Ms Falk sharing a hearty laugh and happy memories at Clapham Common bandstand, with Mr. David Stuart Davies and Mr. David Burke. Autographs for KFA from Barbara Wilshere (”The Solitary Cyclist”) and David Burke.
The inimitable and wonderful David Burke in his lawnchair on Clapham Common just over an hour ago for the commencement of Jeremy’s memorial presentation at the Clapham Common bandstand. Photo by KFA, half of which is in London right now. :)
If you are a Sherlock fan (or just wanting some company!) then Please Come and Join the Sunday Watchalongs in ‘The Giant Chat of Sumatra’. - We’re currently doing a complete watch-through of all the Granada TV series!
On 10th April we’ll watch one episode from the ’GranadaHolmes’ Adventures TV series & a Documentary. These were produced by the British tv company Granada in 1984 and starred Jeremy BrettandDavid Burke.
The Copper Beeches:(Link) & The Great Detective Documentary: (Link)
All of the Sunday watchalongs take place in ‘The Giant Chat of Sumatra’ and we start watching at approx 20:10 UK time (People usually turn up from 19:45 onwards to have a natter beforehand!) Click here to convert to your timezone. You do not need to have ever been to a watchalong before - anyone reading this can come along. If you wish to be tagged in these weekly reminders please private message me.
Please re-blog this if you can as Tumblr seems to hide posts with links in.
If you are a Sherlock fan (or just wanting some company!) then Please Come and Join the Sunday Watchalongs in ‘The Giant Chat of Sumatra’. - We’re currently doing a complete watch-through of all the Granada TV series!
On 10th April we’ll watch one episode from the ’GranadaHolmes’ Adventures TV series & a Documentary. These were produced by the British tv company Granada in 1984 and starred Jeremy BrettandDavid Burke.
The Copper Beeches:(Link) & The Great Detective Documentary: (Link)
All of the Sunday watchalongs take place in ‘The Giant Chat of Sumatra’ and we start watching at approx 20:10 UK time (People usually turn up from 19:45 onwards to have a natter beforehand!) Click here to convert to your timezone. You do not need to have ever been to a watchalong before - anyone reading this can come along. If you wish to be tagged in these weekly reminders please private message me.
Please re-blog this if you can as Tumblr seems to hide posts with links in.
The Granada TV adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories (1984-1994) are many people’s favorites, and though no adaptation has entirely satisfied me, they are pretty great. But the principals were too old by far when the series began (Jeremy Brett, who played Holmes, was 50!) to ever adapt the first Sherlock Holmes story A Study in Scarlet. So it’s one of the few canon stories to not be filmed with Brett in the lead role. Which is a shame.
So I figured out what year the story would have needed to have been shot in order to put Brett and Burke near the ages of Holmes and Watson at their initial meeting (taking the more conservative Morley timeline, as the Granada series seems generally pretty conservative in its interpretations), and that would be the early-mid 1960s. I also figured out who would have been the right age (and at the right stage of their careers to do TV) to play the more prominent supporting roles.
So, here you go, a poster for the nonexistent 1963 Granada Television production of A Study in Scarlet!
