Sherlock Holmes: Silver Blaze- starring Christopher Plummer (ITV 1977) [off-air VHS rip (XviD)]

This torrent was uploaded from www.TheBox.bz (signup is open and free) - the home of all British TV



Sherlock Holmes: Silver Blaze



This was a one-off production by by HTV in 1977, one episode in a series called Classics Dark and Dangerous. At only thirty minutes it's a slimmed-down version of the story, reasonably fast-moving and quite light on dialogue: a deliberate attempt to break away from the old Sunday Classic Serial approach.



For such a small-scale show the casting was starry. This was Christopher Plummer's first appearance as Holmes, a part he would very shortly play again to great acclaim in the movie Murder by Decree.



The cast is:



Sherlock Holmes - Christopher Plummer

Dr Watson - Thorley Walters

Colonel Ross - Basil Henson

Insp Gregory - Gary Watson

Straker - Richard Beale

Fitzroy-Simpson - Donald Burton

Silas Brown - Barry Linehan

Mrs Straker - Josie Kidd

Edith - Julia Chambers



Script by Julian Bond

Produced by William Deneen



A joint production by Harlech TV & OEGA, Toronto



Transmitted Sunday November 27th 1977.



PLEASE NOTE: the technical quality quality of this is not very good: it's taken from what I think is a second-generation VHS dub. But it is perfectly watchable and might be of interest to Holmes fans. It is something of a rarity.



Length 30 mins

XviD

336x254

video data rate 773kbps

audio: 48000Hz stereo, data rate 160bps



Sorry in advance for the slow upload rate. I'm trying to improve things but it's not proving easy.





===============================



Some of the other rather spiffing shows available now and always if you signup free @ www.TheBox.bz:



Comedy: The Office, Peep Show, Coupling, Chef, Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses, The IT Crowd, Brass Eye, Nathan Barley, Young Ones, Monty Python, Blackadder, Alan Partridge, Father Ted, Coupling, Little Britain, Mr Bean, Extras, Green Wing, Mighty Boosh



Drama: Casualty, Holby City, The Bill, Hustle, Skins, Shameless, Ashes To Ashes



Entertainment: Faking It, Derren Brown, Scrapheap Challenge, Strictly Come Dancing, Wife Swap



Game/Quiz Shows: Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Have I Got News For You, Deal Or No Deal (UK), Q.I.



Education/Documentary: Planet Earth, Horizon, Panorama, Mark Thomas (Comedy) Product



Food: Hell's Kitchen, Jamie Oliver, The F Word, Kitchen Nightmares, Masterchef, Great British Menu, Gordon Ramsay's Cookalong



Home/Property/Garden: Property Ladder, How Clean Is Your House?, Changing Rooms, Grand Designs, Homes Under The Hammer, To Buy Or Not To Buy



Motoring: Top Gear, Fifth Gear



Music: Top Of The Pops, Jools Holland, Glastonbury



Reality: Big Brother, Celebrity Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here!, Any Dream Will Do, Grease, Pop Idol, Wife Swap, X Factor, Badger Or Bust, Apprentice UK, Dragons' Den, Britain's Got Talent



Sci-Fi: Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, Torchwood, Primeval



Sport: Football (Soccer), Cricket, Rugby, Snooker, Darts, Formula One (F1GP)



Soaps: Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Neighbours, Hollyoaks



Style/Fashion: What Not To Wear, Project Catwalk



Kids: Teletubbies, Blue Peter, Tikkabilla, Andy Pandy, Postman Pat, Shoebox Zoo, Brum, Bob The Builder, Young Dracula, Sarah Jane Adventures, Shaun The Sheep