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The Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast

The Musgrave Ritual

The Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast

Gus Holwerda

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, Arts, Books

4.8573 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2021

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Holmes and Watson examine the mysterious events surrounding the singular old observance known as The Musgrave Ritual, we get to know producer June Wyndham Davies, and we bid farewell to series creator, Michael Cox.  Also, Luke and Gus discuss the original script, Baddesley Clinton, rigor mortis, and why this episode is among their favorites. Plus, listener telegrams!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode of the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes podcast is dedicated to the memory of executive producer and show creator Michael Cox, who passed away on the 29th of January 2021.

0:22.0

Our sympathies go out to all those who knew him,

0:25.5

and we'd like to extend our gratitude

0:27.2

to that incredible visionary and creative genius.

0:32.9

Thank you, Michael, for everything. The Thank you. I'm. As our tale begins, Holmes and Watson travel via four-wheeler to Hurlston Manor,

1:40.3

ancestral home of the Sussex branch of the Musgrave family.

1:45.0

Holmes, sunk in boredom at the prospect of the weekend ahead,

1:50.0

rests his feet upon a large tin chest.

1:54.0

Splendid air!

1:57.0

Rough shooting,

1:59.0

perhaps a little fishing.

2:01.6

And the best cook in the county of Sussex, didn't you say?

2:07.6

Holmes.

2:09.6

And Reginald Musgrave.

2:12.6

Well, he's a sign of one of the oldest families in England.

2:15.6

He was in the same college as myself.

2:18.3

He was not generally popular among the undergraduates, but it always seemed to me that

2:21.8

what was set down as pride was really a cover for extreme natural diffidence.

2:27.3

Indeed, I never think of his pale, lean face in the poise of his head

2:33.3

without associating him with grey archways, mullioned windows,

2:38.0

and all the venerable wreckage of a feudal keep.

2:41.0

Well, if you feel so uncharitable, why did you accept his invitation to escape my lethargy?

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