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I’ve been listening to a lot of BBC Radio!Holmes recently (my lovely nearly-mum-in-law bought them for me, and each episode is almost the perfect length for my walk to/from work). It’s great stuff, but this exchange from the beginning of the Musgrave Ritual had me guffawing out loud on the streets of South London the other morning... (apologies in advance for any mistakes, I’m transcribing...)
(Watson has been whinging about how Holmes never tidies up, so he goes off to his room and gets his box of old papers. There follows a bit of faffing about, during which Watson helps to move the box, and in doing so they fall over. A bit of giggling ensues, then:)
HOLMES: wouldn’t do for Mrs Hudson to come in just now, eh? Lying on the floor like two naughty schoolboys...
WATSON: wouldn’t do at all.
ME: (shipping squees)
HOLMES: although I do suspect that there may well be something of the naughty schoolgirl in Mrs Hudson...
ME: wait, WHAT?!
WATSON: steady on, Holmes
HOLMES: wellllll...
WATSON: do you think so?
HOLMES: anything’s possible.
WATSON: hmmm ... yes, I suppose it is. (They get up.) I must say, this carpet is really rather comfortable.
HOLMES: and kind to the knees!
ME: *dies laughing*
(Please tell me that this isn’t all some kind of elaborate prank and that someone else has heard this too?)
Added to all this the fact that a lot of the scenes where they’re back in Baker Street discussing a case are so cosy that they sound like they’re snuggled up in bed and this becomes honestly one of the best series of anything ever.
*flails*
I don’t think I can cope with this.
(I’ve just got to the end of the Final Problem, and the little break in Watson’s voice in the final monologue, just… *wibbles*)
I’ve been listening to a lot of BBC Radio!Holmes recently (my lovely nearly-mum-in-law bought them for me, and each episode is almost the perfect length for my walk to/from work). It’s great stuff, but this exchange from the beginning of the Musgrave Ritual had me guffawing out loud on the…