Film charting the evolution of Sherlock Holmes on screen, from silent movies to the latest film and television versions. Featuring contributions from Sherlocks past and present.
For over 100 years, more than 80 actors have put a varying face to the world's greatest consulting detective - Sherlock Holmes. And many of them incorporated details - such as the curved pipe and the immortal line 'Elementary, my dear Watson' - that never featured in Conan Doyle's original stories. In charting the evolution of Sherlock on screen, from early silent movies to the latest film and television versions, Timeshift shows how our notion of Holmes today is as much a creation of these various screen portrayals as of the stories themselves.
With contributions from Sherlocks past and present, including Benedict Cumberbatch, Christopher Lee, Tim Pigott-Smith and Mark Gatiss. Narrated by Peter Wyngarde.
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Peter Cushing's Sherlock
Duration: 01:36
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Sherlock Holmes: Then and now
Duration: 01:05
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Web exclusive: Benedict Cumberbatch on the look of Sherlock
Duration: 02:20
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Web exclusive: Christopher Lee reads The Final Problem
Duration: 02:38
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:02Dmitry Shostakovich
Suite For Variety Orchestra
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00:03David Arnold
One More Miracle
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00:04David Arnold
Final Act
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00:04David Arnold
On The Move
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00:06David Arnold
Woman On The Slab
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00:24David Arnold
Double Room
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00:47Dmitry Shostakovich
Suite For Jazz Orchestra No 1 Op 38
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00:56David Arnold
Sherlock: Pink
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00:56David Arnold
One More Miracle
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00:58David Arnold
Sherlock: The Game Is On
Composer: Michael Price.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Peter Wyngarde |
| Participant | Benedict Cumberbatch |
| Participant | Christopher Lee |
| Participant | Tim Pigott-Smith |
| Participant | Mark Gatiss |
| Producer | Matthew Thomas |
| Director | Matthew Thomas |
| Series Producer | William Naylor |
| Executive Producer | Michael Poole |
Broadcasts
- Sun 12 Jan 2014 22:00
- Wed 15 Jan 2014 20:00
- Thu 16 Jan 2014 02:00
- Mon 20 Apr 2015 23:50
- Wed 17 Jun 2015 21:00
- Thu 18 Jun 2015 03:00
- Tue 13 Oct 2015 01:00
- Wed 22 Jun 2016 02:00
- Tue 20 Sep 2016 00:30
- Thu 25 May 2017 02:00
- Wed 17 Jan 2018 00:00
- Tue 11 Sep 2018 02:00
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