Inside Classical - Inside Classical: The Hound of the Baskervilles - 01:25 am Tuesday, December 30 on BBC Four HD

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Inside Classical: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Season 1, Episode 1

Mark Gatiss stars as Sherlock Holmes with Sanjeev Bhaskar as Dr Watson in this reading of Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery, recorded on stage at London's Barbican Theatre. The story is accompanied by a new musical score by dramatist and composer Neil Brand, played on stage by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Through music and drama, with no theatrical set or props, this play takes Holmes and Watson from the comfort of 221b Baker Street, and audiences from the auditorium, to the moors of the Baskerville Hall estate in this chilling, gripping and hair-raising version of the legendary tale

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Classical Music/Ballet/Dance

Did You Know..

Mark Gatiss (Actor) .. Sherlock Holmes

Born: October 17, 1966 in Sedgefield, County Durham

Best Known For: The League of Gentlemen.

Early-life: Born October 17, 1966, in Sedgefield, County Durham. He grew up opposite a Victorian psychiatric hospital, where both his parents worked. While at college, he had a job there as a gardener. Gatiss claims he always wanted to escape from what he regarded as a grim, northern childhood, although now accepts that Heighington, where he lived, is actually a pleasant village. After school, he took a year out to travel around Europe, then began a drama course at Bretton Hall near Leeds.

Career: Gatiss eventually settled in London, where he hoped to earn a living as an actor but made ends meet writing Doctor Who books. He and friends Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson formed The League of Gentlemen in 1995, which had successful stints on stage, radio, TV and film. Since then he's appeared in Bright Young Things, Marple, The Quatermass Experiment, Nighty Night and Jekyll. Gatiss was also script editor on the first Little Britain series, and has penned episodes of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Doctor Who (in which he's also appeared). He portrayed Malcolm MacLaren in the 2010 drama Worried About the Boy and co-created Sherlock with Steven Moffat.

Quote: "I've done lots of acting and been very pleased with the response to what I've done. I'd like to do a lot more."

Trivia: Gatiss has also written several novels and appeared regularly on the stage.

Sanjeev Bhaskar (Actor) .. Dr Watson

Born: June 28, 1964 in Ealing

Best Known For: The Kumars at No 42.

Early-life: Born on June 28, 1964, in Ealing, London, to Asian immigrants living in Hounslow. He gained a degree and worked in marketing for seven years, writing monologues and sketches as a hobby. After realising he didn't like working in an office, he began performing comedy routines in clubs. His friend, musician Nitin Sawhney, encouraged him after the duo realised nobody was doing stand-up about being Asian and British. They formed a double act called The Secret Indians (Non-Asian) in 1996.

Career: As Bhaskar and Sawhney's stage act grew in popularity they were noticed by the producer of sketch show The Real McCoy, who introduced Bhaskar to Kulvinder Ghir, Nina Wadia and Meera Syal - who then formed the Goodness Gracious Me team. It began on radio, before making its TV debut in 1998. It was an instant success. Since then, he's appeared in Notting Hill, The Guru, Anita and Me, and cult chat-show The Kumars at No 42. He's also starred in the West End in long-running hit Art and visited his ancestral home in what is now Pakistan during the travelogue India with Sanjeev Bhaskar. Other acting gigs include sitcom Mumbai Calling and daytime drama The Indian Doctor.

Quote: "Most of my characters are based on truth. The Kumars at No 42 are basically my parents."

Trivia: He married actress Meera Syal in 2005. They have a son, Shaan.

Emyr Afan (Executive producer)