I was and still am highly addicted to this series. Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwick were superb as Holmes and Watson. I love this version of Sherlock Holmes. Thank for sharing.
Yes he did, Bell had written for The Strand Magazine reflecting on Doyle's days as a medical student "You asked me about the kind of teaching to which Mr. Conan Doyle has so kindly referred, when speaking of ... Sherlock Holmes. Dr Conan Doyle has by his imaginative genius, made a great deal out of very little, and his warm remembrance of one of his old teachers has colored the picture." 'The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Leslie Klinger' A modest man certainly.
Doyle would be proud. Plenty of good tandems played the role. All adding there own touch. Sherlock Holmes will never get old in any decade. People still want to see what he's going to do next.
Toupee. When Edward Hardwick took the role, he wanted to resemble his predecessor, David Burke, as much as possible. He even wore lifts in his shoes for a while.
Of all the story adaptations Granada so wonderfully created, THIS one in my opinion is in the top of the heap. The original tale was one of Doyle's more creative and imaginative and it seems the producers must have felt that intrigue as well.
Sorry to say, Granada Productions never did Study In Scarlet. I was looking for it too but apparently they never produced it. Sad...I was hoping that's the first thing they would do since it was when Watson first met Holmes :)
Ahhh the opium den where dreams are crushed and spirits of man are broken a place many have entered and so very few have left addiction truly is the scourge of man.....
@Evilmike42 @Evilmike42 I agree. There's a reason that movies, television shows and actors such as, Brett, Burke and Hardwicke are given such labels as "timeless and Classics" rarely do performances encompass everything envisioned by the author, these do. You can watch those actors 27 years later; and still find something you did not see before. The "Reboots" (I liked that) are pale imitations in comparison.
@jimmbo13 Agreed; there is something about Burke that makes him stand more equally with Holmes than Hardwicke. Though Hardwicke is still an excellent Watson in his own way.
Yes, it is a tragedy... still I think he got to most of the great Holmes adventures... the Hound... Thor Bridge adn Abbey Grange... Cardboard Box and Solitary Cyclist (I've always had a particular fondness for that one- the first Holmes story I ever read) and a host more... He is the BEST HOLMES... And I think Hardwicke is really in the running for best Watson, Burke was good but Hardwicke seems such a better fit... And even late ones like "Dying Detective" aare gold. To Brett!
I translated the book to Kurdish language in 2011.I think this series is very interesting and I enjoyed it.And I am afraid if someone imitates the idea...
@Evilmike42 Doyle would IMO more likely have been have been mystified by the film and Holmes being turned into a lowlife Indiana Jones, although it's not like Doyle was completely opposed to revisionist interpretations of his character, as when William Gillette (the first actor who portrayed Holmes on stage in a play in 1899) asked Doyle "May I marry Holmes?" (Holmes got a wife in that particular play) Doyle's response "You may marry him, murder him, do whatever you like with him"
Watson has this first mission all for himself XD He looks much better with more hair on his head...or is that a wig? And lol at Mrs Whitney and Hudson's comment. It's true that most men will forever be like boys...but I like them that way (depending on the situation)
@MrHoppers002 I'm not 100% opposed to revisionist interpretations of Sherlock Holmes. As far as a really imaginative revisionist take on Holmes I'll take Nicholas Meyer's 'The Seven Percent Solution' or even the BBC Benedict Cumberbatch/Martin Freeman series 'Sherlock', but IMHO the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes movies take a "throw the baby out with the bathwater" approach that does nothing for me.
By the way ((( Funny wanting to tell a group of strangers ))). Anyway, I had a friendship like Holmes and Watson. . My lifelong friend died last June 30th, 2022. I will always miss him. . . Of course I love my wife ,but this was different . . Definitely something missing in my heart …
@MrHoppers002 Not a whole lot of needless action, YES ABSOLUTE! They ain't bloody hooligans for deity's sake, Holmes and Watson are gentlemen who would avoid violence if possible, not go around shooting and hurting people (however antagonistic they may be) without second thoughts! The new film digustingly does Sherlock Holmes absolutely no justice at all. It may be a good movie, but it might as well be named "Robert Downey Jr. and the Alternative Start to World War I".
@Imverycute2 A bit of research into the prevailing attitudes of Victorian times. Most English would not have smoked opium because it was associated with the alien culture of the Chinese, and laudanum was the primary ingrediant in patent medicines of the time. Also, the depiction of the East End's Limehouse district as being teeming with morally bankrupt Chinese immigrants is poppycock because Limehouse never had more than a few hundred Chinese and, maybe, a half dozen opium dens.
I've never smoked raw opium. Not really worth exporting when you can refine it to heroin. Heroin however, knocks you on your ass in pretty much the manner described. Low doses can be harder to detect with an experienced addict, but larger doses lay you out. Cocaine, however, especially intravenously, is an intense experience. Holmes seems to keep his composure pretty well. And indeed, it's so dizzying, that I never really wanted to do anything but sit still and, well, keep shooting more cocaine until it's all gone. If you can rest afterwards, the craving dissapears, until you try it again. Very, psychological, as opposed to physical- as opiates are.
+Rene Mahound *was a real toker back in the day I started this account. Then I had an emotional epiphany: I just didn't need it.. ..nor did I desire to blow away my present+future in a cloud of weed.
Brett's portrayal is excellent, he commands the role.
I was and still am highly addicted to this series. Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwick were superb as Holmes and Watson. I love this version of Sherlock Holmes. Thank for sharing.
Yes he did, Bell had written for The Strand Magazine reflecting on Doyle's days as a medical student
"You asked me about the kind of teaching to which Mr. Conan Doyle has so kindly referred, when speaking of ...
Sherlock Holmes. Dr Conan Doyle has by his imaginative genius, made a great deal out of very little, and his warm remembrance of one of his old teachers has colored the picture."
'The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Leslie Klinger'
A modest man certainly.
Doyle would be proud. Plenty of good tandems played the role. All adding there own touch. Sherlock Holmes will never get old in any decade. People still want to see what he's going to do next.
Watson's such a nice guy.
Jeremy Berry, like Connery, one of the best ever! A true gentlemens gentlemen. For yours is the kingdom of Heaven, Sir........
Toupee. When Edward Hardwick took the role, he wanted to resemble his predecessor, David Burke, as much as possible. He even wore lifts in his shoes for a while.
Of all the story adaptations Granada so wonderfully created, THIS one in my opinion is in the top of the heap. The original tale was one of Doyle's more creative and imaginative and it seems the producers must have felt that intrigue as well.
As someone else said, Sherlock Holmes does a great job in playing Jeremy Brett.
Perfect
Edward Hardwicke - 7 August, 1932 - 16 May, 2011. You will be missed by all who loved this series.
C. Middleton omg,he wasnt that old then,so sad to know.
What happen with the first Watson?
C. Middleton what happen with the first Watson?
David Burke left the show to join the Royal Shakespeare company
"Oh, Mr. Holmes disappears without a trace at regular intervals."
mcburcke That's because he's Batman...
I was just about to say that very thing. They should show this to high schools.
Mrs Simpson is such a good soul.
Sorry to say, Granada Productions never did Study In Scarlet. I was looking for it too but apparently they never produced it. Sad...I was hoping that's the first thing they would do since it was when Watson first met Holmes :)
Brett - untouchable in the 80s!
+Tsnore Still relevant. More popular because of BBC wonderful BC portrayal of the modern version.
Watson's own case: Find and return Isa Whitney home. Brought to a successful completion. Not assisted by Holmes in any way. :)
Ahhh the opium den where dreams are crushed and spirits of man are broken a place many have entered and so very few have left addiction truly is the scourge of man.....
Wow they really conveyed the vileness of it all very well :-x o_o
@Evilmike42 @Evilmike42 I agree. There's a reason that movies, television shows and actors such as, Brett, Burke and Hardwicke are given such labels as "timeless and Classics" rarely do performances encompass everything envisioned by the author, these do. You can watch those actors 27 years later; and still find something you did not see before. The "Reboots" (I liked that) are pale imitations in comparison.
@jimmbo13 Agreed; there is something about Burke that makes him stand more equally with Holmes than Hardwicke. Though Hardwicke is still an excellent Watson in his own way.
i agree....jeremy and edward the best pair
RIP Jeremy Brett
Good Series
Just the BEST!! RIP !
The ambient noise reveals an opium addicted owl.
Jeremy Brett was a sexy man. Of that there can be no doubt.
Yes, it is a tragedy... still I think he got to most of the great Holmes adventures... the Hound... Thor Bridge adn Abbey Grange... Cardboard Box and Solitary Cyclist (I've always had a particular fondness for that one- the first Holmes story I ever read) and a host more...
He is the BEST HOLMES...
And I think Hardwicke is really in the running for best Watson, Burke was good but Hardwicke seems such a better fit...
And even late ones like "Dying Detective" aare gold.
To Brett!
If you pay attention to Mrs Hudson's ways and wisdom. She hasn't many lines to speak but they are worth taking the time to hear.
Nice to see King's Lynn has not changed at all!
thanks for letting me know
I translated the book to Kurdish language in 2011.I think this series is very interesting and I enjoyed it.And I am afraid if someone imitates the idea...
i want watson, (edward hardwicke) to be my dad or grandad :)
he's so calm and pleasant
@Imverycute2 Truth be told, I honestly can't remember. It was years ago. But I'll see if I can find the books and get back to you.
@Evilmike42 Doyle would IMO more likely have been have been mystified by the film and Holmes being turned into a lowlife Indiana Jones, although it's not like Doyle was completely opposed to revisionist interpretations of his character, as when William Gillette (the first actor who portrayed Holmes on stage in a play in 1899) asked Doyle
"May I marry Holmes?" (Holmes got a wife in that particular play)
Doyle's response
"You may marry him, murder him, do whatever you like with him"
does anybody have study in scarlett with jeremey brett playing sherlock holms because i can't find it anywhere thanks.
Upper Swanden Lane should have an alternate name: "Tortuga." :D
Watson has this first mission all for himself XD He looks much better with more hair on his head...or is that a wig?
And lol at Mrs Whitney and Hudson's comment. It's true that most men will forever be like boys...but I like them that way (depending on the situation)
HE HE, this is the same stuff they use in hospitals for post-op pain relief today. But they call it morphine now.
One of the more predictible Holmes mysteries. Well not so much in live action but still.
@prolifeprincess i'm a hardwicke lover, but i can understand seeing that burke was the original
Well, pretty soon you wouldn't be able to do a hard day's work if you did that.
I used to agree...but I find Burke more forceful and magnetic as Watson
DID WATSON JUST SAY "WOOF" AT 7:20? LOL
7:43 best momentto.
i miss Burke.... :(
6:25 HAH, NEVER.
@Tpuppets That's... nice? It killed a broad range of classes and ethnicities as well. The same could perhaps be said about war.
@MrHoppers002 I'm not 100% opposed to revisionist interpretations of Sherlock Holmes. As far as a really imaginative revisionist take on Holmes I'll take Nicholas Meyer's 'The Seven Percent Solution' or even the BBC Benedict Cumberbatch/Martin Freeman series 'Sherlock', but IMHO the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes movies take a "throw the baby out with the bathwater" approach that does nothing for me.
By the way ((( Funny wanting to tell a group of strangers ))). Anyway, I had a friendship like Holmes and Watson. . My lifelong friend died last June 30th, 2022. I will always miss him. . . Of course I love my wife ,but this was different . . Definitely something missing in my heart …
阿片窟の俳優達の熱演が怖いほど見事です。
No kidding.
I think I would have liked 19th century London. I can see myself popping in to the Opium Den after a hard day's work!
Bring along a few SJW's to close them down!
My youtube is working again !!!
Probably had something to do with the fact both actors were too old to play 20 something year old characters ;) or um soemthing
You should read the original stories then, if you haven't yet.
@MrHoppers002 Not a whole lot of needless action, YES ABSOLUTE! They ain't bloody hooligans for deity's sake, Holmes and Watson are gentlemen who would avoid violence if possible, not go around shooting and hurting people (however antagonistic they may be) without second thoughts! The new film digustingly does Sherlock Holmes absolutely no justice at all. It may be a good movie, but it might as well be named "Robert Downey Jr. and the Alternative Start to World War I".
@MrHoppers002 You'll get no argument from me on that point, I really can't stand Robert Downey Jr's 'Hobo Holmes'.
Stupid auto correct.... I meant Brett
@Imverycute2 A bit of research into the prevailing attitudes of Victorian times. Most English would not have smoked opium because it was associated with the alien culture of the Chinese, and laudanum was the primary ingrediant in patent medicines of the time. Also, the depiction of the East End's Limehouse district as being teeming with morally bankrupt Chinese immigrants is poppycock because Limehouse never had more than a few hundred Chinese and, maybe, a half dozen opium dens.
I've never smoked raw opium. Not really worth exporting when you can refine it to heroin. Heroin however, knocks you on your ass in pretty much the manner described. Low doses can be harder to detect with an experienced addict, but larger doses lay you out. Cocaine, however, especially intravenously, is an intense experience. Holmes seems to keep his composure pretty well. And indeed, it's so dizzying, that I never really wanted to do anything but sit still and, well, keep shooting more cocaine until it's all gone. If you can rest afterwards, the craving dissapears, until you try it again. Very, psychological, as opposed to physical- as opiates are.
+Rene Mahound *was a real toker back in the day I started this account.
Then I had an emotional epiphany: I just didn't need it.. ..nor did I desire to blow away my present+future in a cloud of weed.
Kitna bolle
www.victorianweb.org/economics/wages2.html
See how much 700 lbs per year was worth then.
1lb then was worth ~$4.40 then, in 2018 ~$63.00 USA.