50 minSeason 2 • Episode 16
LatestSherlock Holmes (also known as 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes') is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1964 and 1968. This was the second screen adaption of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Television.
Acting
Cushing's Holmes: twitchy, cruel, magnificent.
Production
Staggering studio sets, claustrophobic as a coffin.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Most episodes were wiped by the BBC — only six survive complete. You're literally watching ghosts.
Cushing took the role for money after his wife's illness; his Holmes carries that private grief like a blade.
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