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| director       = [[Peter Duguid]]
| producer       = [[Barry Letts]]
| writer         = '''Novel:'''<br>[[Arthur Conan Doyle]]<br>'''Screenplay:'''<br>[[Alexander Baron]]
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| starring       = [[Tom Baker]]<br>[[Terence Rigby]]
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| released       = 3 October 1982
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'''''The Hound of the Baskervilles''''' (1982) is a British [[television]] programme.  It was directed by [[Peter Duguid]] and starred [[Tom Baker]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Terence Rigby]] as [[Doctor Watson]]. It is based on [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s [[Sherlock Holmes]] novel ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles]]''.

== Cast ==
*[[Tom Baker]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]]
*[[Terence Rigby]] as [[Doctor Watson|Dr. John H. Watson]]
*[[Nicholas Woodeson]] as Sir Henry Baskerville
*[[Christopher Ravenscroft]] as Stapleton
*[[Kay Adshead]] as Beryl Stapleton
*[[Will Knightley]] as Dr. Mortimer

==Reception==
The opinions of viewers at the time was divided<ref name="tele2">{{cite book|title=The Television Sherlock Holmes|url=https://archive.org/details/televisionsherlo0000hain|author=Peter Haining|publisher=Virgin Books|year=1994|isbn=0-86369-793-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/televisionsherlo0000hain/page/84 84]}}</ref> The four-part serial aired in 1982,<ref name="tele2"/> and it has not done better over time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shadowlocked.com/201102141482/lists/a-study-in-error-the-ten-worst-sherlock-holmes.html |title=A Study In Error: The Ten Worst Sherlock Holmes |accessdate=2011-12-28 |quote= |publisher=shadowlocked.com |archive-date=2012-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128141652/http://www.shadowlocked.com/201102141482/lists/a-study-in-error-the-ten-worst-sherlock-holmes.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="eyles">{{cite book |author=Allen Eyles |title=Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration |url=https://archive.org/details/sherlockholmesce0000eyle |year=1986 |publisher=[[Harper (publisher)|Harper & Row]] |pages=[https://archive.org/details/sherlockholmesce0000eyle/page/n126 123] |isbn=0-06-015620-1 }}</ref> Baker himself came to think of his performance as a failure.<ref name="screen1">{{cite book |author=Alan Barnes |title=Sherlock Holmes on Screen |year=2002 |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd |pages=69 |isbn=1-903111-04-8 }}</ref> 

==References==
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== Other websites ==
*{{IMDb title|0174399|The Hound of the Baskervilles}}

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[[Category:British television series]]