Beeton School
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Beeton School (ビートン校) is a fictional
Summary
The school setting is the first case in the screening history of the Series of Sherlock Holmes. The school attracts Japanese high school students, who are the show's target audience. The show is not merely a simple detective drama; each episode is a platform that attempts to teach logical thinking, justice, and courage.[2]
The school is located in the suburbs of London and has four student houses: Archer, Baker, Cooper, and Dealer. The houses surround a children's playground,[3] located on a hilltop behind the school. A cave appears in some episodes of the series and is an important setting in some of the cases.[4] The natural setting around the school is influenced by the scenery of the Cotswolds. The school's corridor is modeled after the corridor of an abbey in the region. The window of the nurse's office, and the wall of the school, are modeled after the stained glass of 221B Baker Street, and St Pancras railway station building, respectively. This is done in order to create an atmosphere imitating the 19th century in Britain.[5]
A wall newspaper is hanging up on the wall, facing the corridor. The newspaper advertises Watson's name, since he constantly chronicles Holmes' deductions.[6]
Houses and uniform
The school is divided into four houses, each of which has two stories.[7] The names and colors of the houses are as below.
The set of the dormitory is similar to a
The male pupils' uniform is a jacket and a midi-skirt, a kind of kilt. Female pupils wear a jacket and a full-length skirt.[12] The colour of the uniform is based on that of each house. An emblem, embroidered with the name of each house, is attached on the left chest of jacket.[7] Watson, however, wears the pale brown uniform of his former school in Australia.[12]
221 B, Baker house
Room 221 B, Baker House, is a
The bedroom is in the
Committee of Life Guidance
The Committee of Life Guidance is a school committee that gives pupils life guidance. Gordon Lestrade is a member of the committee. He often sees Holmes, because Holmes always hastens to scenes where trouble occurs in the school. Though Grimesby Roylott, who gives pupils life guidance, hates Holmes, Lestrade recognizes Holmes' faculty of reasoning. Holmes trusts Lestrade as well.
Footnotes
- ^ Reply to the question to NHK.
- ^ Holmes' Schooling
- ^ Shogakukan, p. 14
- ^ Shogakukan, P. 41 and P. 44
- ^ Shogakukan, p. 61
- ^ Shogakukan, p. 8
- ^ a b c Shogakukan, p. 15
- ^ The gap is used by puppeteers.
- ^ Shogakukan, p. 62
- ^ Shogakukan, p. 33
- ^ Shogakukan, p. 10
- ^ a b Shogakukan, pp. 53-57
- ^ Shogakkan p. 9
- ^ Shogakukan, p. 70
- ^ 時海結似著『少年シャーロック ホームズ 15歳の名探偵!!』、集英社みらい文庫、12-13頁
Yui Tokimi, Shonen Shārokku Hōmuzu, jyugosai no meitantei, Tokyo: Shueisha, pp. 12-13. (Novelisation of the show) - ^ Shogakukan, p. 11
- ^ Shogakukan, p. 6
- ^ Shogakukan, p. 13
References
- Shinjiro Okazaki and Kenichi Fujita (ed.), "シャーロックホームズ冒険ファンブック Shārokku Hōmuzu Bōken Fan Bukku", Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2014. ISBN 9784091065445(Guidebook of the show)
External links
- Introducing NHK’s Sherlock Gakuen | ARAMA! JAPAN
- Holmes' Schooling
- Sherlock Holmes en marionnette pour une série TV japonaise
(English Column on the website of Société Sherlock Holmes de France) - ビートン校1/Beeton School 1 ベイカー寮221B/Baker House221B
- ビートン校2/Beeton School 2 ベイカー寮221B/Baker House221B