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muriel_volestrangler

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11. That was actually an ITV series, not BBC

Reply to freshwest (Reply #10)

Fri Oct 3, 2014, 07:13 AM

Oct 2014

The BBC tends to get credit for anything serious and British that gets shown on American TV, but a lot has been the independent, commercial, ITV - the original Upstairs, Downstairs, The World At War, the Brett Sherlock Holmes, Morse, and quite a lot more.

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SHERLOCK HOLMES: 100-YEARS-LOST FILM FOUND AT CINÉMATHÈQUE FRANÇAISE [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2014 OP

still big_dog Oct 2014 #1

Gotta love a treasure found! SH was my childhood intro to detective fiction, and I've never looked WinkyDink Oct 2014 #2

There is a lurker on the DU that knew Basil Omaha Steve Oct 2014 #4

so great. I love when old things are found (aka pack rat) hollysmom Oct 2014 #3

I'm hoping it's public domain and will appear on archive.org mucifer Oct 2014 #5

It certainly is public domain. Geoff R. Casavant Oct 2014 #8

I have about 15 of the radio broadcasts, most with Rathbone, on my iPod. randome Oct 2014 #12

Oooh, William Gillett was a good looking man... Tikki Oct 2014 #6

Very Cool drm604 Oct 2014 #7

Yes! shenmue Oct 2014 #9

Great! I have most versions on my Mac. Good to settle down with on a cold winter evening... freshwest Oct 2014 #10

That was actually an ITV series, not BBC muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #11

True, Granada/ITV is the frontpiece but was packaged here as if the BBC owned it. freshwest Oct 2014 #14

Cool. Have to mention to Mom BumRushDaShow Oct 2014 #13

If Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law aren't in it then I'm out. nt :) TeamPooka Oct 2014 #15