Richard IV
Richard IV is an actor, swordsman and an expert on early detective fiction. His velvety voice and perfect timing make for some awfully handsome listening on his Sherlock Holmes walk! Let alone the rest of his repertory. No surprise to learn that he’s narrated numerous documentaries and audiobooks.
All of Richard IV's Walks
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
Sunday, 13 July 2025 @ 2.30 pm (This walk goes every Sunday)
Grab your deerstalker and magnifying glass, we're going sleuthing...
CHARLES DICKENS’ LONDON: LOST AND FOUND: a London Walks virtual tour
Sunday, 13 July 2025 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
"Dickens' London was a place of the mind, but it was also a real place. Much of what we take today to be the marvelous imaginings of a visionary novelist turn out on inspection to be the reportage of a great observer"
Spies' & Spycatchers' London
Saturday, 19 July 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
"hole and corner, cloak and dagger London...the secret places of a murky nether-world"
Alfred Hitchcock in London – Virtual Tour
Sunday, 17 August 2025 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
The Master of Suspense worked with many great stars, and here we visit one of his all-time favourites: London! Guided by Richard IV
Agatha Christie & Dorothy L. Sayers – the Virtual Tour
Sunday, 14 September 2025 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
On the trail of Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and Lord Peter Wimsey... Guided by Richard IV
Sherlock Holmes - Virtual Tour
Sunday, 28 September 2025 @ 7 pm
'The Game's Afoot!' Follow the fascinating adventures of Holmes and Watson (and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) around London's West End. Guided by Richard IV
Agatha Christie & Dorothy Sayers – Poirot, Miss Marple & Lord Peter Wimsey
Sunday, 05 October 2025 @ 2.30 pm (Click here for more dates)
On the trail of Poirot, Miss Marple & Lord Peter Wimsey...
Sherlock Holmes Saves the Nation!
Sunday, 19 October 2025 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Sherlock Holmes Saves the Nation! The world of the Diogenes Club in Westminster and St James's. Guided by Richard IV
Spies & Spymasters of London – Virtual Tour
Sunday, 16 November 2025 @ 7 pm (Click here for more dates)
Top Secret London. Cambridge Five. ‘C’. Secret Service Bureau. OSS & SOE. Le Carré & Smiley. Somerset Maugham & Ashenden. Guided by Richard IV For Your Eyes Only.
Other walks in Richard IV's repertoire.
They run occasionally as 'Specials' but can also be booked privately.
London on Film Part 1: Frozen in Time in the Square Mile
The old City of London has been a haven for moviemakers for over a century, and here are some of the glorious highlights. Guided by Richard IV
The Sherlock Holmes Christmas Walk
We follow the crisscrossing paths of Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson as they solve their only original Christmas-time case, and Arthur Conan Doyle as he reaches a crisis in his professional life.
Virtual Walk: Sherlock Holmes & Conan Doyle at Christmas
An affectionate Yuletide offering from the glory days of the Great Detective and his creator...
Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol & Seasonal Traditions
We'll deck the streets of London with balls of jolly...
The London of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol
An affectionate celebration of the real places behind this timeless classic. A revealing virtual tour of the City Dickens knew so well.
Agatha Christie & Dorothy Sayers – Poirot, Miss Marple & Lord Peter Wimsey
On the trail of Poirot, Miss Marple & Lord Peter Wimsey...
What Ho, Jeeves! – The London of P.G. Wodehouse
Over a century since the immortal Jeeves first shimmered into view, spiffing traces of the Master’s favourite corner of London can still be found…
Sherlock Holmes Saves the Nation!
Sherlock Holmes Saves the Nation! The world of the Diogenes Club in Westminster and St James's. Guided by Richard IV
Spies & Spymasters of London – Virtual Tour
Top Secret London. Cambridge Five. ‘C’. Secret Service Bureau. OSS & SOE. Le Carré & Smiley. Somerset Maugham & Ashenden. Guided by Richard IV For Your Eyes Only.
Agatha Christie & Dorothy L. Sayers – the Virtual Tour
On the trail of Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and Lord Peter Wimsey... Guided by Richard IV
Spies' & Spycatchers' London
"hole and corner, cloak and dagger London...the secret places of a murky nether-world"