Published in 1997, issue 18 contained amongst its regular features and columns, another instalment of an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the production of Granada Television’s Sherlock Holmes series

Contents

1. NEWS AND VIEWS
   Our round-up of the most recent Sherlock news
2. JOTTINGS FROM WATSON’S JOURNAL
   A new regular feature by John Hall looks at the life and character of Sherlock Holmes’ friend Doctor John H Watson
3. A STUDY IN CELLULOID
    Michael Cox’s fourth instalment of his behind-the-scenes story of Granada Television’s Sherlock Holmes series
4. CASES OF IDENTITY
   Paul M Chapman investigates those individuals who in one way or another inspired Conan Doyle, starting with Joseph Bell
5. COLLECTOR’S CORNER
   Jean Upton looks at theatrical memorabilia
6. A VIEW FROM BAKER STREET
   Catherine Cooke writes about cats, a gentleman and a saint
7. CANONICAL INTRODUCTIONS
   The Engineer’s Thumb
8. SCARLET THREADS
   Gaynor Coules looks at contemporary crime fiction
9. HOLMES OF THE MOVIES
   David Stuart Davies investigates those flickering features in which Sherlock Holmes could only speak in captions
10. DOCTOR WATSON - THIS IS YOUR LIFE
    The Sherlock Holmes Society of London surprised the good doctor with a review of their version of his life
11. THE OTHER DETECTIVES
    Hercule Poirot: Belgian sleuth supreme by Roger Johnson
12. ANOTHER GLASS, WATSON
    News from The Sherlock Holmes Public House and Restaurant
13. SOUNDS LIKE HOLMES
    Christopher Roden talks to Linda Jones of Tangled Web Audio
14. THE DOCTOR’S PAGE
    Glimpses from the other worlds of Arthur Conan Doyle by Barbara Roden
15. BAKER STREET LETTER BOX 
    Your letters
16. WHAT’S NEW SHERLOCK? 
    The Gazette review section edited by Kathryn White
17. SOCIETIES FORUM 
    The Baker Street Irregulars investigated by Jean Upton
18. MORIATY’S MUTTERINGS 
    Further blasts from the nefarious professor 
19. QUIZ THE MASTERMIND 
    Write in and challenge our own Sherlockian mastermind Roger Grimshaw