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Writers:
Arthur Conan Doyle (short story "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" from volume "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes")
John Hawkesworth (developer)
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Original Air Date:
13 April 1988 (Season 2, Episode 2)
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Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor. full summary | add synopsis
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Barking Dogs more (2 total)
Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | Jeremy Brett | ... | Sherlock Holmes |
| Edward Hardwicke | ... | Dr Watson |
| Peter Barkworth | ... | Colonel Ross |
| Barry Lowe | ... | John Straker |
| Jonathan Coy | ... | Fitzroy Simpson |
| Rosalie Williams | ... | Mrs Hudson |
| Malcolm Storry | ... | Inspector Gregory |
| Manda-Jayne Beard | ... | Edith Baxter |
| David John | ... | Ned Hunter |
| Sally Faulkner | ... | Mrs Straker |
| Russell Hunter | ... | Silas Brown |
| Nicholas Teare | ... | Dawson |
| Marcus Kimber | ... | Bookmaker |
| Geoffrey Banks | ... | Race Official |
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Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse, Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham, Wales, UK more
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[first lines]
Sherlock Holmes:
It's no good. I shall have to go.
Dr Watson:
Go? Go? Go where?
Sherlock Holmes:
King's Pyland.
[points to newspaper]
Dr Watson:
[reads] "Last evening, Inspector Gregory of the Devonshire constabulary arrested well-known racing personality Fitzroy Simpson and charged him with the murder of trainer John Straker."
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Version of Silver Blaze (1937) more
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The Granada Holmes episodes are hit and miss. This is a hit.
For this to work, you have to have a backbone that's strong. In this case, it is because Holmes is depicted here as an actual detective, someone who figures things out. No tricking, no undercover work, just thinking.
On that, you hope the adapter hangs appropriate cinematic storytelling. This isn't great, but compared to other episodes is refreshing.
This is the famous episode where an important clue is that the dog didn't bark.
This is the series where Holmes is depicted as the detective that does bark. It works, after a fashion.
Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.