hese Granada Productions were very faithful to the stories. For decades since the beginning of film Holmes fans were waiting for these superlative expositions. Jeremy Brett was everything needed and more. The production values, the sets and the other actors Burke, Hardwicke et al brought the stories to life perfectly. The beauty of all this is that now any director or actors hired to have a go at the Holmes stories do not have to compete as it has already been done. So now they are free to experiment. The Benedict Cumberbatch/Martin Freeman productions were great. I hope they do more. Long live our appreciation and enjoyment of Jeremy Brett, we were lucky to have shared time on this planet with such a great actor.
What a store of entertainment. I can watch this again on itv every episode. We used to record this stuff on great big VHS cassettes. Time changes but the quality of what they made at Grenada endures …
Being an American who's 67 and grew up watching terrible TV productions. I must say british TV, specifically Sherlock Holmes and Poirot productions, are far superior to anything I watched growing up. Also, Dr. Who shows the British take their TV shows far more seriously and produce the best TV shows ever. Thank you so much for showing the world what real TV should look like.
Jeremy is the real Sherlock Holmes, no one could ever come so closer and I daresay no one would ever come again. I would missed those 16 stories Granada production left unadapted, hope someday Jeremy will come back in another life ,happier ,healthier and handsome as he ever was and will the pending job.
What is it that makes Richard Maddeley such an irritating and insufferable interviewer? By contrast, Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke are charming interviewees.
it's nice to hear and see Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke..... and well i'll just say this plain, there is NO ACTOR who can play Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson like Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke, at least in my mind........
Jeremy Brett truly is modest when he says that he can never quite grasp how to play Holmes. He was wholly incorrect about that. He WAS Sherlock. What a phenomenal actor!
The interviewer says “in 30 years” people will still be watching and loving them and they were absolutely right! I’m writing this in 2023, about 30 years after this interview and I have just been watching the entire series start to finish! They hold up marvelously well! What an incredible actor Jeremy Brett was! 🎩
Agreed. I just watched the whole series and I'm going to watch it again with my daughter. There can be no better Sherlock Holmes than Jeremy Brett's and Watson is also superb.
Starting with his statement that he played Holmes just this side of evil. Ummm... No. The one thing he did do is try to explore any mental health issues Holmes may have had as he had his own personal battles with MH. He will always be THE Holmes and was obviously influenced by the books. I was very against Benedict Cumberbatch, at first especially as he goes by Sherlock - Holmes hated his first name - but he grew on me. Like Jeremy Brett, he's an extraordinary actor but I could see a lot of Brett in his Holmes. Then, I read an interview where he confirmed that fact and praised Brett. One thing I always noticed, probably because I love them too, is Brett could never keep his hands off any horse close to him. That endeared him even more to me.
Jeremy Brett was such brilliance because Jeremy's personality resembled Holmes to near perfection. It was as Jeremy has stepped out of the Holmes book.
The saddest of all is that Jeremy Brett an extremely classy and talented man was never given any awards for his role and talent, many believe this was due to his sexuality during those days in the UK. RIP
I have happened upon this series rather late though I probably had watched a few episodes on the local PBS station. Now though I can appreciate the dynamic of the characters and the subtly of the performances. It's nice seeing Jeremy Brett smile in the interview as Sherlock Holmes rarely does and when he does its without warmth, unless its directed toward Watson, Mrs. Hudson or someone else that he respects and cares for.
I'm find it very interesting to see Jeremy Brett in his natural state I keep thinking of his character of Sherlock Holmes and then comparing it to his true self, he is a very brilliant actor and certainly had me Charmed and engaged as a member of his audience. I hope and pray that his soul is resting with the Lord Jesus Christ.
