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''Sherlock Holmes'' (alternatively ''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes'') is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1965 and 1968.〔(''Sherlock Holmes'' ) at IMDB〕 This was the second screen adaption of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Television. ==Production== In 1964, the BBC secured rights to adapt any five Sherlock Holmes stories with an option for a further eight from the Doyle estate.〔 A handful of Doyle's stories were excluded from the deal: ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' because Hammer Films' rights would not expire until 1965〔 following their 1959 film adaptation,〔 and "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Final Problem" and "The Adventure of the Empty House" which had been secured by producers of the Broadway musical ''Baker Street''.〔 In 1964, an adaptation of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" was commissioned as a pilot for a twelve part series of Sherlock Holmes stories. Giles Cooper penned the adaptation and Douglas Wilmer was cast as Holmes and Nigel Stock as Watson, with Felix Felton as Dr. Grimesby Roylott.〔 The hour-long pilot was aired as an episode of ''Detective''〔(''Detective'' episode #1.8 "The Speckled Band" ) at IMDB〕 on 18 May〔 and was popular enough to re-air on 25 September.〔 Wilmer and Stock were secured for a twelve part black-and-white series to air the following year. Wilmer was a lifelong fan of Doyle's stories〔 and looked forward to portraying the legendary sleuth. Wilmer later stated that the series was riddled with incompetence〔 and the scripts often came in late.〔 He claimed that the scriptwriters ranged from "the brilliant to the absolutely deplorable."〔 Some of the scripts were so lacking in quality that Wilmer himself rewrote them〔 sometimes staying up until two o'clock in the morning rewriting.〔 With the popularity of the series, the BBC inquired about Wilmer's availability for another series. Wilmer turned down the opportunity after discovering the plan to reduce the number of rehearsal days.〔〔 In 1973, Wilmer played author Jacques Futrelle's Holmesian detective Professor Van Dusen in ''The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes'' for ITV. In 1975 he once again appeared as Holmes (albeit in a supporting role) in Gene Wilder's ''The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother'', with Thorley Walters as Dr. Watson. The BBC searched for a new actor to play Holmes. The first person BBC television drama chief Andrew Osborn suggested was John Neville.〔 Neville had previously assayed the role in 1965's ''A Study in Terror'' and Nigel Stock felt the film was quite good.〔 Neville had prior commitments to the Nottingham Playhouse and was unable to appear in a series at the time. Next, Osborn looked at Eric Porter.〔 While Porter ultimately did not get the role, he did portray Professor Moriarty opposite Jeremy Brett's Holmes in Granada Television's ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''.〔 Finally, Peter Cushing was approached to take over the role of Sherlock Holmes for the 1968 series.〔〔 Having already played Holmes in the 1959 Hammer films adaptation of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', Cushing was eager to play the role again. Like Wilmer, Cushing was an avid fan of Doyle〔 and looked forward to portraying the detective correctly. Cushing's series featured a two-part version of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' giving Cushing another go round at the tale.〔 This version was the first actually filmed on Dartmoor.〔 Unlike the Wilmer series, this one would be produced in full color.〔 Though the series was in color, there were economic cut-backs which required production to abandon plans for celebrity villains such as Peter Ustinov, George Sanders, and Orson Welles.〔 However, as filming commenced Cushing found himself facing production difficulties〔 the likes of which had prompted Wilmer to forgo another round. Wilmer later asked Cushing how he had enjoyed making the series: Filming time was cut back.〔 Cushing stated that the hectic schedule affected his performance. The Cushing series was still a success and the BBC's Andrew Osborn was interested in making a third series.〔 Had this third series commenced, the plan was to dramatise stories from ''The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes'', a short story collection written by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr.〔 This potential third series never came to pass. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sherlock Holmes (1965 TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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