“And what do you think of it all, Watson?” asked Sherlock Holmes, leaning back in his chair.*
RADIO
Sherlock Holmes on Radio4 Extra
BBC Radio4 Extra’s special season of Sherlock Holmes plays and documentaries continues this Saturday (1 Nov) with an adaptation from 1988 of “the supreme adventure”, followed by a short reading.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Baker Street sleuth pursues a creature stalking a noble family at a Dartmoor mansion. Combined version of an original two-part adaptation by Bert Coules, starring Roger Rees as Holmes and Crawford Logan as Dr Watson.
Sat 1 Nov 6am, repeated 4pm (also Sun 2nd). Lasts 1 hour 50 minutes.
In Search of Professor Moriarty
Sat 1 Nov 7.50am, repeated 5.50pm (also Sun 2nd at 5.50am). Lasts 10 minutes.
An excerpt from H.R.F. Keating’s ‘Sherlock Holmes – The Man and His World.’
Details of the Season are here including access to catch-up on previous episodes for a limited period.
TV
Sherlock on BBC3
BBC3 are giving the first series of Sherlock another run. We overlooked mentioning this in our last Bulletin but are attempting to rectify that omission now by telling you that Episode 2 – ‘The Blind Banker’ – is pencilled in for this Sat (2 Nov), starting at 9pm. The link provided will also take you to the I Player where you can catch up on last week’s show – Episode 1 -‘A Study in Pink’. Episode 3 is due on Saturday 9 Nov at the same time. Exclusive clips and pictures from Series 3 are here.
Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards – Results
Amanada Abbington received the Dagger for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sherlock at the ceremony on Monday last (27th). The full results are here.
You can watch the ceremony, which was televised live on ITV3, here.
MOVIES
Mr Holmes (due in cinemas 2015)….some plot details.
Sherlock Holmes 3 (possibly 2017) still on, Downey Jnr. confirms.
MORIARTY BOOK LAUNCH
Tickets for the Belfast event are going fast…details including how to book are here.
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