Category: TV
Drama
Date: 15.06.2004
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Following the success of
Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes is returning to BBC ONE later
this year with Rupert Everett as the sleuthing lead and Ian
Hart reprising his role as Holmes' sidekick, Watson.
"We're absolutely thrilled that Ian is reprising his role as the
inimitable Doctor Watson and that Rupert Everett is to take on the role
of Holmes, in what is a landmark piece of casting," said Greg Brenman,
Executive Producer at Tiger Aspect.
"The fact that Rupert – with a highly successful film career
– was attracted to the script is a real testament to the quality of
Allan Cubitt’s writing, Simon Cellan Jones' direction and the production
team."
The original screenplay by Allan Cubitt – who also wrote a visceral
adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Hound of the Baskervilles
as a thriller for a 21st Century audience – re-unites an estranged Holmes
and his friend Doctor John Watson in a desperate bid to solve a case
which threatens to overwhelm the privilege and tranquillity of Edwardian
aristocratic society.
The Tiger Aspect production will begin filming in London in August,
and will be directed by Simon Cellan-Jones and produced by Elinor Day.
The BBC has not ruled out the possibility of further Sherlock Holmes
films in the future.
Gareth Neame, BBC Head of Drama Commissioning adds: "Audiences
on BBC ONE were thrilled by Allan Cubitt's adaptation of Hound of the
Baskervilles, so we were delighted to have this original Holmes and
Watson mystery from Allan and the same production team.
"Rupert Everett seems an absolutely perfect Holmes."
Hound of the Baskervilles was broadcast Christmas 2002 and received
an audience of over 7.5m viewers.
