slow start...
...but it really picks up. Pretty good stuff. Anyone else watching this at the moment?
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Did Sherlock Holmes cause Arthur Conan Doyle to have a nervous breakdown?
Hmm, good question. I know that the character became the bain of his existence, but I am certain these things are way over dramamtized for the sake of the TV audience. I still appreciated the twist though.
Did you ever get to see Murder Rooms? That was a great spin off series, and of course I love the whole Jeremy Brett thing that is repeated from time to time on BBC 4 or something.
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I found the photography, pacing and editing awful, totally unsuitable for a 'historical drama'. A big mistake often made in film/TV today. Typical modern television.
shareI thought it was haunting. It made me realize what a magnificent actor Douglas Henshall is. I also LOVED Tim McInnerny as Selden. In fact I loved this movie so much that I sprung for the BBC set even though it has yet to be released on region DVD.
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I thought it was haunting. It made me realize what a magnificent actor Douglas Henshall is. I also LOVED Tim McInnerny as Selden. In fact I loved this movie so much that I sprung for the BBC set even though it has yet to be released on region DVD.
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"That was a great spin off series, and of course I love the whole Jeremy Brett thing that is repeated from time to time on BBC 4 or something."
It is usually on ITV3 as it was an ITV show made by Granda... sort of a pet peeve that everyone credits the BBC for it. You can tell by its budget (as 80s BBC dramas are generally a lot cheaper looking) and arguably quality (the BBC have not been as good at making crime and investigation shows since the 60s).
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I've got to say - you normally have to go with the BBC for real quality drama, but it's easy to forget that ITV can occasionally pull something truly great out of the hat once in a while. Are the David Suchet Poirot's worth watching?
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'Poirot' with David Suchet is definitely worth watching. The newer episodes/TV films are a bit glittery and glamorous, but the series (especially the early episodes) is great and very true to the sources, usually, much as Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes was.
'Morse', 'Sharpe', 'Hornblower', 'The Caesars', 'Callan', 'The Jewel in the Crown', 'Cadfael', 'The Sweeney', 'Rumpole of the Bailey', 'The Beiderbecke Affair', 'Miss Marple' (with Joan Hickson) etc. are all well-regarded series by ITV and I think they are all on par with anything the BBC has made (though ITV tend to have higher production values).
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That's a good list, thanks for sharing it. I think there may be some cross over though. Miss Marple was BBC for sure - maybe they are repeating them on other channels now? Just as Brett is now my only Holmes, Hickson is the only Miss Marple I can imagine now.
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You are right. That was my mistake. It through me off because 'Miss Marple' is not the usual BBC fare. 'Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime' was of course ITV's other Christie adaptation in the 80s.
Jeremy Brett is certainly the best Holmes in my view. I think the second would be Peter Cushing who starred in a 60s Holmes series by the BBC and also the 50s film adaptation of 'The Hound of The Baskervilles' by Hammer.
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