Sherlock series 2

**CaptainWaggett** · 19-01-12 04:55 PM

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**Freddy** · 20-01-12 11:22 AM

Could it be that Sherlock had a few Nimble loaves up his trouser legs and arms?

Failing that if you want an excuse to see it again.

Have Sherlock fans missed a big clue? - Telegraph

**didi-5** · 20-01-12 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by mrs_emma_peel

Hi Didi,
Yes it was excellent ... I can thoroughly recommend it ... stunning Crete locations ... and an intriguingly complex murder-mystery story - with a thrilling climax - by Michael J Bird (who wrote screenplays for the Paul Temple and Colditz series') he followed The Lotus Eaters with the superb thrillers Who Pays The Ferryman (1977) BBC2 with Jack Hedley which was also set in Crete and is a tale of murderous Grecian revenge and vendetta; The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979) BBC2 starring the beautiful Alexandra Bastedo as the enigmatic Helene - which had echoes of the Paul Temple series; and Maelstrom (1985) BBC2 an early example of a Nordic noir thriller set in Norway and starred Tusse Silbergas heroine Catherine Durrell, Susan Gilmore as Anna Marie Jordahl and Edita Brychta as Ingrid Nilsen. Michael J Bird's complex thrillers have distinct echoes of Francis Durbridge’s superb murder-mysteries. Two wonderful writers.

Their legacy of inspired screenplay writing has been continued by Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss and Steve Thompson with Sherlock.

Dave Rice runs an excellent Michael J Bird tribute web-site which has extensive details on all these superb thrillers.
The Lotus Eaters ...
Michael J Bird
Web-site of all Micheal J Bird murder-mystery-thrillers ...
Michael J Bird
Emma

On your recommendation (and Elaine's earlier one about Ferryman) I have ordered both with some Christmas cash ...

**mrs_emma_peel** · 20-01-12 06:08 PM

I sure you'll like both series, didi, Jack Hedley in particular, is absolutely marvellous in
Who Pays The Ferryman

Emma

**jaycad** · 20-01-12 08:44 PM

I can't wait for the commissioned CBS modern day Sherlock Holmes series 'Elementary'-yes you've guessed,set in NYC! What a fabulously novel idea!

**didi-5** · 20-01-12 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by jaycad

I can't wait for the commissioned CBS modern day Sherlock Holmes series 'Elementary'-yes you've guessed,set in NYC! What a fabulously novel idea!

Really?! Think of it, this AND Sherlock BBC AND Sherlock RDJ AND a new Russian Holmes!!!

**ChuckEddie** · 20-01-12 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by mrs_emma_peel

I sure you'll like both series, didi, Jack Hedley in particular, is absolutely marvellous in
Who Pays The Ferryman

Emma

Great theme tune too.

**mrs_emma_peel** · 21-01-12 05:29 PM

Here's a little taster from Who Pays The Ferryman ... just like Sherlock a superb double-theme ...

I'd almost forgotten just how very good the end-credits theme is.
Again like Sherlock ... excellent theme-music further enhances, the superb episodes.
The Sherlock soundtrack suite from Series One and Two ... I love the brilliant key-change in the pacey chase/dazzling thought process - theme at the end of the Sherlock suite ... and the terrific Butch/Sundance action-shot pose selected for the soundtrack CD cover.

Emma

**charliekane** · 26-01-12 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by batman

Is Watson 'sassy'? I hadn't noticed that, unless the reference is to the bit when he got the hump with Holmes in episode two. The literary Watson wasn't shy at making his point to his friend either, so that didn't seem out of place to me. I think the series is every good, it hasn't reached the dizzy heights yet (but not many Holmes productions do), but at least it exists for us to enjoy.

I probably didn't put that too well - what I was getting at was the rather sullen/grumpy 'I-don't-care-who-you-are-you-don't-impress-me' attitude that Amy Pond had and that Watson seemed to be lumbered with. In the case of Ms Pond, this presumably was designed to make her 'independent' and, dare I say it again, 'sassy' while in Watson I just found it a little too affected.
The final Sherlock (I admit I only saw the last half hour) really stretched credibility I thought - but reading the next day that Series 3 was already commissioned was no surprise at all (but what's all this 'Gotcha !' nonsense ?)
That said, there is a definite difference of opinion over this Holmes and Watson, but I do see it as too close in feel to Doctor Who (another show which I think needs a rest).