Sherlock Holmes on the Radio...

[Orctrader]

...on Boxing Day.  (I'm cancelling all visits  )


Quote:

Afternoon Play –
The Further Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes Ep 1/4
Boxing Day Friday 26 December
2.15-3.00pm BBC RADIO 4   

Clive Merrison and Andrew Sachs return as Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson in four brand-new tales of mystery and murder.

Bert Coules, the chief writer behind BBC Radio 4's celebrated dramatisations of the complete Sherlock Holmes canon of 56 short stories and four novels, once more takes up the pen where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle left off.


In this opening adventure, The Eyes Of Horus, the baffling disappearance of a fabulous ancient Egyptian jewel from an impregnable bank vault threatens to cause the government acute diplomatic embarrassment.


Clive Merrison stars as Sherlock Holmes, Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson, Colette O'Neil as Lady Jean Mallory, Stephen Critchlow as Mr Lofting and Stephen Thorne as Inspector Lestrade. The cast also includes Janice Acquah, Paul Rider, Jonathan Tafler and Malcolm Tierney.

[Argonor]

Sounds nice.... I probably should wish for a DAB radio...

Question: WHY is the 26th called 'Boxing Day'??

[Orctrader]

Question: WHY is the 26th called 'Boxing Day'??

I have read various reasons.  The most widely accepted - I believe - is that people from the "Lower Classes" would be given gifts from their employers - in small boxes -  which they would open the day after Christmas.  And workers in shops would open the collection box - left out for "tips" on the 26th.

As a child in England I recall that adults would still talk about the "Christmas Box."  A small monetary gift for the Paper Boy, or "Bin Men."

It is an English/British thing.  Spread to various English-speaking countries but not USA.

[aircav]

All is explained hre:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day

[Plynkes]

In my house as a child it was because the 26th was when the warm fuzzy glow of goodwill to all men wore off and my brother and I would get back to fist-fighting.