UK-based rara-avians may be interested to know that The Great
Detectives is soon to be repeated on BBC Knowledge, one
episode shown twice a day betwen between Dec 25th and Dec
29th.
ED
Here's the blurb from digi-guide:
> The Great Detectives is on BBC Knowledge at 21:00
and 23:00
> on Monday 25th December.
>(The Mysterious Affair of Sherlock Holmes and the
Visionary Doctor)
> Documentary series examining the origins and appeal
of famous fictional
sleuths.
> In this programme, author Nigel Williams goes on the
trail of Sherlock
Holmes
> and his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle. Who was the
inspiration for the most
> celebrated detective in British
literature?
> The Great Detectives is on BBC Knowledge at 21:00
and 23:35
> on Tuesday 26th December.
>(The Simple Art of Philip Marlowe)
> Documentary series examining famous fictional
sleuths and
> their creators. Nigel Williams takes a look at the
work of Raymond
> Chandler, the creator of the legendary gun-toting
private eye
> Philip Marlowe
> The Great Detectives is on BBC Knowledge at 21:00
and 23:35
> on Wednesday 27th December.
>(Hercule Poirot and the Disappearing
Novelist)
>Documentary series examining fictional sleuths and
their
> creators. Nigel Williams looks at the life and work
of Agatha
> Christie, who was at the heart of the golden age of
crime fiction
> in the 1920s and 1930s. He journeys to the Burgh
Island Hotel
> in Devon, where he unravels the plot of 'The
Mysterious Affair
> at Styles', Hercule Poirot's first case, and also
investigates
> Christie's ten-day disappearance in
Sunningdale
> The Great Detectives is on BBC Knowledge at 21:00
and 23:35
> on Thursday 28th December.
> (Maigret and the Belgian Author)
> Nigel Williams presents a series examining famous
fictional sleuths and
> their creators. This edition focuses on Belgian-born
French novelist
> Georges Simenon and his creation Inspector Jules
Maigret
> The Great Detectives is on BBC Knowledge at 21:00
and 23:30
> on Friday 29th December.
> (PD James)
> Nigel Williams presents a series examining famous
fictional sleuths and
> their creators. Crime writer P D James talks about
her life and work
>
> Taken from DigiGuide - UK and Ireland television
listings available free
> from http://www.digiguide.com.
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