A5C628100000578-0-image-a-2_1436425169162.jpg' alt='Sherlock Holmes First Tv Series' title='Sherlock Holmes First Tv Series' />Sherlock Holmes alternatively Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between. Sherlock Holmes Series TV Tropes. It is my business to know what other people do not know. See the main page for a list. This page covers the franchise of television series produced by British television company Granada Television between 1. Jeremy Brett as the titular Great Detective. Of the 6. 0 Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 4. The first two seasons are referred to as The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes. These series co starred David Burke as Doctor Watson, reversing the commonly held view of Watson as The Watson epitomized by Nigel Bruce in the 1. Holmes biographer as a strong, intelligent, humorous but never bumbling man of action, often learning from Holmes in the art of deduction. Rosalie Williams proved a real gem as the long suffering Mrs. Hudson, and the supporting cast was magnificent, including an early appearance by Natasha Richardson. No Archive Warnings Apply Sherlock HolmesMolly Hooper Sherlock Holmes Molly Hooper Molly HooperSherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes Molly Hooper. In The Return of Sherlock Holmes, the producers pulled a daring but successful trick in changing Watsons, since the original Watson, David Burke, left for a variety of reasons. Edward Hardwicke replaced him, and though the two interpretations are different, both are extremely successful in challenging The Watson impression. For The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, after a three year break necessitated by Jeremy Bretts health, professional difficulties and various projects, the series returned in 1. Michael Cox. Unfortunately, the number of truly strong stories left in the canon of original Holmes material had started drying up and some of the remaining strong ones needed a bust in the budget travels to France for instance, leaving the production team an unenviable choice stay faithful the original mandate of the series and pump out low quality episodes, or make quality television but deviate dramatically from the source material. They wavered between the two options during this series, resulting in an uneven six episodes. It was followed by a set of three tv movies featuring expanded adaptations of short stories. The Master Blackmailer adapting the Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton The Last Vampyre adapting The Adventure of The Sussex Vampire, and The Eligible Bachelor mostly adapting the adventure of. At this point in time, Bretts health was massively unstable due to childhood heart problems, medication prescribed to deal with his bipolar disorder, and complications from chain smoking his entire life. Adding to the performance difficulties Brett could often only sustain seconds long takes before collapsing were scheduling crunches the producer, June Wyndham Davies had originally wanted a year to do the series, but after Executive Meddling was given scant months to scramble together scripts and productions schedules, leading to actor replacements Edward Hardwicke, who played Watson, was unavailable for one episode, and Brett himself had to bow out for an episode, leading to the inclusion of Charles Grey as Holmes brother Mycroft to replace both characters in two episodes. The series as a whole is generally regarded as one of the most accurate attempts at depicting the original stories ever put to screen barring certain changes in order to facilitate adaptation from print to television, and Bretts portrayal is often praised as at very least one of the best Holmes out there, if not the definitive portrayal. It is telling that the next major feature film adaptation starring Robert Downey, Jr. An even more extreme example was Bretts illness preventing him from appearing in more than three minutes of. Interestingly that story is one of the few from which Watson is originally mostly absent, and not the narrator, since ACD originally created it as a stage play. Action Prologue The opening of. Holmes dodges carriages, masonry, and ruffians, all bent on killing him. Sherlock Holmes First Tv Series' title='Sherlock Holmes First Tv Series' />Sherlock Holmes is a fictional Private Detective or, Consulting Detective, the term he preferred, an analytical genius with generally unrivaled deductive powers. Eesh. Adaptation Decay Invoked in. Moriarty becomes the mastermind of. In the story, Holmes does so as a strategy, because he has already deduced the Duke has recovered his son and is shielding the kidnapper. The episode changes this but keeps the snarking, making Holmes seem needlessly cruel. Affectionate Pickpocket Mycroft combines this with Percussive Pickpocket in. Well, he is a doctor after all. After Action, Villain Analysis Sherlock Holmes, rememberOf course theres going to be villain analysis when alls said and done. Aloof Big Brother Averted with Mycroft in this adaptation whos rather close to Sherlock and has a rather jovial attitude compared to other incarnations. Alternate Universe Technically, the series is this as they decided to leave Mary Morstan Watson completely out of the Adventures run and keep Watson a bachelor. Also, the episodes run in a very different chronological order than the storiesdont have much chronology at all, and both Holmes and especially Watson are many years older than they were in most of the stories, since the series takes place over the course of only a few years, while the stories take place over the course of more than two decades even when not counting a handful of outliers that stretch it to nearly four decades. And Now You Must Marry Me Woodley and originally Carruthers plan in. Holmes, Watson, and Carruthers arrive too late to prevent the priest proclaiming. Mycroft gets one too in the form of Count Negretto Sylvius. Artistic License. Milvertons killer gets the same treatment. Badass Baritone Holmes and Watson, though Jeremy Brett often pitched his voice higher to fit the canonical description of Holmess voice. Bad Boss When Moriartys subordinate reports failure at the end of. He even gets an extra appearance in the series, courtesy of a Fandom Nod. Big Word Shout. Its really heartbreaking, because, of course, he doesnt get an answer. Bilingual Bonus In. Lots of Greek spoken here even Holmes can speak modern, conversational Greek In the Granada adaptation, Lucrezia has her own subplot, having several conversations with her father in Italian. Grimesby Roylott. Actually its pretty ill fitting clothing, as hes abusive to his stepdaughtershowever, he makes no objections to their courtships and even has Helens fiance over to the house. He just plans to murder them with a poison snake so he doesnt lose their money. Bittersweet Ending The end of. It ends with Watson reading out his narrative of the titular case and Holmes declaring it an admirable account. Boxing Battler Holmes demonstrates his classical pugilistic prowess on a few occasions. Brick Joke At the beginning of. And it is hilarious. The look on Watsons face is what really perfects the whole scene. Brief Accent Imitation Holmes as a tramp in. It doesnt get better in future runs. Chekhovs Gun Theres really no reason why we should see Holmess silver cigarette case at the end of. Holmes proceeds to calmly remove his hat and coat, hang then up and then lay a serious beatdown on Woodley. Color Coded for Your Convenience Holmes and Watson, as a matter of fact. Their clothing seems to very deliberately reflect not only their coloring but their personalities, as well. Holmes is ALWAYS in black or grey but usually black the only episode in the entire series in which he wears a color cream is in. Kevin From Work Episode 6 on this page. Watson, on the other hand, tends to wear brown, or a warm shade of grey except for the Christmas Episode, in which he wears blue. Cool People Rebel Against Authority It doesnt get much better than this. Holmes You dont mind breaking the lawWatson stoutly Not in the least. Holmes Or running the chance of arrest Watsonfirmly Not in a good cause. Holmes Oh, the cause is excellent. Watson Well, then I am your man. Holmes Splendid. Costume Porn The detail and authenticity of the clothing is just astounding. Irene Adlers dresses are utterly gorgeous. Crazy Jealous Guy In the later years of his marriage, Colonel Barclay angrily demands of his wife Kitty that she assure him she has only ever loved him. Oldacre of. On her wedding day, Oldacre sent her picture back with the face burnt off. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1. Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos. Welcome to the Sherlock Holmes guide at TV. This listing takes in several series all made by Granada, between 1. Jeremy Brett played the great detective The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, together with a number of specials. Granada Television had set themselves the task of filming every one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes stories. A number of the mysteries were still waiting to be filmed at Jeremy Bretts death in 1. Granada decided not to continue without him.