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''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' is a 1982 British

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serial made by the

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. It was produced by

Barry Letts Barry Leopold Letts (26 March 1925 – 9 October 2009) was an English actor, television director, writer and producer, best known for being the producer of '' Doctor Who'' from 1969 to 1974. Born in Leicester, he worked as an actor in theatre ...

, directed by Peter Duguid, and starred

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and Terence Rigby as

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. The adaptation aired as a four-part serial. The serial is based on

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...

's 1902

novel ''

The Hound of the Baskervilles ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in ''The Strand Magazine'' from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set i ...

''. The music score was composed and conducted by

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Background and production

This production of Doyle's ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' was the second multi-part

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adaptation, following

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's two-part episode for the 1968 television series. The 1982 serial was part of the BBC's ''Sunday Classics'' strand of period dramas and literary adaptations. The serial was a reunion for Tom Baker, producer Barry Letts and script editor

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, who had worked together on Baker's first ''

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'' serial, ''

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'' (1974–75). As the

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, Baker had appeared in the serial ''

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'' (1977) wherein the Doctor was dressed as Sherlock Holmes complete with

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. In an interview on

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in 2009, Baker likened the character of the Doctor to Sherlock Holmes, saying "the point is, Dr. Who's not really an acting part, any more than Sherlock Holmes." Baker himself came to consider his performance in this serial a failure, saying "I couldn't lift the character into that special world that makes Holmes so funny and fascinating." Terence Rigby, who portrayed Watson in this production, later played Inspector Layton in the 1983 version of ''

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'' featuring

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as Sherlock Holmes. The serial was shot in the BBC's Birmingham studios with exterior shots filmed on

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for film inserts. In his later autobiography, Baker claimed "the dog who had been engaged by the BBC to play the hound was gentler than Mother Teresa" and had to be coaxed with sausages to attack Nicholas Woodeson.

Cast

* Terence Rigby as Dr. John H. Watson *

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as Sir Henry Baskerville *

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as Stapleton * Kay Adshead as Beryl Stapleton *

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as Dr. Mortimer *

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as Barrymore * Gillian Martell as Mrs. Barrymore *

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as Laura Lyons *

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as Mr. Frankland *

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as Selden *

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as Sir Charles Baskerville * Terry Forrestal as Sir Hugo Baskerville

Reception

The opinions of viewers at the time was divided and it has not fared better over time. In 2015, ''

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'' described the adaptation as a "traditional take on Holmes's most famous adventure", and while it selected Baker as 15th in a countdown of "the 20 greatest Sherlock Holmes", it said Baker "may have been better off staying in the

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", arguing that he gave "an oddly flat performance". In 2009, John Walsh of ''

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'' commented that "alongside the classic incarnations of the great detective by

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and Jeremy Brett, audiences have had to suffer the impersonations of

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, even

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DVD

The serial was released in Australia on 20/08/2014 by Madman Entertainment. Special features include a commentary by Tom Baker.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hound of the Baskervilles (1982 TV serial), The 1982 British television series debuts British television films Films based on The Hound of the Baskervilles 1982 British television series endings 1980s mystery films British mystery films Sherlock Holmes films 1980s British films