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The stories of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have been very popular as adaptations for the stage, and later film, and still later television. The four volumes of the Universal Sherlock Holmes (1995) compiled by Ronald B. De Waal lists over 25,000 Holmes-related productions and products. [1]
A Study in Scarlet was adapted as the first two episodes of the BBC's complete Sherlock Holmes 1989–1998 radio series. The two-part adaptation aired on Radio 4 in 1989, dramatised by Bert Coules and starring Clive Merrison as Holmes, Michael Williams as Watson, Donald Gee as Inspector Lestrade, and John Moffatt as Inspector Gregson. [20]
All the stories in the collection were dramatised for BBC Radio 4 in 1993 as part of the Sherlock Holmes 1989–1998 radio series, [8] and all were adapted as episodes of the radio series The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (2005–2016). [9] Other adaptations of the stories in The Return of Sherlock Holmes have also been produced.
The story was adapted by Edith Meiser as an episode of the American radio series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The episode aired on 27 April 1931, with Richard Gordon as Sherlock Holmes and Leigh Lovell as Dr. Watson. [7] A remake of the script aired on 20 June 1936 (with Gordon as Holmes and Harry West as Watson). [8]
The first American television adaptation of the story was in the 1954–1955 television series Sherlock Holmes starring Ronald Howard. An adaptation of "The Red-Headed League" was used for an episode of the 1965 television series Sherlock Holmes starring Douglas Wilmer as Holmes and Nigel Stock as Watson, with Toke Townley as Jabez Wilson. [11]
In the animated sci-fi television series Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001), a trio of children aid Holmes as the new Baker Street Irregulars, and are even led by a boy named Wiggins. [12] A BBC television film titled Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars aired in 2007. [13]
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935), a British film starring Arthur Wontner as Holmes and Ian Fleming as Watson. [7] Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), although intended to be an adaptation of The Valley of Fear, only minor elements of the story remained in the final film.
The story was faithfully adapted in the 1965 BBC series Sherlock Holmes with Douglas Wilmer as Holmes, and Barry Jones as Milverton. [12] The only difference from the story is the identity of Milverton's killer. The Soviet television film series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson featured the case under the name "The King of ...