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Sherlock Holmes (BBC Radio) (Radio)

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There have been many adaptations of Sherlock Holmes over the years, on film, TV, and radio. But the series of dramatizations done by The BBC for Radio 4 between 1989 and 1998 are unique in that the Beeb managed to do what nobody has done before and only one decades later production has done since— they adapted every one of the fifty-six short stories and four novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and each production featured the same actors playing Holmes and Watson — Clive Merrison and the late Michael Williams (Judi Dench's husband). The series was produced and chiefly adapted by Bert Coules.The series was so popular that the BBC commissioned Coules to produce and write a series of pastiches entitled The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes which ran for four seasons from 2002 to 2010 with Andrew Sachs playing Watson, due to Michael Williams' passing in 2001.Also of interest is Bert Coules' book about producing and writing the program — 221 BBC: Writing for the World's Only Complete Dramatised Canon and Beyond available for purchase from here.
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The Cameo
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The Cameo: Judi Dench plays Mrs. Hudson in one scene in "The Hound of the Baskervilles".
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End of an Age
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End of an Age: The central theme of the last season: "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes". Queen Victoria has passed and now King Edward VII is on the throne and with him comes rapid modernization and Holmes increasingly begins to feel he's the relic of a bygone age whose pass his prime and decides to retire.
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Adaptational Villainy: Professor Corim in "The Golden Pince-Nez" who goads his wife into suicide by talking about the unfaithful wife in Anna Karenina.
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Adaptation Expansion: Occasionally, like with "The Mazarin Stone".
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Resolved Noodle Incident: All the Further Adventures are based on untold cases Watson refers to in the books.
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Distant Finale: "His Last Bow".
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Noodle Incident
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Mrs Guttridge in "The Savior of Cripplegate Square" from The Further Adventures ... sort of. She's based on a Noodle Incident about a woman who "poisoned three little children for their insurance-money", but in the story she's actually a Well-Intentioned Extremist who believes the babies in her charge are Too Good for This Sinful Earth.
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Adaptational Heroism: Lucretia Venucci. In the story "The Six Napoleons" she was responsible for giving the Borgia Pearl to Beppo. Here she's completely innocent. Mrs Guttridge in "The Savior of Cripplegate Square" from The Further Adventures ... sort of. She's based on a Noodle Incident about a woman who "poisoned three little children for their insurance-money", but in the story she's actually a Well-Intentioned Extremist who believes the babies in her charge are Too Good for This Sinful Earth.
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Death by Adaptation: Mary Morstan. In Doyle's stories it's never explicitly said that she died, only that Dr. Watson suffered a "sad bereavement". Here, her deathbed is the opening scene to "The Empty House". Lucretia Venucci. She was the primary police suspect and she later hangs herself in her cell, due to the police's refusal to believe her innocence in "The Six Napoleons".
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It's All My Fault
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It's All My Fault: Holmes blames himself for the Downer Ending of "The Valley of Fear", only for Watson to point out if Moriarty is as good as Holmes' said there's nothing that could've been done.
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Named by the Adaptation
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Named by the Adaptation: In this version, Inspector G. Lestrade becomes Inspector Giles Lestrade.
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Mandatory Unretirement
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Mandatory Unretirement: In "His Last Bow", Holmes is content with retirement and is furious when Mycroft tells his superiors where his cottage is and they try to convince him to uncover a Germany spy ring — it takes a lot of persuading but Holmes eventually relents. And after that it's back to the Downs and his bees.
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Large Ham: A necessity given the medium, but Clive Merrison makes Jeremy Brett seem tame!
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Narrator All Along
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Narrator All Along: The flashbacks of the "The Valley of Fear" are narrated by some mysterious person. The ending reveals he's in fact Professor James Moriarty himself reading Douglas' manuscript of his time in America.
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Back for the Finale: Both Lestrade and Mycroft make small appearances in the "The Retired Colourman".
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Karma Houdini: In "The Remarkable Performance of Mr Frederick Merridew", Holmes deduces the truth of the matter, but can't prove it. His only consolation is the thought that the murderer, believing himself untouchable, might act again. The episode ends with Merridew working a gloating "confession" into his stage act, where nobody will take it seriously.
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Loophole Abuse: In "The Remarkable Performance of Mr Frederick Merridew", Watson believes there's something odd about a murder he witnessed, even though the police believe it to be an open and shut case. Holmes sympathises, but points out he can't go investigating based on Watson's feelings when he doesn't even have a client. So Watson hires him.
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I Should Have Been Better
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I Should Have Been Better: Holmes' reasoning for his retirement; his skills are deteriorating with age.
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War Is Hell
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War Is Hell: As a veteran of the Afghan War, Watson knows this all too well. In "His Last Bow", he's disgusted by how eagerly the young are ready to go to war without knowing or thinking what it's really like.
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