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Christmas with Sherlock Holmes: @nunkie.bsky.social reads The Blue Carbuncle plus screening of the 3 restored Eille Norwood films, introduced by @drmjones.bsky.social. Bijou Theatre, Southport, 29 December 2026. Tickets on sale now: www.ticketsource.com/southport-bi... #nunkie

Aleksandr Mazo

@moriartybook.com

If these are the same three from the BFI’s “Silent Sherlock” programme, I’m especially curious about “The Final Problem”: Percy Standing’s Moriarty, with Cheddar Gorge doubling for Reichenbach. How does that final struggle play after restoration?

Doings of Doyle

@doingsofdoyle.com

They are indeed. It’s a pretty lacklustre Reichenbach to be honest, but interesting that the whole series ends with Holmes disappearing to his depth.

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Aleksandr Mazo

@moriartybook.com

Fitting, too, that the whole Norwood series ends with Holmes's disappearance. What lets the Reichenbach down: the struggle itself, or Cheddar Gorge never quite passing for Switzerland?

Doings of Doyle

@doingsofdoyle.com

They set it in Cheddar Gorge so it’s not passing for Switzerland fortunately. It’s probably the most melodramatic of the ones I’ve seen

Aleksandr Mazo

@moriartybook.com

Ah, so the climax comes home to Somerset. I'd misread the listing. A cliff-edge finale at Cheddar Gorge does sound suitably melodramatic. Thanks for the correction.