Sherlock Holmes (TV series): Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know."''|'''Sherlock Holmes, The Blue Carbuncle'''}}

 

''The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'' was the final series, airing in 1994. At this point in time, Brett's 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).

 

* First series (1984)

** A Scandal in Bohemia

** The Red Headed League

** The Final Problem

* First series (1986)

** The Empty House

** The Bruce-Partington Plans

* The Hound of the Baskervilles (feature length adaptation, 1988)

* The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

* The Problem of Thor Bridge

* The Illustrious Client

* The Creeping Man

* The Master Blackmailer (1992)

* The Last Vampyre (1993)

* The Eligible Bachelor (1993)

* The Three Gables

* The Dying Detective

* The Cardboard Box

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* [[Absentee Actor]]: Edward Hardwicke was off filming ''[[Shadowlands]]'' when "The Golden Pince-Nez" was in production, so Mycroft replaces Watson. An even more extreme example was Brett's illness preventing from appearing in more than three minutes of "The Mazarin Stone" - again, Charles Grey stepped in as Mycroft.

* [[Action Prologue]]: The opening of "The Final Problem". Holmes dodges carriages, masonry, and ruffians, all bent on killing him. Eesh.

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