Barbara Wilshere - A Sherlockian Conversation
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- Actress Barbara Wilshere (who portrayed Violet Smith in The Solitary Cyclist) shares fond memories of her time on the Granada series.
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Violet Smith is one of the most likable clients in this series. It was absolutely delightful to hear her sharing her memories.
Agreed. A great character and a joy to talk with the actress who portrayed her.
She was SO beautiful. Gorgeous.
she certainly looked a treat in that dinner dress.
Such a wonderful, delightful actress!
I still remember this episode first being broadcast....happy days in 1984.
My fave episode :) When she pops in despite Holmes reluctance to entertain her, i immediately cheered for her head strong character.
One of our absolute favorites as well.
...definitely one of mine too... love to watch sherlock the pugilist teach that big bully a lesson!
Jeremy Brett IS HOLMES!!
One of my dozen or so favorites. Barbara was lovely in the part as were all the others. Just watched it yesterday in fact, and as always found myself quoting the dialogue which is a nasty habit that gets me a lot of "shushes" when watching them in company.
Thanks for this wonderful interview with Ms Wilshere who didn't look any plumper at all in any of her scenes.
I read an interview with her, she said John Castle became a lifelong friend
Thank you so much for your fantastic podcast! Please make and upload epidodes and interviews sooner if posdible!
What a lovely interview, and such a nice lady.
Thank You for these amazing interviews for this fabulous and quite my favorite series. Much Appreciated 🙏 Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you for listening!
Love the podcasts. Thanks to you both for helping me retain my sanity in these crazy days.
Thank you, Jude! They help us focus as well.
If there was so much food on sets I wonder how could Jeremy be (and stay) so slim in that first series?
And thank you very much for your wonderful podcasts! They are really interesting.
Thank you for listening!
I think he not infrequently restricted himself from eating....I seem to remember he was very disciplined to retain that look....At the time it might have seen bizarre or odd...but now it would be seen as intermittant fasting and he would have burned body fat for energy going into ketosis....who knew he was nearly 35 yrs ahead of the curve!
I think Edward Hardwicke said that, unfortunately, Jeremy Brett smoked incessantly.
Love you guys!
That was awesome
This interview is incredible, she is so nice.
On daily in the UK presently, just sat doon with a bowl of porridge to watch today's episode.."Shoscombe Old Place" One of the best...
Love your podcast as this has been a favourite show of mine since it first aired when I was at school, He really is the Quintessential Holmes, and the episodes have really stood the test of time remarkably well..
(Had to laugh while typing, when Holmes had a little pop at Mrs. Hudson..."My eggs were hard boiled!") keep up the good work, the series definitely deserves these companion pieces and Jeremy Brett deserves all the praise you can heap upon him, he absolutely killed it, will always be my Holmes, when I read the novels... its him I see in my mind eye... brilliant..
Thank you for writing and listening, Irvine. "Mrs Hudson, you're dreadfully underfoot!"
@@sherlockpodcast 😆😆...she's great... wish i had a Mrs. Hudson!!
@@sherlockpodcastWas that the time he also shook the opened newspaper, impatiently indicating to her to quickly clear the dishes off the table so that
he could put the newspaper on it?😄
In what episode(s) did those things happen?
I am still endeavoring to catch up as I only recently discovered this podcast but could not help but skip ahead to listen to this. I love the interviews that go along with the reviews of each episode. When this is completed, it will be something I will repeat listen to over and over again, much like to original series. Well done! Keep up the good work!
Thank you! We're hoping to add more interviews so as to add more voices to the podcast as well as find even more trivia. We've got a few good ones lined up!
What a great interview with a lovely lady, thank you
my favourite Granada's actress with Gayle Hunnicutt !!!
What a sweet lady. When she said "Avuncular", that made me chuckle. I always thought she was extremely brave, confronting the man who was following her in the 'Solitary Cyclist'. You wouldn't do that these days! Certainly, a stand out episode indeed and all the better for having her in it
Wonderful to hear dialog with those who actually knew Jeremy. Leaves one with the sensation of living the acquaintance vicariously. Your podcasts are delightful. Thanks
Any progress on posthumous BAFTA award for Mr Brett?
Thank you, Cat!
No concrete progress, but we're still speaking to people about the BAFTA behind the scenes. You never know when it might happen!
I'm watching the episode at this moment. One of my favorites. I first read Conan Doyle when I was twelve, and read through all the Holmes stories several times over the years, Brett played the best Holmes, and Violet Smith a brave client.
A lovely character, which I think could only come from a subtle and clever actress.
I love you 🤍
Iconic iconic creator keep going👌😍..
Thank you for listening!
Thanks for asking the question! How did she keep from getting her skirt caught in the wheel?👍🌸
:)
This is just great
Terrific show, cannot thank you enough. For me, something curious happened: The Granada episodes get better every time I watch them. The attention to detail is stunning, the acting wonderful. There is just one thing missing for my complete happiness: A provider that offers the episodes as downloads (paid, of course) or a streaming service that has the series.
We agree! The rewatch value is very high indeed. As for streaming, BritBox has all the newly restored episodes. Well worth the subscription cost.
@AMT Me too. :-)
Amazing actress. Solitary Cyclist is definitely in the top 5 of the whole series. Did you do this interview in person with Barbara ?
Gus and I never get to do in-person interviews, with the rare exception of David Burke. But our producer David very graciously goes in our stead.
Right here's the business with Carruthers explained. here's the hero of the novel The Riddle of the Sands: the model for the clean cut, square jawed English hero. By the time of the Holmes show his values were held in ridicule even contempt, hence the sniggering about Carruthers. Even by the thirties mockery was apparent as Peter Fleming wrote of his decline: 'Old Etonion braces gleam through a matchseller's rags. An Authentics blazer shows for the moment between the noisome portals of an opium den. A beachcomber quotes Horace between hiccoughs. "Don't look, my dear" says our hero as he ushers the heroine into a wating taxi or rickshaw or dhow. "Why not?" she asks girl like. "That was Carruthers" said our hero huskily, "I didn't want to let him know we saw".
Thank you, Mark!
Sure this has been asked before, but what books do you recommend for fans of the show?
Bending The Willow by David Stuart Davies and The Television Sherlock Holmes by Peter Haining are both great!
This narrators voice sounds really familiar did he do a haunted or ghost story channel I think he was from Canada I’ve lost the channel name in all my switch overs does an6one know?
The host's voice? Not that we know of.
The one in the beginning was a ghost story podcaster from Canada Sounds just like him.