For many years, Ian Gilles, a former winner of radio's 'Brain of Britain', was question setter for the series. He adopted which name that is associated with Sherlock Holmes?
Brain of Britain a pseudonym, to adjudicate when an answer was imprecise. For many years Ian Gillies fulfilled the role, taking the name "Mycroft" (from Mycroft Holmes, older and wiser brother of Sherlock). After his death in April 2002, the new question setter was Kevin Ashman, who has the distinction of winning both "Brain of Britain" and "Mastermind". He chose to be known as "Jorkins", a character in Dickens' "David Copperfield". From the 2007 series a team of setters was engaged, as is the practice in most other quiz shows. For much of its life the theme music of "Brain of Britain" was
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler." Many of the stories from the collection were included as episodes in the Granada Television series, "Sherlock Holmes" which ran from 1984 until 1994. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes were dramatised for BBC Radio 4 in 1990–1991, starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Watson. Bert Coules was the head writer, but stories were also written by Vincent McInerny and Peter Mackie, and directed by Patrick Rayner and Enyd Williams. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories