@RodneyMarshall1 I saw him in A Chorus of Disapproval. I knew how ill he was (a friend was very close to his son Cameron), but his body language didn't show it. He was a powerhouse.
@RodneyMarshall1 It appeared in a feature about the series that appeared in the TV Times (IIRC) entitled "A Way with Women". Or maybe it was "Away with Women". It was about how the enjoyed having no women in the main cast! π²
@RodneyMarshall1 Note the receding hairlines in this photo! It became an issue for the two leading men. Valentine came to terms with it much earlier than Woodward.
@Prof_Quiteamess@LRoundels I found it disappointing at the time. The whole thing was very theatrical. Two years later, Granada would drop its bombshell. As Tom Baker later generously commented, "I PLAYED Sherlock Holmes, Jeremy Brett WAS Sherlock Holmes".
@RodneyMarshall1 It was great, and Nicholas Ball was on the top of the world. But the series was cancelled and his career never recovered. The "Making of" book is fascinating.