Today we're talking about Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and the ways it has influenced the BBC version. Thanks Mark and Steven for making this video suddenly topical.
Thank you @skulls-and-tea for all your hard work finding quotes!!! We wouldn't be here without you.
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Sources:
1. Louis Moffat Interviews Mark and Steven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DscyvadOM8g&t=25s&list=PL-TcTV244YQs3fZv-AYcS_1y38aZvgy-V&index=23
2. Mark Gatiss Introducing TPLOSH at the BFI
https://youtu.be/otYRcTrK1d0?list=PL-TcTV244YQs3fZv-AYcS_1y38aZvgy-V
3. Billy Wilder on Private Life
http://skulls-and-tea.tumblr.com/post/149448632476/i-should-have-been-more-daring-with-the-private
4. Billy Wilder on Private Life some more
http://skulls-and-tea.tumblr.com/post/92670824071/i-should-have-been-more-daring-with-the-private
5. Mark Gatiss: The Film That Changed My Life
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/nov/07/mark-gatiss-sherlock-holmes
6. Another interview of them talking about it for good measure
http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/sherlock/20536/steven-moffat-and-mark-gatiss-interview-sherlock
7. Confirmation from the author of Mark's interview for the Guardian that it was a direct quote:
https://twitter.com/eleanormorgan/status/758925985949491200