The Solitary Cyclist
- Episode aired May 15, 1984
- TV-PG
- 54m
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8.1/10
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A strange man on a bicycle follows a young music teacher as she bicycles on a lonely road to and from the city.A strange man on a bicycle follows a young music teacher as she bicycles on a lonely road to and from the city.A strange man on a bicycle follows a young music teacher as she bicycles on a lonely road to and from the city.
Simon Bleakley
- Peter
- (as Simon Bleackley)
Bryan Heeley
- Fireman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSherlock Holmes goes to a public house seeking information about some people in the area. After ordering a half-pint of local ale from the landlord, he pays with a gold sovereign, worth far more than the ale, and instructs the landlord to keep the change, as he is looking for information. The coin he used is a gold sovereign coin of Queen Victoria, and from the portrait on its obverse can be dated as what is called the old head type, produced from 1893-1901 inclusive, with a total of nearly 100,160,000 total coins of this type produced. A complete meal with beer in a decent restaurant at this time cost a writer 2 shillings and 11 pence. The sovereign coin had a value of 20 shillings.
- GoofsAnglicans (the man is referred to as a "clergyman") had a Rosary worn about his neck. Anglicans do not use Rosaries, and Catholics would never wear one as a piece of jewelry.
- Quotes
Dr Watson: Did I *really* do remarkably badly?
Sherlock Holmes: [ponders] Yes!
- ConnectionsVersion of The Solitary Cyclist (1921)
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The Solitary Cyclist
John Castle. If he had gone and based himself in the USA when he was younger, I am convinced he would had an Oscar to show for it.
Castle plays Carruthers a man who has arrived from South Africa along with the more brutish Woodley.
Carruthers has hired young Violet Smith to be the music teacher for his daughter. Carruthers knew Violet's uncle in South Africa and he makes sure that it is a well paid job.
Violet has consulted Sherlock Holmes because she thinks that she is being followed when she cycles to and from the train station when she visits her mother in London. Each time the strange looking man is there keeping a distance.
Holmes sends Dr Watson at first to keep a lookout and is most disappointed with his endeavours. Then Holmes goes to the country pub and meets Woodley where he engages in a fight with him. He also finds out about a nasty defrocked priest.
Holmes also reckons that Violet Smith is in danger and it is all to do with her uncle in South Africa.
Although this is in some ways a simple tale it is terrifically realised by Alan Plater. You have a sense of who the cyclist following the young lady might be but it takes Holmes to put it all together.
There are some lovely countryside scenes but you also get a sense that Jeremy Brett is already comfortable in the role and the way he shows his irritable side to Watson.
Castle plays Carruthers a man who has arrived from South Africa along with the more brutish Woodley.
Carruthers has hired young Violet Smith to be the music teacher for his daughter. Carruthers knew Violet's uncle in South Africa and he makes sure that it is a well paid job.
Violet has consulted Sherlock Holmes because she thinks that she is being followed when she cycles to and from the train station when she visits her mother in London. Each time the strange looking man is there keeping a distance.
Holmes sends Dr Watson at first to keep a lookout and is most disappointed with his endeavours. Then Holmes goes to the country pub and meets Woodley where he engages in a fight with him. He also finds out about a nasty defrocked priest.
Holmes also reckons that Violet Smith is in danger and it is all to do with her uncle in South Africa.
Although this is in some ways a simple tale it is terrifically realised by Alan Plater. You have a sense of who the cyclist following the young lady might be but it takes Holmes to put it all together.
There are some lovely countryside scenes but you also get a sense that Jeremy Brett is already comfortable in the role and the way he shows his irritable side to Watson.
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- Prismark10
- Jan 21, 2019
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