The Sherlock Holmes Collection Box Set DVD

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Five episodes from the 1968 TV series based on the famous stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle starring Peter Cushing as Holmes & Nigel Stock as Dr Watson In & The Hound of the Baskervilles (Parts 1 & 2)& based on the most well-known Sherlock Holmes story of them all Holmes travels to Dartmoor to unravel the murder mystery that has haunted the Baskerville family for generations &A Study in Scarlet& is based on the very first Sherlock Holmes story in which Holmes must track down a relentless killer when the dead bodies of a string of victims are discovered all with the word & Rache& (German for &revenge&) written in blood next to where they are lying In & The Boscombe Valley Mystery& Holmes must prove that a young man found next to the dying brutally beaten body of his tyrannous bully of a father is not guilty of his murder In & The Sign of Four& Holmes & Watson are intrigued by the case of Mary Morstan whose father disappeared ten years previously Every year since Mary has received a pearl from a mystery benefactor & she now requires the Baker Street detective to act as her escort in a meeting with the unknown patron In & The Blue Carbuncle& a priceless jewel with a sinister history has been stolen from its owner the Countess of Morcar When it is found in a goose&s crop the events surrounding how it got there & who the true thief is are puzzles only a genius such as Sherlock Holmes can unravel This was the last episode in this series (which was one of the first TV series ever to be shot in colour) & was originally screened on 23rd December 1968