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The I'm I'm Each episode of the Granada series begins with Patrick Gower's iconic theme,

accompanied by equally iconic imagery of Baker Street. A few titles

also grace the screen, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and

developed for television by John Hawksworth. Now, in recent shows, we've discussed Michael Cox,

the man who was the driving force behind

the series, but neither his name nor that of Jeremy Brett is anywhere to be found in

the opening titles.

So who was this mysterious contributor and how is it that he rates such a prominent screen

credit?

Before we dive into tonight's tale, let's take a moment to meet Mr. John Hawksworth.

Born in London in 1920, Hawksworth was the son of an army officer, and at the age of 21,

was himself commissioned with the Grenadier Guards,

serving with the 4th Battalion throughout the Northwest Europe campaign, where he eventually

rose to the rank of captain. Educated at Queens College, he also spent a semester as an art

student at Paris's Sarbonne, and was inspired by his time in Picasso's

studio, enough so that as soon as his military enlistment ended, he began to paint.

His work exhibited at a number of galleries, including the Royal Academy, where he attracted

the attention of famed Hungarian art director, Vincent Corda,

who immediately put him to work in movies,

serving in the art department on films such as Carol Reads the Third Man and The Fallen Idol.

By the 1950s he was working freelance in film and television

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