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News Bulletin 271

“Pray let me have the details,” I cried.* Sherlock in cinemas As you will know by now (you have been warned!), ‘The Abominable Bride,’ the Sherlock Special episode, will air on BBC One on New Year’s Day 2016. For the first time, for a Sherlock episode, it will also be shown simultaneously, in cinemas across the …

News Bulletin 270

“Excellent!” said Holmes. “Excellent! Pray continue.”* The Sherlock Special episode – “The Abominable Bride”, which airs on BBC One on New Year’s Day 2016, will be screened simultaneously in over 100 cinemas across the UK/Ireland (the first time this has happened with Sherlock). The cinema shows include bonus material. Booking starts this Monday – 2 November. Click here …

News Bulletin 269

“…the very chance for which I have been panting during all those months of inaction seemed to have come within my reach”* Sherlock Special…at last we have a date! Sherlock producer Steven Moffat has revealed the date for the much anticipated Special…and its title. Click here for the article from Mail Online. According to Digital Spy, …

News Bulletin 267

“I trust there is nothing of consequence that I have overlooked”* Elementary Trailer, My Dear Viewer You can watch the first trailer for the new Elementary season here. The first episode of season 4, “The Past is Parent”, is scheduled for 5 November in the US (CBS). It’s due in the UK/Ireland (Sky Living) shortly …

News Bulletin 266

“Full speed ahead, engineer”* Back on board Our adventures resume on Sunday 27 September. Details are in Mayday Mayday (No.135), which all members would have received a copy of recently, and, hopefully, will have read by now. If you have mislaid your copy, get in touch and a duplicate will be forwarded by return. Brief …

News Bulletin 265

“There is just one thing” Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) is showing at QFT Belfast on Sun 11 Oct at 4.00pm, as part of Cinemagic: International Film & Television Festival for Young People. The  screening is open to the general public and is not age restricted. Book here (or at QFT).        

News Bulletin 264

He broke the seal and glanced over the contents. “Oh, come, it may prove to be something of interest, after all.”*  Mastermind does Sherlock Holmes Thanks to Alex Kane, who has been doing more than merely glancing over his copy of the latest Radio Times, we learn that Sherlock Holmes is one of the specialist subjects …

News Bulletin 263

“We waited long for news”** The long summer (such as it was) sojourn is fast coming to an end as the nights close in and autumn looms on the horizon. Having undergone the annual overhaul in a certain Belfast shipyard, the S.S. May Day is about to commence her seas trails (a series of events always clouded in an element of mystery), with …

News Bulletin 262

‘wrapped in the most perfect happiness’* If you missed it, here’s a chance to listen (for  a limited time) to the Sherlock Holmes Prom at the Royal Albert Hall this afternoon. Sherlock Holmes – A Musical Mind Prom 41 Part 1 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Remembers Interval Sherlock Holmes – A Musical Mind Prom 41 Part 2   …