As discussed by Jake and Roger

The Case of Sherlock Holmes was a feature in the BBC's well-respected 40 Minutes strand (despite lasting nearly twice that length) described by its makers as "a documentary entertainment".

It's a detailed look at the whole, sometimes bizarre, world that's grown up around the character: everything from Old Foggy London Town package tours for wealthy Americans to serious literary scholars, from historical and social analysts to the dedicated group who make a yearly pilgrimage to the tiny US town of Moriarty to heap abuse on the head of Holmes's greatest enemy and sing "Happy Unbirthday, You Bastard" in his memory.

The many film and TV extracts include some real rarities, including a brief clip of Leonard Nimoy in the role.

The programme is presented by Tim Pigott-Smith, who has played both Holmes and Watson.

Oh - keep watching after the closing credits for a couple of tiny but nice codas.

Written by Brian Thompson & David Pearson
Produced by David Pearson

BBC2 10th December 1987

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  • Thank you.

  • Cheers!

  • Many, many thanks, Bob.

  • When I tried to access this, I got the message, "Our apologies – this page was not found."  Seems to be a "glitch" in our "gitalong."

    • Me too. Looks like a very interesting programme, though.

    • It looks klike ADrive is having some issues. I may have to relocate the files.

    • PHIXT

      Enjoy

    • THANX! :-)

    • ADrive didn't like the spaces in the folder name.  SIGH ...

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