Hello, friends. Tonight, we bring you a very special conversation with the one and only,

Kieran Shaw. Now, fans of the Granada Sherlock Holmes series will know Kieran from the role of

Tonga in the sign of four, but you've also seen him, though you may not have known it,

in dozens of well-known film and television projects,

everything from Raiders of the Lost Ark and aliens to Titanic, Lord of the Rings, and beyond.

As an actor, a poet, and the Guinness Book of World Records holder,

for the smallest stuntman currently working in Hollywood,

Kieran's career has been an incredible one.

We were lucky enough to catch up with Kieran over Zoom, but at times our internet connection

across the pond wasn't the very best. So, we have decided to post the full interview with

Kieran over on our YouTube channel as well,

complete with subtitles, in the hope that it will make it just a bit easier to follow along.

Our conversation with Kieran was great fun, but a bit more broad in range, and somewhat longer

than our standard interview, so here on the podcast channel, we are presenting the first

portion of the interview, wherein Kieran shared stories about Sherlock Holmes, Jeremy Brett,

John Thaw, and his experiences with Granada. But if you are a fan of film, I invite you to

check out the full interview over on the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes YouTube channel,

where you can hear Kieran sharing even more fascinating stories about working with James Cameron,

Peter Jackson, Stephen Spielberg, and so many other great filmmakers of our time.

Kieran is a genuinely wonderful guy, and he was very generous,

even sharing a few never-before-seen behind-the-scenes photos from his time as Tonga,

which you can see in both the YouTube video and on our Twitter feed as well.

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