Baker Street Babes

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Baker Street Babes
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Created byKristina Manente [1]
URL bakerstreetbabes.com

Baker Street Babes is an-all female Sherlockian group [1] who host the web's first all-female Sherlock Holmes podcast. [1] There are eleven members of the group, including Edgar Award-nominated author Lyndsay Faye, [2] a collective devoid of a president or a leader. [3] They consider themselves "a bridge between older Sherlockians and young, tech-savvy enthusiasts", [4] and they have been described as being "at the center of online Sherlock fandom". [5]

Contents

The various members of the group are active in podcasting, blogging, and Tumblr. [6]

Podcast

The podcast began in May 2011 [1] and initially consisted of Kristina Manente, [6] Ardy from Germany and Katherine from England. [7] The group has since added eight other members from various locations around the world including United States and France. [7]

There have been 85 episodes as of the end of 2018 [8] covering various aspects of Sherlockiana and Sherlock fandom including interviews with New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King, [1] actress Lara Pulver who plays Irene Adler on the BBC's Sherlock , [1] and actress Amanda Abbington who plays Mary Morstan on Sherlock. [1]

They were finalists for a podcaster award at the 6th Annual Shorty Awards in 2014. [9]

Activities

At the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con, the Baker Street Babes co-hosted "SherlockeDCC" which featured attendees Mark Gatiss, Sue Vertue, and Steven Moffat. [10]

Two members were interviewed on NBC’s The Today Show in 2012. [11]

The Baker Street Babes organized a "well-attended dinner" [12] at the 2014 annual Sherlock Holmes celebration held in Manhattan by The Baker Street Irregulars and hosted a costume ball at the 2018 celebration. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Granshaw 2013.
  2. Claire 2013.
  3. Britt 2016.
  4. 1 2 Kilgannon 2018.
  5. Boström 2018, p. 478.
  6. 1 2 Dundas 2015, p. 134.
  7. 1 2 Boström 2018, p. 475.
  8. "Baker Street Babes Podcast". iTunes . Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  9. Lee 2014.
  10. Lena 2013.
  11. "Video: The Babes on The Today Show!". Baker Street Babes. August 26, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  12. Schuessler 2013.

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