The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV serial) The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV serial) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) is a British television serial made by the BBC, produced by Barry Letts, directed by Peter Duguid and starring Tom Baker as Sherlock Holmes and Terence Rigby as Doctor Watson. The serial is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles". The music score was composed and conducted by Carl Davis. This production of Doyle "The Hound of the Baskervilles" was the second multi-part BBC adaptation, following Peter Cushing's two-part episode for the 1968 television series. The 1982 serial was part of
The Sign of Four (1983 film) Hound of the Baskervilles" were ultimately filmed as Granada Television's "Sherlock Holmes" series premiered in 1984. In an interview with "Scarlet Street", Ian Richardson explained: "The Sign of Four" was shot simultaneously with "The Hound of the Baskervilles" but the schedule precluded having David Healy portray Watson in both films so Donald Churchill was enlisted to play the role in "The Hound of the Baskervilles". Two previous Watsons appear in the film: Terence Rigby who played Watson to Tom Baker's Holmes in 1982s "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and Thorley Walters who played Watson three times previously; with Christopher Lee