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 Sherlock Holmes - The Adventures / The Return (DVD)
Description: Genre: Crime & Thriller / Actors: Jeremy Brett, David Burke ... / DVD released 21 February, 2005 at ITV DVD / Features ... more  Sherlock Holmes - The Adventures / The Return (DVD) ... of the DVD: Box set, PALNewest Review: ... not going to list the episodes or give plot descriptions; I'd be here all night. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes has 13 ... more ... episodes in total. The Return of Sherlock Holmes has a further 11 (anyone with a passing knowledge of the stories will know what he's returning from). They're usually very faithful adaptations, although some have happier endings than the originals, and Watson isn't married. Episodes begin with a client visiting Holmes. Holmes deduces things about them ('I perceive, madam, that you trained as a scullery maid, spent some time in India, and have recently had a liaison with a chimney sweep...' etc). They then tel...more |
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Sherlock Holmes - The Adventures / The Return (DVD): Elementary (1144 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 15.03.08 (Very useful, 81 readings)
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The 80s were a great time for heritage detective series on TV, what with all those Agatha Christies. Costume drama was big in general, and Granada had won huge acclaim for Brideshead Revisited. Their Sherlock Holmes adaptations, which started in 1984 and ran until 1994, when the star sadly died, are probably the best version of the stories ever made for TV. This DVD boxset contains the first four seasons. I expect everyone knows who Sherlock Holmes was. Created by Arthur Conan Doyle, the short stories were hugely popular with their late-Victorian readers, and popularised the detective in literature. Holmes, an eccentric genius, and his slightly dimmer pal Dr ...
