The Hound Of The Baskervilles will air on the ABC next Sunday night (March 2nd) at 8.30pm. The advertisements for it are increasing in number and include a very nice head shot of REG as Stapleton.

Maureen informs me that The Sydney Morning Herald’s “The Guide” has an article on the film with the emphasis on the two Australian actors. It did quote Christopher Hall, the producer, as saying that some investors preferred Richard as Holmes, but that the director and producer held out against them – arguing that he would be much better in the Stapleton role.

“We knew what he would do with Sherlock Holmes and it wasn’t what we wanted”, said Hall “Whereas with Roxburgh, there was no baggage and we could reinvent the character”.

Apparently they were trying to get back to Conan Doyle and away from all the “invented” stuff.