| The Adventures of Shirley Holmes | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mystery Children's |
| Created by | Ellis Iddon Phil Meagher |
| Written by | Susin Nielsen Ellis Iddon Phil Meagher Therese Beaupre Elizabeth Stewart Patricia Finn Charles Lazer Rick Drew Dennis Foon Tony DiFranco Barbara O'Kelly Jordan Wheeler David Young |
| Directed by | Gary Harvey Norma Bailey Rick Stevenson Graeme Lynch Kim Todd John L'Ecuyer Richard O'Brien-Moran Elise Swerhone Mark Soulard Neill Fearnley T.W. Peacocke John Paizs Anne Wheeler Scott Smith |
| Starring | Meredith Henderson John White Sarah Ezer Blair Slater Brendan Fletcher Annick Obonsawin Marie Stillin Colin Fox Elizabeth Shepherd Chris Humphreys Rebecca Gibson Maggie Huculak |
| Composer | Terry Frewer |
| Country of origin | Canada United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Derek Mazur Kim Todd |
| Producers | Kim Todd Gary Harvey Helena Cynamon Teri Woods-McArter |
| Cinematography | Larry Lynn Stephen Reizes Michael Marshall Les Erskine |
| Editors | Paul Mortimer Robert Lower Daria Ellerman Michael Rea |
| Camera setup | François Balcaen Michael Drabot Steve Madden Lorne Bailey Robert L. O'Hara Brian Sanders Arlea Ashcroft Jay Kohne Michael Marshall |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production companies | Credo Entertainment Group Forefront Entertainment Winchester Films Winklemania Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | YTV |
| Release | May 7, 1997 – May 7, 2000 |
| Infobox instructions (only shown in preview) | |
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes is a children's mystery television series that aired on YTV from May 7, 1997, to May 7, 2000. The show was created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher (of Winklemania Productions, UK) who had produced a successful series of books with HarperCollins, teaming up with Credo, Forefront, Winchester and Winklemania to develop the TV series. Filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba,[1]
The show has been broadcast in over 80 countries and has been dubbed in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Polish and Turkish.
Her performance in the show led to actress Meredith Henderson being nominated for a Gemini Award in 1998 and winning one in 1999. The show itself was twice nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Children's or Youth Program or Series" in 1998 and eventually won it in 1999. In the spring of 1998 Susin Nielsen won a Gemini Award in the category "Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program" for her screenplay of the episode "The Case of the Burning Building". In the same year, Elizabeth Stewart won a WGC Award from the Writers Guild of Canada for her writing of the episode "The Case of the Maestro's Ghost".[2]
Original music was composed by Terry Frewer, although the theme tune was written and performed by show creators Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher.
Credo spokesperson and producer Kim Todd named a growth spurt in the cast as one of the key reasons for cancelling the show. The aging of the actors would have meant a distinct change in tone and content had the show continued.[3]