News Bulletin 281

Douglas Wilmer 1920-2016 “I play the game for the game’s own sake,” said he. Thursday 31 March 2016 had been already clouded by the news that the comedy legend Ronnie Corbett had passed away earlier in the day. Then in the afternoon more sad news started coming down the wire; Douglas Wilmer had also died. There’s a …

News Bulletin 280

“You are engaged,” said I; “perhaps I interrupt you”* Houdini & Doyle for ITV Access to Houdini & Doyle will not be limited to ITV Encore viewers after all. Episode 1 of this new series will premiere on both ITV and ITV Encore on Sunday 13 March 2016 at 10.15pm. The trailer is here. The …

News Bulletin 279

‘I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again’* Back onboard! Following our short midwinter break, sailings will resume on Sunday 28 February at 3.00pm (sharp). Our captain of the day is David Houston; our point of departure is Osborne Quay. Our study and study quiz is on Abbe and we’ll be watching …

News Bulletin 278

“and then you can judge if you will listen to the details”* Listening post BBC Radio4 Extra, Thursday 7 January and Friday 8 January 2016 at 6.00am, 8.00pm and 1.00am.  James Nickerson reads from the ‘Devil’s Foot’ (published in 1910 and set in 1897), in which Holmes is recuperating in deepest Cornwall when death strikes …

News Bulletin 277

“There is just one thing” (again) It’s Sherlock night! As if you could have forgotten, the special Sherlock episode is on BBC One  and RTÉ2 tonight at 9.00pm. It’s repeated on BBC Three tomorrow at 9.10pm. It’s also being shown simultaneously in selected cinemas across the UK/Ireland. The only NI venue is the Odeon Victoria Square. …

News Bulletin 276

‘I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas’ Blue TV/Sherlock Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, the special episode scheduled for New Year’s Day on BBC1 (9.00pm) is getting another outing, the following night (Saturday 2 January) on BBC3 at 9.10pm. And for the first time ever, it’s also being shown simultaneously …

News Bulletin 275

“There is just one thing” (sort of) Here’s one we missed earlier! John Stanley stars in The Mystery Theater dramatization (it’s a 1947 US radio adaptation) of The Adventure of the Copper Beeches on BBC Radio4 Extra, today (24 December) at 10.am, 3.00pm (and again, at 3.00am tomorrow morning).  It’ll be available on the BBC iPlayer shortly afterwards. And …

News Bulletin 274

Sherlock’s TV Treat Box “Tell me all about it,” said I* Your “Handy Guide” for the Festive Fortnight 19 December 2015 – 1 January 2016 And we’re not just talking about the obvious; the much awaited new Sherlock episode ‘The Abominable Bride,’ due on BBC One on New Year’s Day 2016 at 9.00pm (And for …

News Bulletin 273

‘Holmes chuckled and wriggled in his chair, as was his habit when in high spirits’* It’s a dog day afternoon……..in Whitehead It takes Peter Blau (All the way from the USA) to tell me that the Wireless Mystery Theatre Company’s production of The Hound of the Baskervilles will be staged in Whitehead, Co. Antrim this …

News Bulletin 272

“There is just one thing” Elementary better than Sherlock Get ready for Season 4 – Episode 1 is on Sky Living on 19 November. The Season started in the US on 5 November, on CBS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EXn8tuQqQg