''Second Holmes'' was a six-part
BBC Radio 4
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comedy series following the adventures of the grandsons of
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...
and
Doctor Watson in contemporary
England
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. Stamford Holmes was played by
Peter Egan and "Doctor" Watson by
Jeremy Nicholas. The series was written by
Grant Eustace and was broadcast in 1983.
Despite its billing as a comedy, the programme was very light in touch rather than slapstick and portrayed Holmes as idle and easily bored, clearly only doing any work as a
consulting detective to provide Watson with material for the Sunday papers. Cases included an interesting murder by
crossbow
A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a ''prod'', mounted horizontally on a main frame called a ''tiller'', which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long fi ...
and a meeting with the grandson of
Henry Baskerville. Writer Eustace had written other Holmes radio adaptations and pastiches, so was on familiar ground.
References
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External links
An OTR radio log with details and cast lists Sherlock Holmes pastiches