The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
| The Adventures of Shirley Holmes |
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|---|---|
| Genre |
Mystery/Crime Family |
| Created by | Ellis Iddon Phil Meagher |
| Written by | Susin Nielsen Ellis Iddon Phil Meagher Therese Beaupre Elizabeth Stewart Patricia Finn Charles Lazer Rick Drew Dennis Foon Tony DiFranco Barbara O'Kelly Jordan Wheeler David Young |
| Directed by | Gary Harvey Norma Bailey Rick Stevenson Graeme Lynch Kim Todd John L'Ecuyer Richard O'Brien-Moran Elise Swerhone Mark Soulard Neill Fearnley T.W. Peacocke John Paizs Anne Wheeler Scott Smith |
| Starring |
Meredith Henderson John White Sarah Ezer Blair Slater Brendan Fletcher Annick Obonsawin Marie Stillin Colin Fox Elizabeth Shepherd Chris Humphreys Rebecca Gibson Maggie Huculak |
| Composer(s) | Terry Frewer |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Derek Mazur Kim Todd |
| Producer(s) | Kim Todd Gary Harvey Helena Cynamon Teri Woods-McArter |
| Cinematography | Larry Lynn Stephen Reizes Michael Marshall Les Erskine |
| Editor(s) | Paul Mortimer Robert Lower Daria Ellerman Michael Rea |
| Camera setup | François Balcaen Michael Drabot Steve Madden Lorne Bailey Robert L. O'Hara Brian Sanders Arlea Ashcroft Jay Kohne Michael Marshall |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | YTV |
| Original release | May 7, 1997 – May 7, 2000 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes is a Canadian mystery TV series that originally aired from 1997 to 2000. The show was created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher (of Winklemania Productions, UK) who had produced a successful series of books with Harper Collins, teaming up with Credo and Forefront to develop the TV series. Filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the series follows the life of Shirley Holmes, the great-grandniece of Sherlock Holmes who, with the help of ex-gang member Bo Sawchuk, tackles a variety of mysteries in and around the fictional Canadian city of Redington. On some occasions, she found herself matching wits with nemesis Molly Hardy (whose name is a word play on Sherlock Holmes' archenemy Professor Moriarty).
The show has been broadcast in over 80 countries and has been dubbed in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Polish and Turkish.
Her performance in the show led to actress Meredith Henderson being nominated for a Gemini Award in 1998 and winning one in 1999. The show itself was twice nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Children's or Youth Program or Series" in 1998 and eventually won it in 1999. In the spring of 1998 Susin Nielsen won a Gemini Award in the category "Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program" for her screenplay of the episode "The Case of the Burning Building". In the same year, Elizabeth Stewart won a WGC Award from the Writers Guild of Canada for her writing of the episode "The Case of the Maestro's Ghost".
Credo spokesperson and producer Kim Todd named a growth spurt in the cast as one of the key reasons for cancelling the show. The aging of the actors would have meant a distinct change in tone and content had the show continued.
Original music was composed by Terry Frewer, although the theme tune was written and performed by show creators Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher.
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