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There are just two days to go to The Great Sherlock Holmes Debate and we’ve been practising with the on-line technology with the team captains. As we have two podcast presenters (Kristina and Burt) and an actor (Nick) we have to admit that our chairperson (Steve from MX Publishing) is the one feeling the pressure of presenting live – he has the easy task of making the introductions though.

The presentations are looking amazing. The effort that has gone in from the teams is quite incredible – many late nights and weekends alongside busy schedules and we now can’t wait until the event itself. There are several resources for fans ahead of the debate:

•  Always 1895 our press man Matt Laffey has been delivering detailed articles on the debate and more to follow this week
• The Great Sherlock Holmes Debate Facebook Page – the place for the latest news
• The slideshare site where you can find the introduction presentations for each team and where we will be putting the debate presentations after the debate is over – Slideshare Site

The team captains will be talking a lot about the debate on Facebook in the coming 48 hours – Baker Street Babes, I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere and Big Finish Productions.

Please remember the debate is supporting two important causes – Save Undershaw and BAFTA for Jeremy Brett – please check out their sites and join their pages on Facebook (Undershaw Trust on Facebook).

Over 600 Sherlock Holmes fans joined the Great Sherlock Holmes Debate Facebook page to compete for batches of tickets for the audience for next Thursday’s debate. Fans from 23 different countries successfully grabbing a precious ticket to the Holmes event of the year and the final audience list is attached below – along with a reminder of all the team members.

The debate takes place on 10th November 2011 at 8pm UK time online so all audience members need is an internet connection to listen in and submit their questions live – they will also get a chance to submit a question/comment ahead of the debate.

They will also be asked to vote for their favourite team before, and again after, the debate – a great measure of the strength of the team arguments.

The debate is being hosted by Sherlock Holmes Publishers MX Publishing who will be posting up slides and video clips from the debate via the Facebook page after the event for fans that didn’t get an audience ticket.

Please remember the debate is supporting two important causes – Save Undershaw and BAFTA for Jeremy Brett – please check out their sites and join their pages on Facebook – Undershaw Trust on Facebook and Bafta4JB on Facebook.

Team Members:

Team 1 (BBC Sherlock)

The Baker Street Babes– Team Captains

Sherlockology 

Roger Johnson (Sherlock Holmes Society of London)

Charlotte Walters, Dan Andriacco, Kate Workman, Tracy Revels (Holmes authors)

Team 2 (Warner Brothers)

Gerry O’Hara (film director)

I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere (podcast)

Jamie Mahoney (blog)

Larry Feldman (Society Founder)

Kieran McMullen, Gerry Kelly (Holmes authors)

Team 3 (The Traditionalists)

Nick Briggs (actor + team captain)

Roger Llewellwyn (actor – has played Holmes on stage over 800 times in last 10 years)

Martin Montague (producer)

Alistair Duncan , Paul R Spiring  (Holmes Authora)

 

Audience Members:

Christina – Burnaby – Canada

Maarja – Tallin – Estonia

Alix -Shreveprt – USA

Kelly – Brooklyn – USA

Yui Manabe – Kobe-City – Japan

Young Wei Ping – Singapore

Lilith – Zwickau – Germany

Ninnette – Winnipeg – Canada

Rebecca – Melbourne – Australia

Carola – Alphen aan den Rijn – Netherlands

Louisa – Montreal – Canada

Caitlyn – Adelaide – Australia

Carrie – Pittsburgh – USA

Alice – Christchurch – New Zealand

Deanna – London – ENGLAND

Arachel – Mississauga – Canada

Kenza – Paris – France

Valentina – Leghorn – Italy

Jessica – Durban – South Africa

Steve – Silver Creek – USA

Joanna – Cambridge – ENGLAND

Isobel – Nailsworth – ENGLAND

Sabrinea – Manila – Phillipines

David – Ostrava – Czech Republic

Katie – MilwaEnglandlee – USA

Kwan Yee Lo – Hong Kong – China

Ana – Madrid – Spain

Brenda – Fort Ashby – USA

Emilie – Pessac – France

Becky – Washington – USA

Joanne – Thisted – Denmark

Valerie – Salem – USA

Janet – Cartersville – USA

Sara – Burlington – Canada

Miranda – Copenhagen – Denmark

Laurence – Neuilly sur Seine – France

Laura – South Orange – USA

Vida – Leicester – ENGLAND

Rianon – Birmingham – ENGLAND

Stella – Hong Kong – China

Katri – Tottijarvi – Finland

Carolina – Concepción – Chlie

Maja – Kraków – Poland

Chris – Virginia Water – ENGLAND

Heidi – Murray – USA

Erin – Houston – USA

Izabella – Upper Marlborough – USA

Charlotte – Liverpool – ENGLAND

Rebecca – Newport – Wales

Lauren – Falkirk – Scotland

Thasnim – Hailsham – England

Mya – Greenwood – USA

Kylee – Grandview – USA

Lielle – Freiburg – Germany

Hannah – Zwickau – Germany

Leonie  – Cologne – Germany

Elsie – Ireton – USA

Keiko – North Hollywood – USA

Ashley – Anderson – USA

Katie – Fuquay-Varina – USA

Charlotte – Decherd – USA

Suzanne – Toronto – Canada

Stephanie – Stratford Upon Avon – England

Monica – Valencia – Spain

Sarah – London – England

Emily – Boston – USA

Jacquelyn – Laurel – USA

Nicola – Philadelphia – USA

Christina – Dusseldorf – Germany

Helene – Nantes – France

Sophia – London – England

Aica – Malika – Phillipines

Kirsty – Birmingham – England

Anna – Bydgoszcz – Poland

Today, the 80 general public audience places given away to the members of the Great Sherlock Holmes Debate Facebook page which stands currently at over 500 members. The places will be released in phase today to ensure all regions have a chance. There are fans from over 20 countries trying to get places.

The debate takes place on 10th November at 8pm UK time online so all audience members need is an internet connection to listen in and submit their questions live. The debate is being hosted by Sherlock Holmes Publishers MX Publishing.

Pllease remember the debate is supporting two important causes – Save Undershaw and BAFTA for Jeremy Brett – please check out their sites and join their pages on Facebook (Undershaw Trust on Facebook).

 

Team Members:

Team 1 (BBC Sherlock)

The Baker Street Babes– Team Captains

Sherlockology 

Roger Johnson (Sherlock Holmes Society of London)

Charlotte Walters, Dan Andriacco, Kate Workman, Tracy Revels (Holmes authors)

Team 2 (Warner Brothers)

Gerry O’Hara (film director)

I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere (podcast)

Jamie Mahoney (blog)

Larry Feldman (Society Founder)

Kieran McMullen, Gerry Kelly (authors)

Team 3 (The Traditionalists)

Nick Briggs (actor + team captain)

Roger Llewellwyn (actor – has played Holmes on stage over 800 times in last 10 years)

Martin Montague (producer)

Alistair Duncan (author)

With well over 1,000 journalists from around the world reading the Great Sherlock Holmes Debate press release, and dozens of enquiries, it has been a tough decision on where the first press pass for the debate would go. Should we go mass-readship, or specialist Holmes?

In the end we opted to go with a Victorian and Holmes specialist. Always 1895 has garnered a strong following built on the highly detailed articles on Holmes that come out weekly. We also have assurances that they will display Holmes and Watson esque detective skills tracking down the stories behind the teams and team members.

We envisage handing out another three of four press passes, so if you’d like the inside scoop from the Sherlock Holmes event of the decade so far (yes, ok so we are only a year into the new decade but nevertheless…) then get in touch with us with your press credentials.

There will be 80 general public audience places given away to the members of the Great Sherlock Holmes Debate Facebook page which stands currently at around 200 members.

Please remember the debate is supporting two important causes – Save Undershaw and BAFTA for Jeremy Brett – please check out their sites and join their pages on Facebook (Undershaw Trust on Facebook).