The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 26 December 2002
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 100 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Tiger Aspect Productions
Executive Producer: Greg Brenman
Executive Producers (BBC): Gareth Neame, Sally Woodward Gentle
Executive Producer (IOM): Steve Christian
Executive Producer (WGBH): Rebecca Eaton
Co-Executive Producer: Allan Cubitt
Producer: Christopher Hall
Line Producer: Rupert Ryle-Hodges
Production Supervisor: Rupert Ryle-Hodges
Unit Managers: Eddie Booth, James Crawley, Claire Newton
Production Coordinator: Emily Stillman

SCRIPT
Script: Allan Cubitt
Novel: Arthur Conan Doyle
Script Executive: Hilary Norrish
Script Editor: Christopher Aird

DIRECTION
Director: David Attwood
1st Assistant Director: Peter Stenning
2nd Assistant Director: Trevor Kaye
3rd Assistant Director: Charlotte Brown

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: James Welland
Camera Operator: Bob Shipsey
Clapper Loader: Billy Charlton
Focus Pullers: Eric Greenberg, Mark Isaac
Camera Trainee: Miles Petit
Gaffer: Tony Wilcock
Best Boy: Tony Hughes
Generator Operater: Wayne Mansell
Electricians: Mickey May, Rob Walton, Wayne Marshall
Grip: Tony Sankey
Assistant Grip: Jim Philpott
Telecine Operator: Aidan Farrell

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Paul Tothill
Online Editor: Justin Eely
Assembly Editors: Josh Cunliffe, Lesley MacKinnon
Post Production Supervisor: Kate Stannard

MUSIC
Music: Rob Lane

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Clive Copland
Sound Mixers: Clive Copland, Paul Hamblin
Sound Editor: Ian Wilkinson
Dialogue Editor: Becki Ponting
ADR Recordist: Darren McQuade
ADR Mixer: Peter Gleaves
Sound Effects Editor: Lee Crichlow
Sound Maintenance: John Lewis

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Designer: Jeremy Woodhead
Make Up: Kay Georgiou, Julia Wilson
Hair: Kay Georgiou
Costume Designer: James Keast
Costume Supervisor: Sarah Moore
Wardrobe: Jane Batt

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Mark Holt
Special Effects Technicians: Martin Neill, Neil Davis, Perry Brahan
Animatronics: Carl Wilson, Colin Shulver, Jeni Walker

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Framestore Ltd
Visual Effects Supervisor: William Bartlett
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Fiona Walkinshaw
Visual Effects Line Producer: Scott Griffin
Visual Effects Coordinator: Simon Whalley
Creature Effects: Martin Macrae
Animation Supervisor: Virgil Manning
CGI Director: Mike Milne
Visual Effects Compositor: Ben Cronin
Title Designer: Hugo Moss

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Donal Woods
Art Director: Charmian Adams
Stand By Art Director: Jo Aitchison
Property Master: Mike Power
Props: Matt Power, Brian Rollands, Charlie Redman, Chas Johnson, Richard Stephens
Production Buyers: Graham Bishop, Sally Black
Construction Carpenter: Wayne Marsh
Stand By Carpenter: Vince Ball
Construction Painters: Gerry Kelly, Rocky Franklin
Stand By Painter: Dean Hawley
Advanced Rigger: Colin Seers
Storyboard Artist: Roberto Bonelli
Art Department Assistant: Julie Montplaisir

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Karen Jones
Choreography: Malcolm Shields
Production Secretaries: Adrian Kelly, Robin Craine
Unit Nurses: Dorothy Sewell, Elton Farla, Peter Kemp
Unit Driver: Terry Bleasdale
Bowser Driver: Buck Taylor
Horse Suppliers: Emma Dent, Steve Dent
Production Runner: Melissa Ross
Floor Runners: Alexander Hodgson, Fabian Riggall, Nathan Juckes
Health and Safety Officer: Paul Jackson

LOCATIONS
Locations: Cumbria, England, UK; The Isle of Man; Keighley Railway Station, Keighley, West Yorkshire, England, UK; Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK; London, England, UK
Location Manager: Tony Clarkson
Location Scout: Caroline McCarthy

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
With Thanks To: Isle of Man Film Commission

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Nrinder Dhudwar
Stunts: Gary Kane, Peter Pedrero, Peter Pedrero

CASTING
Casting: Janey Fothergill

CAST
Richard Roxburgh (Sherlock Holmes)
Ian Hart (Dr John Watson)
Richard E. Grant (Jack Stapleton)
Matt Day (Sir Henry Baskerville)
John Nettles (Dr James Mortimer)
Geraldine James (Mrs Mortimer)
Neve McIntosh (Beryl Stapleton)
Ron Cook (Barrymore)
Liza Tarbuck (Mrs Barrymore)
Paul Kynman (Selden the Convict)
Danny Webb (Inspector Lestrade)
Richard Hawley (Clayton)
Jim Norton (coroner)
David McNeill (hotel porter)
Caspar Zafer (warder 1)
Stephan Bessant (warder 2)
Malcolm Shields (knight / choreographer)
Tom Freeman (Father Christmas)
Eddie Brittain (hound)

PLOT SUMMARY

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are summoned to Dartmoor to investigate the mysterious death of a member of the wealthy Baskerville family. He tries to protect Sir Henry Baskerville from the family curse, to be killed by a gigantic, spectarl hound.

CAPSULE REVIEW

A dreadful version of the story, completely miscast, the story unnecessarily tampered with and an appalling computer generated hound. Roxburgh is terrible as Holmes (co-star Richard E. Grant would have been so much better) and the tinkering with the plot is guaranteed to annoy anyone with even a passing knowledge of the original. Not quite the worst adaptation of the novel (the Matt Frewer starring 2000 version and the Dudley Moore / Peter Cook / Paul Morrisey version from 1978 are far worse) but it may well feel like it is. Awful.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: BBC

USA
Television Distributors: WGBH Boston

AWARDS

2003
BAFTA Awards, UK
BAFTA TV Award Best Sound: Fiction / Entertainment (Clive Copland, Paul Hamblin, Lee Crichlow, Becki Ponting) - nominated

TIMELINE

2002
December
26: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

2003
January
19: USA - television broadcast (on WGBH Boston)

2004
January
1: Finland - television broadcast

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Baskervillen koira - Finnish title
O Cæo dos Baskervilles - Brazilian television title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Das Dunkle Schloß (1915)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1920)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1914)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1920)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1929)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1936)
Der Hund von Baskerville, 3. Teil (1915)
Der Hund von Baskerville, 4. Teil (1915)
Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sobaka Baskervilej (1981)

KEYWORDS

book into film, dartmoor, detectives, hounds, sherlock holmes

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008