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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris
This is one of those occasions when I wholeheartedly agree with you, Ken!  First read 'em about 40 years ago, so I'm on a voyage of rediscovery now.
Never seen the Peter Cushing Holmes, so I'll watch out for them. Funnily enough, I've been watching the Basil Rathbone ones over the last couple of weeks. Obviously a lot of the tales aren't the original ones and they're in a 1940's setting, but I reckon Basil Rathbone plays a great Holmes.
Thanks for the heads up. |
The Cushing episodes were a 1960s BBC series which was incredibly made in colour but unfortunately went the way of so much great TV in the mass wipings of the 1970s. Nigel Stock played Watson, the only other thing I remember seeing him in was
Yes, Prime Minister as a rather starchy civil servant.
By far the pride of my collection is the complete radio series with Clive Merrison and Michael Williams, every single story and novel with the same lead actors. Again made by the BBC during the 80s and 90s and absolutely sublime. I think I paid £130 for all 64 discs and it was a steal.