Radio Times puts together a self-guided walking tour of memorable locations from BBC Sherlock
Visit the scenes from Sherlock and Spooks during a walking tour of London, and see firsthand where Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, aka Holmes and Watson, created their hit BBC series.
Distance 6 miles (9.6km) Time 2-3 hours
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Posted on March 25, 2013 at 6:08 AM
The entirety of Sherlock Holmes, in one sentence.
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Posted on March 6, 2013 at 9:35 AMmy favourite things meme: day one: favourite book/book series [1/2]: the sherlock holmes stories by sir arthur conan doyle
“Holmes [is] still discussed, revered and cherished across the world.” - The Guardian
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Posted on January 24, 2013 at 6:09 AMSherlock Holmes’ London
Large version here
Notes here
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Posted on December 17, 2012 at 5:42 PMA Christmas Story Without Slush: Three radio dramatisations of “The Blue Carbuncle” and one even more Christmassy story. (Hover over credits for additional titbits of information)
• The Blue Carbuncle
“Here is the stone; the stone came from the goose, and the goose came from Mr. Henry Baker”
I. Dramatised by John Keir Cross for BBC Light Programme, with Sir John Gielgud as Sherlock Holmes and Sir Ralph Richardson as Dr Watson (first broadcast Dec 14, 1954)
II. Dramatised by Michael Hardwick for BBC Light Programme, with Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes and Norman Shelley as Dr Watson (first broadcast Dec 25, 1961)
III. Dramatised by Bert Coules for BBC Radio 4, with Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr Watson (first broadcast Jan 2, 1991)
• The Night Before Christmas
Watson plays Santa Claus for Mrs Hudson’s nephews, mysterious presents are wrapped in £20 notes, Holmes sings some carols and of course Moriarty is behind everything.
Written by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher for MBS, with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson (first broadcast Dec 24, 1945)• Download
Crying
This is actually what every Sherlock Holmes adventure looks like.
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Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:23 PM
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Strolling about.
SCRIPTED
LONG ESTABLISHED
DYNAMIC
can we talk about how much i love the fact that in their gif, Liu’s Watson is the dude with the crooked arm and Holmes is the lady being escorted
Plaque at St. Bart’s hospital in London.
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Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:41 PM