Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson is a television series created by Sheldon Reynolds. It starred Geoffrey Whitehead, Donald Pickering and Patrick Newell in the title roles of Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson and Inspector Lestrade respectively.[1] The series is considered rather obscure, and was filmed on a relatively low budget in Poland.[1]

This article is about the 1979 television series. For the Russian television film, see Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. For other uses, see Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (disambiguation).
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
Title Card of the opening of the series
Created bySheldon Reynolds
StarringGeoffrey Whitehead
Donald Pickering
Patrick Newell
ComposerErvin Drake
No. of series1
No. of episodes24
Production
ProducersLaura Fattori
Grzegorz Wozniak
Running time25 minutes
Release
Original release1979 (1979) –
1980 (1980)

Production

Sheldon Reynolds structured a deal with the state Polish Television to take over Poltel Studios to produce television shows.[1] Anthony Burgess was brought on as a consultant.[2] Reynolds recycled some aspects from his earlier 1954 television series starring Ronald Howard such as scripts and even the conceit of having Inspector Lestrade an equal co-star with Holmes and Watson.[1]

Filming was done for low cost and co-star Pickering remarked "The schedule for filming was very hectic and there were the odd dangerous moments. I remember once that the shafts of a hansom cab snapped when we were in hot pursuit of a suspect. That was very hairy!"[2]

According to guest director Roy Ward Baker, as production wrapped up the head of Polish television who had spearheaded the deal was arrested for corruption.[1] The films were confiscated leading to inconsistent distribution; the show was never released in the U.K. and aired on a single U.S. station in 1982.[1]

Episodes
  1. "A Motive for Murder"
  2. "The Case of the Speckled Band"
  3. "Murder on a Midsummer's Eve"
  4. "Four Minus Four is One"
  5. "The Case of the Perfect Crime"
  6. "The Case of Harry Rigby"
  7. "The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff"
  8. "A Case of High Security"
  9. "The Case of Harry Crocker"
  10. "The Case of the Deadly Prophecy"
  11. "The Case of the Baker Street Nursemaids"
  12. "The Case of the Purloined Letter"
  13. "The Case of the Travelling Killer"
  14. "The Case of the Sitting Target"
  15. "The Case of the Final Curtain"
  16. "The Case of the Three Uncles"
  17. "The Case of the Body in the Case"
  18. "The Case of the Deadly Tower"
  19. "The Case of Smith & Smythe"
  20. "The Case of the Luckless Gambler"
  21. "The Case of the Shrunken Heads"
  22. "The Case of Magruder's Millions"
  23. "The Case of the Other Ghost"
  24. "The Case of the Close-Knit Family"

References
  1. Barnes, Alan (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 145–146. ISBN 1-903111-04-8.
  2. Haining, Peter (1994). The Television Sherlock Holmes. Virgin Books. p. 79. ISBN 0-86369-793-3.
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