Sherlock Holmes (1964) BBC Douglas Wilmer 2015 4-DVD Boxset
4 DVD rip of 2015 4-disc boxset
IMDB: tt0163492
DVD Source: DVD9 from 2015 DVD boxset
DVD label: BFIV2040
region: 2
DVD9
DVD Format: PAL
DVD Audio: all English Mono, 5 English Stereo (commentary), alt Spanish Mono (just e01)
Program: Passkey8
Menus: Untouched
Video: Untouched
Audio: Untouched
DVD extras: 5 commentaries, 1 alt Spanish audio track, Douglas Wilmer...on Television interview
This is the most recent DVD release of the BBC's Sherlock Holmes from 1964. The 2015 DVD release has 5 episode commentaries, "reconstructed" versions of the previously unreleased e06 The Abbey Grange and e10 The Bruce-Partington Plans, and an interview with Douglas Wilmer. All 13 episodes have English subtitles and e01 has a 1.0 Spanish dub alternative audio track. There are English commentaries for e02, e03, e05, e06, and e11.
e06 The Abbey Grange episode partial reconstruction:
Of the two 25-minute film reels only the second survives and here 95-year-old Douglas Wilmer reads the opening half of the story to accompany the surviving footage.
NOTE: the e06 commentary only starts after wilmer's reading of the first missing reel at about 21m33s
e10 The Bruce-Partington Plans episode partial reconstruction:
The first reel exists of the episode and the remainder of the episode is represented by an audio recording mixed with extracts from the shooting script.
DVD1:
s01e01 The Speckled Band audio2-Spanish
s01e02 The Illustrious Client audio2-commentary
s01e03 The Devils Foot audio2-commentary
DVD2:
s01e04 The Copper Beeches
s01e05 The Red Headed League audio2-commentary
s01e06 The Abbey Grange reconstruction audio2-commentary
DVD3:
s01e07 The Six Napoleons
s01e08 The Man With the Twisted Lip
s01e09 The Beryl Coronet
s01e10 The Bruce Partington Plans reconstruction
DVD4:
s01e11 Charles Augustus Milverton audio2-commentary
s01e12 Retired Colourman
s01e13 Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
s01extra interview Douglas Wilmer On Television (no subtitles)
