjoying life in Patagonia. While inspecting the rubble at St Stephens with Usha, having been inspired by the Promises Tree initiative, Oliver offers his services to Alan as liaison between Church officials and the builders, to help sort everything out. Usha then has a worrying call from Alan, which she shares with Oliver. One of the congregation has complained anonymously to the Archdeacon, claiming compensation for injury from the fallen ceiling, even though Alan was sure no-one was in that part of the church. Emma teases George about his birthday, before he makes an excuse about why he wasn’t at Keira’s party yesterday. Emma and Amber have both baked cakes, and George jokes that he wouldn’t dare say which is better. He’s delighted by Emma and Ed’s gift – a mini-break for George and Amber in the Forest of Dean. As Emma praises Amber, George notes Emma’s change of heart over the pregnancy. She admits she still worries, but credits Will for offering to swap bedrooms to give the couple more room. George wants to know if Emma thinks he’ll be a good dad, then gets angry when she doesn’t give him a straight answer. When pushed, Emma admits she worries about George’s temper. He’ll need a lot of patience as a dad, but his tendency to lash out scares Emma. He has to control that.

2 days ago

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13 min
SEASON 43, EPISODE 1

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The Three Garridebs - Part One

LATE KNIGHT - John and I went to Buckingham Palace. With the intent to see Sherlock receive the highest honour. Part 1 of 3 This episode contains swearing, violence, references to sexual abuse, references to human trafficking, reference to vulnerable elders and mental wellbeing concerns. Listener discretion is advised. A new clothing store has opened: www.sherlockwear.com For merchandise and transcripts go to: www.sherlockandco.co.uk For ad-free, early access to adventures in full go to www.patreon.com/sherlockandco To get in touch via email: docjwatsonmd@gmail.com Follow me @DocJWatsonMD on twitter and BlueSky, or sherlockandcopod on TikTok, instagram and YouTube. This podcast is property of Goalhanger Podcasts. Copyright 2026. SHERLOCK AND CO.Based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Paul Waggott as Dr. John Watson Harry Attwell as Sherlock Holmes Marta da Silva as Mariana Ametxazurra Sally Jayne Hind as Olivia Joel Emery as NathanAdditional Voices:Naomi Miller Joel Emery Adam Jarrell Written by Joel Emery Directed by Adam Jarrell Editing and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio Produced by Neil Fearn and Jon Gill Executive Producer Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S43, E1

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37 min
2 DAYS AGO

7

The Scrooge Identity

Hamburg, 1992. A pipe-bomb goes off in a department store at one in the morning, and a ransom note arrives shortly after, demanding a million marks and signed "Uncle Scrooge". The police are baffled. The press are delighted. And a nation starts rooting for the wrong side. A cat-and-mouse thriller based on an extraordinary true story, about a lone eccentric who seems to be running his criminal campaign straight from the pages of a Donald Duck comic book, and the police team who realise the only way to catch him is to make him feel understood. Warm, witty and surprisingly tender, it might just be unlike any true-crime story you've heard before. Based on real events with imagined scenes. Narrator . . . . . Clare Corbett Funke . . . . . Blake Harrison Daleki . . . . . Ben Crowe Brockmann . . . . . Amaka Okafor Springborn . . . . . John Macmillan Blashke . . . . . Sam Swann Weber . . . . . Sam Dale Writer: Simon Scardifield Sound design: Sharon Hughes Technical producers: Keith Graham & Jenni Burnett Casting Manager: Alex Curran Production co-ordinator: Luke MacGregor Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

2 days ago

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44 min
5 DAYS AGO

8

05/04/2026

29th March - 3rd April 2026 Writer: Jessica Mitic Director: Marina Caldarone Editor: Jeremy Howe Brian Aldridge … Charles Collingwood Pip Archer … Daisy Badger Henry Archer … Blayke Darby  Pat Archer …   Patricia Gallimore  Tony Archer … David Troughton  Tom Archer … William Troughton  Natasha Archer … Mali Harries  Lilian Bellamy … Sunny Ormonde Miranda Elliot … Lucy Fleming Azra Malik … Yasmin Wilde  Stella Pryor … Lucy Speed  Lynda Snell … Carole Boyd Robert Snell … Michael Bertenshaw  Oliver Sterling … Michael Cochrane Carol Tregorran … Mia Soteriou

5 days ago

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1hr 13min
1 DAY AGO

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The Four-Faced Liar by Ger Fitzgibbon

The Four-Faced Liar by Ger Fitzgibbon - It's part of the lore of Cork city that the four clocks on the four faces of Shandon Steeple rarely agree on the exact time - hence the nickname: The Four-Faced Liar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1 day ago

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50 min
2 DAYS AGO

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You’re Listening To

Welcome to a very special behind-the-scenes documentary where you'll discover the bone-chilling beginnings of Petrified! Note: This documentary contains clips from previous episodes of Petrified and as such contains spoilers for some episodes. Hosted by Amy O'Dwyer and Margaret McAuliffe Petrified was created by Peter Dunne (writer/director) and Liam Geraghty (producer/editor/sound designer) INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/petrified_pod YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@Petrified_Pod EMAIL: liam@liamgeraghty.com CONTENT WARNING: Petrified is an immersive, sound rich and frequently tense horror drama - if you have specific triggers in either content or sound please don't hesitate to contact / message us before listening to see if your specific trigger is in this episode. Petrified is funded by Coimisiún na Meán with the Television License Fee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 days ago

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48 min

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