Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
Title Card of the opening of the series
Created bySheldon Reynolds
Based onThe Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
StarringGeoffrey Whitehead
Donald Pickering
Patrick Newell
ComposersErvin Drake
Stanisław Syrewicz [pl]
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes24
Production
ProducersSheldon Reynolds
Danilo Sabatini
Laura Fattori
Jacek Kraiński
Grzegorz Woźniak
Edward Szymański
Production locationPoland
CinematographyGábor Pogány
EditorGabrio Astori
Running time25 minutes
Production companiesTVP Poltel
Sheldon Reynolds organization
Original release
Release1979 (1979) –
1980 (1980)
Related
Sherlock Holmes
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Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson is a television series created by Sheldon Reynolds and based on characters and storylines from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. It starred Geoffrey Whitehead, Donald Pickering and Patrick Newell in the title roles of Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson and Inspector Lestrade respectively.[1] The series is considered rather obscure, and was filmed on a relatively low budget in Poland.[1] The series combined adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle's source stories with original screenplays that saw Holmes face brand new cases.

Before the series finished production, British publisher Grandreams Ltd. prepared a printed, hard-cover volume titled Sherlock Holmes & Doctor Watson Annual, which adapted the show's storylines in comic book form, with Holmes, Watson and Lestrade drawn to the likenesses of Geoffrey Whitehead, Donald Pickering, and Patrick Newell. The volume was eventually released in 1979, even though the series itself was not broadcast in the UK (where it was originally supposed to be distributed by ITV plc).

  1. ^ a b Barnes, Alan (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 145–146. ISBN 1-903111-04-8.