I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Baker Street Elementary – Accept No Substitute

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;">“</span>not aware of the substitution” [REDC]  </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5lqR-rU_YZ-8jXfy11oeVR97X2Rhj6QPzjOcDkNJ-cYH67Kb5e-RztwEnwOeY88PERgasWnIZJPG0XGpNQ3urKro33bb8BHeUgi_REDgVuIlxLDpVgN-eeyeuAYX1jP17uqXlc9bmNNY/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+100.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5lqR-rU_YZ-8jXfy11oeVR97X2Rhj6QPzjOcDkNJ-cYH67Kb5e-RztwEnwOeY88PERgasWnIZJPG0XGpNQ3urKro33bb8BHeUgi_REDgVuIlxLDpVgN-eeyeuAYX1jP17uqXlc9bmNNY/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+100.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>As we look through the Sherlock Holmes stories, we find a fair number of governesses or live-in tutors who are responsible for the education of young children in the English countryside.</div><div><br /></div><div>Violet Hunter was tasked with this role in "The Copper Beeches," as were Grace Dunbar in "The Problem of Thor Bridge," Miss Burnet in "Wisteria Lodge," Mary Morstan in <i>The Sign of Four</i>, and Violet Smith in "The Solitary Cyclist." </div><div><br /></div><div>We looked at the issue of governesses in <a href="https://ihose.co/trifles110" target="_blank">Episode 110 of Trifles</a>:</div><div><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="200" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.radiopublic.com/e?if=sherlock-holmes-trifles-GqnV0O&ge=s1!0136660bd7ff96b133afbe0bcbc0a9a38408573a" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>But when it comes to teachers, one in particular stands out. One who, despite the way he is treated, takes his job as guardian of the children in his care quite seriously.</div><div><br /></div><div>We're referring to Herr Heidegger, the German master in "The Priory School." We're told "he was a silent, morose man, not very popular either with masters or boys."</div><div><br /></div><div>And yet, when Lord Saltire stole away from the school, lured by his kidnapper, it was Heidegger who pursued him with such haste and vigor that he left his shirt and socks behind, climbed down the ivy, and gave chase on his bicycle before meeting a grisly end.</div><div><br /></div><div>Despite his lack of popularity and his semi-misanthropic nature, he went beyond the call of duty to safeguard one of the school's resident students.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is the kind of dedication and care we hear about by many teachers across the world. These employees of (mostly) public entities who are woefully underpaid take their charge seriously, as they are tasked with molding the minds and character of the next generation. We owe them a great debt.</div><div><br /></div><div>Although it looks like the teaching staff at Baker Street Elementary was outmatched at times...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ibWdsGn8_yLSKyezOoJyEPz_hqGQtfEZ2q_q6wyO6L8z17rjamMlUQ8Tdu2WA9U6RPtmuG3X1cYQqiLafbSmhMjvLl7pJtFWkwD9onJKsNT8SMadqC-t0iNSuuUEvl5GrPOPwROFlkvB/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+100.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ibWdsGn8_yLSKyezOoJyEPz_hqGQtfEZ2q_q6wyO6L8z17rjamMlUQ8Tdu2WA9U6RPtmuG3X1cYQqiLafbSmhMjvLl7pJtFWkwD9onJKsNT8SMadqC-t0iNSuuUEvl5GrPOPwROFlkvB/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+100.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInsESFrg1m3ioWO6K1pKnmNvcfVHczGEX4x1-pRlCh24D5TU7rRDgpNJWHJGODANIMwrhMWMaRvfvcCERy0gQd6OLsmlcYOJTz3LHJ_jKmSvneuG3aB-d_OlMbupxy9zPjxQlR46NJbI1/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+100.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInsESFrg1m3ioWO6K1pKnmNvcfVHczGEX4x1-pRlCh24D5TU7rRDgpNJWHJGODANIMwrhMWMaRvfvcCERy0gQd6OLsmlcYOJTz3LHJ_jKmSvneuG3aB-d_OlMbupxy9zPjxQlR46NJbI1/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+100.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcNIYC05B3yy8Azk_ZKUrMYiSwnISQQdg5t9MJg5Rk1A_Q_UtxN2O_mEhwGQpHE7uJzQVgHnIZKMo0O9mGHHcMInTIXam7odQB3oEQs0pN93ZPx0NmGorO_aLMP3kicqBUY4XT9XYI5TG/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+100.4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcNIYC05B3yy8Azk_ZKUrMYiSwnISQQdg5t9MJg5Rk1A_Q_UtxN2O_mEhwGQpHE7uJzQVgHnIZKMo0O9mGHHcMInTIXam7odQB3oEQs0pN93ZPx0NmGorO_aLMP3kicqBUY4XT9XYI5TG/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+100.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAkccSz1XicjrSoqKNo9qx6LsEevUT7m1dYQRz2-qS8BCp2rKuY-UjwVoa9FfPI6I1777-NaoQMjoLbM0AgpXSKhfE10YdxHqWCped37p9tFghyphenhyphenAA81WOr6AwU1elSHmvTu96Ml4n_ma9/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+100.5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAkccSz1XicjrSoqKNo9qx6LsEevUT7m1dYQRz2-qS8BCp2rKuY-UjwVoa9FfPI6I1777-NaoQMjoLbM0AgpXSKhfE10YdxHqWCped37p9tFghyphenhyphenAA81WOr6AwU1elSHmvTu96Ml4n_ma9/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+100.5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br />--</div><div><br /></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Accept No Substitute

“ not aware of the substitution” [REDC] As we look through the Sherlock Holmes stories, we find a fair number of governesses or live-in ...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 210: The Unique Hamlet

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"Unique, perfectly unique" [BRUC]</h4><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAoCq635txqCJWY0WZmoAV99LFgH4j4t_EkgIKDnettuPm-HsFPpaEqp1xoGeq8xcmKJXQlnMdJL6ty4_lOKwyaC0GcjvXyjkBDkY9tytLVz10UPWmRo80CQsbKwS098LKa24HlF0NZfg/s2048/ihearofsherlock210+Header.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="2048" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAoCq635txqCJWY0WZmoAV99LFgH4j4t_EkgIKDnettuPm-HsFPpaEqp1xoGeq8xcmKJXQlnMdJL6ty4_lOKwyaC0GcjvXyjkBDkY9tytLVz10UPWmRo80CQsbKwS098LKa24HlF0NZfg/w640-h406/ihearofsherlock210+Header.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>When Vincent Starrett set out to write his cornerstone pastiche in 1920, it wasn't intended for an audience of Sherlock Holmes fans. For one, he didn't know of any others who were as fixated on Holmes as he was.</p><p>Fortunately, Richard Sveum, BSI ("Dr. Hill Barton") is well connected in the Sherlockian world and was able to tap the talents of other Starrett experts and enthusiasts to assist him in creating the <i>2020 Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual: The 100-Year Adventure of The Unique Hamlet</i>. This look at Vincent Starrett's classic work will bring you new understanding of the man and his contribution to the world of book collectors and Sherlock Holmes.</p><p>The <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz winner this time will receive a copy of the <i>2020 Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual: The 100-Year Adventure of The Unique Hamlet</i>. Answers are due by February 27, 2021 at 11:59 a.m.</p><p>Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2318606">Become a Patron!</a></div><script async="" src="https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js"></script><p></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">Please do consider becoming a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">Patron of the Arts</a>. We have a new structure for 2021, with support on a monthly (rather than per-episode) basis, and a community just for our supporters! 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Episode 210: The Unique Hamlet

"Unique, perfectly unique" [BRUC] When Vincent Starrett set out to write his cornerstone pastiche in 1920, it wasn't intended ...

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by Scott Monty

Remembering Granada TV's Michael Cox

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"the man who had produced such a remarkable impression" [CROO]</h4><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSUW__O_xRT2xmR7G-EzPkdQCH0Nq3PXVw-MkymqkQH7qzMit0N9mB7r3k4M2PePAd8HeKgFekhoaqfUVfEwjpTfL15BnVgMH6xcdu-hHiGAL6NtRpNBXT1jZp6GXOOH-GPrZ-kj24dz4/s1087/Michael+Cox.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1087" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSUW__O_xRT2xmR7G-EzPkdQCH0Nq3PXVw-MkymqkQH7qzMit0N9mB7r3k4M2PePAd8HeKgFekhoaqfUVfEwjpTfL15BnVgMH6xcdu-hHiGAL6NtRpNBXT1jZp6GXOOH-GPrZ-kj24dz4/w640-h520/Michael+Cox.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Capture from <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3a8oZwf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Television Sherlock Holmes</a></i> by Peter Haining</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>We have learned that Michael Cox, producer of the landmark Sherlock Holmes series on Granada TV, has passed away at the age of 86.</p><p>His wife Sandra passed along the news that Michael passed away peacefully on January 29 after an extended illness.</p><p>Michael Cox was born on November 28, 1934 in Bristol. He began his career in entertainment first as an actor, then as a stage manager, advertising agent, and for an artistic agency before joining the ranks of Granada Television in 1960. He literally worked his way up, beginning as a bus driver and handyman before being given responsibility for local programs and archival material.</p><p>He was tapped as an assistant director for <i>Coronation Street</i> in 1965 before joining other shows in the following years, such as <i>Mr. Rose</i> and <i>Pardon the Expression</i>. His fledgling experience as a producer began in 1968 with a couple of episodes of Coronation Street, followed by a proper producing career in 1972 with <i>A Family at Wa</i>r and <i>Holly</i>. </p><p>The Sherlock Holmes connection began in 1981, when Cox realized that Granada, which already had a commitment to dramatizations of classics from the likes of H.G. Wells, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Evelyn Waugh, should turn its attention to Sherlock Holmes.</p><p>According to the definitive biography of Cox by <a href="https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Michael_Cox" target="_blank">The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia</a>,</p><blockquote><p>"Cox is really the father of the Sherlock Holmes series. Without him, it would not have existed. Indeed, it was he who, a fine connoisseur and fervent admirer of Arthur Conan Doyle, realized that Sherlock Holmes' stories had finally fallen into the public domain and that the great detective had hardly been seen on television screens for ten years. He was the one who convinced Granada's management that it was possible to achieve a great success by producing a colour version of Sherlock Holmes' adventures for a new generation of spectators."</p></blockquote><p>While the accountants were looking to cut expenses in any way, Cox realized the value for the Granada brand that classics afforded them. While they were never huge ratings successes, these lavishly produced dramas brought the studio respect in the domestic market and exposure on public television in the United States.</p><p>David Plowright, managing director (and Michael's boss) at Granada Television, gave Cox two conditions on which he would green-light the production: there had to be a financial commitment from an American partner before production began, and they needed someone of star quality — "Someone like Jeremy Brett," he said.</p><p>As they listed their criteria, the casting directors determined that they were unable to find "someone like Jeremy Brett" to fill the role—they could only find Jeremy Brett himself! So that was settled. As to the U.S. partner turned another lovely coincidence is that PBS's popular <i>MYSTERY!</i> series was produced by Joan Wilson, who just happened to be Jeremy Brett's wife.</p><p>In bringing the series to life, David Plowright provided another bit of inspiring leadership: he suggested that a full-scale replica of Baker Street be constructed as an exterior set. This iconic thoroughfare lent a great deal of realism and credibility to the Granada series over time, and is as essential and iconic as Brett himself in the title role.</p><p>The other piece of preparation that Michael Cox introduced to the production, along with associate producer Stuart Doughty and researcher Nick Cooney, was <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Baker-Street-File-Appearance-Television/dp/1553100387/ref=sr_1_1?crid=31CR84R4A1QCK&dchild=1&keywords=the+baker+street+file+michael+cox&qid=1613057657&sprefix=The+Baker+Street+File%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-1" target="_blank">The Baker Street File</a></i>. Now a collector's item, it was described as "A guide to the appearance and habits of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson specially prepared for the Granada Television series <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>." There were 100 copies published in 1983 for the cast and crew of the series — photocopied typed sheets between manilla card stock. Then in 1997, Calabash Press published a paperback version. We're fortunate to have both:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAR3ROpt5dXy16BWoBNbplPezy3kp3YsIcpiHqW-iE6lqNweOf7KZnz6wgGSm3KrALKnoo7cs45I4pkne3BtG9-kDXHQwrrFnR4tCmbhwd3JT_iiOC4byGzFIT_DVPLgXeRmsAOBjvMOW/s839/Baker+Street+File+-+new.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="544" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAR3ROpt5dXy16BWoBNbplPezy3kp3YsIcpiHqW-iE6lqNweOf7KZnz6wgGSm3KrALKnoo7cs45I4pkne3BtG9-kDXHQwrrFnR4tCmbhwd3JT_iiOC4byGzFIT_DVPLgXeRmsAOBjvMOW/w258-h400/Baker+Street+File+-+new.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogBVAXtOWYkVQDo71PjsWLkTYxM7EIeKwyNjNM9ZcZ6ruPk_n3g_bvvzQc5bF4O2tIdBkcSrQkDoFTMK_7ITNr1gPkQcbvXckVgz99IlBigiBF9Qo-ENLdl8rLFQwOOZke9LdxWY0qmFc/s1232/Baker+Street+File+-+old.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1232" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogBVAXtOWYkVQDo71PjsWLkTYxM7EIeKwyNjNM9ZcZ6ruPk_n3g_bvvzQc5bF4O2tIdBkcSrQkDoFTMK_7ITNr1gPkQcbvXckVgz99IlBigiBF9Qo-ENLdl8rLFQwOOZke9LdxWY0qmFc/w640-h480/Baker+Street+File+-+old.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>In addition to such production details, Cox also had to deal with copyright lawyers (because what would a Sherlock Holmes production be without a request from the Conan Doyle Estate?), collaborating with John Hawkesworth to develop the series for teleivions, hiring sceenwriters such as <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2011/05/my-god-it-is-paul-gree_8.html#.YCVRCGhKjb0" target="_blank">Jeremy Paul</a>, determining which directors to use, scouting <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/04/experience-sherlock-holmes-filming.html#.YCVQ3WhKjb0" target="_blank">exterior locations</a>, and securing other cast members such as David Burke as Dr. Watson and Rosalie Williams as Mrs. Hudson.</p><p>The interior set had to be designed, and Michael Grimes was the man for that. Music—such an important part of Sherlock Holmes's personality—had to be commissioned, and <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/01/remembering-composer-patrick-gowers.html" target="_blank">Patrick Gowers</a> composed the main theme and incidental music, including period- and geography-specific pieces that were variations of the original.</p><p>The series finally debuted on ITV in England in April 1984. </p><p>Cox remained attached to the production for its entirety, through <i>The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes</i> in 1991. By that time, Cox was engaged as an independent producer (Granada had cut costs and eliminated a number of executive positions; by 1992, Plowright was outsted as CEO) and Jeremy Brett's health was in a precipitous decline. The age of Sherlock Holmes was over at Granada Television Cox went on to produce one more television movie in 1991: <i>Thatcher: The Final Days</i>.</p><p>Since that time, Michael Cox enjoyed retirement and participated in Sherlockian activities from time to time: he traveled to the United States to join the From Gillette to Brett conferences and attended gatherings of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, which made him an Honorary Member last year (a well-deserved accolade).</p><p>His contributions to the world of Sherlock Holmes will forever be with us.</p>

<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MMJF9uXhCdU" width="560"></iframe></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Source material:</i></b></div><div><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2Z71Ns5" target="_blank">A Study in Celluloid</a></i> by Michael Cox (2011, <a href="https://wessexpress.com/html/studyincelluloid.html" target="_blank">Wessex Press</a>)</div><div>"<a href="https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Michael_Cox" target="_blank">Michael Cox</a>" - The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia (retrieved February 11, 2021)</div><div><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185160/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1" target="_blank">Michael Cox</a> (IMDb)<br /><br /></div>

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