In Search of Sherlock
A collection of programmes relating to Sherlock Holmes and Victorian criminality
Episode 1—Book at Bedtime, Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear
A cipher message warns Sherlock that someone in Birlstone is in imminent danger.
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1. Secrets From The Dead—Book of the Week, Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime
Crime writer Val McDermid delves into the history and development of forensic science.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—Great Lives
Gyles Brandreth praises the life of the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
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Private Investigators—The Report
How do private investigators carry out surveillance on individuals?
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Angela Gallop—The Life Scientific
Jim Al-Khalili talks to the forensic scientist Angela Gallop.
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Forensic Science—The Report
Hannah Barnes investigates the state of the forensic science industry in the UK.
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Mark Gatiss—Desert Island Discs
Kirsty Young interviews writer and actor Mark Gatiss.
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Sue Black—The Life Scientific
Jim Al-Khalili talks to forensic scientist Sue Black about identifying human bodies.
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His Last Bow—Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow
It's 1914 and the sleuth-cum-apiarist is asked to help England in her darkest hour.
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The Six Napoleons—Sherlock Holmes
Who is shattering plaster busts of Napoleon? The Baker Street sleuth is soon on the trail.
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The Solitary Cyclist—Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 5
Who is the strange man following Violet Smith as she cycles to see her mother?
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The Voice of Sherlock Holmes—The Radio Detectives, Series 1
Professor Jeffrey Richards probes the varied incarnations of the Baker Street sleuth.
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In Search of Professor Moriarty—Sherlock Holmes
An extract from HRF Keating's 1979 biography of Holmes. Read by Alan Moore.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles—Sherlock Holmes
The Baker Street sleuth pursues a creature stalking a noble family at a Dartmoor mansion.
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The Final Problem—Sherlock Holmes
John Gielgud and Orson Welles star in the great detective's encounter at Reichenbach Falls
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A Study in Scarlet—Sherlock Holmes
A tale of revenge from across the Atlantic introduces us to the Baker Street sleuth.
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The Sound of the Baskervilles
Russell Davies follows the musical clues through the Sherlock Holmes stories.
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"My God, it can think!"
The Baker Street sleuth has a most fortuitous meeting and takes on an unlikely apprentice.
Brad Pitt; Moroni; Anthony Horowitz—Front Row
Damian Barr talks to Brad Pitt about his new World War II film Fury.
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band—Sherlock Holmes
Why did Helen Stoner's sister die in mysterious circumstances on the eve of her wedding?
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Baker Street—Soul Music
A celebration of Gerry Rafferty's popular solo hit, Baker Street.
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Victorian Realism—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg explores Victorian realism and its focus on the ordinariness of life.
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