Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3723 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-02-21
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 16
• Running time: 999 minutes

DVD Description

The Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Collection DVD box set features all forty-one episodes (36 X 60 minutes and 5 X 120 minutes) taken from "The Adventures", "The Return", "The Casebook" and "The Memoirs" series.

Synopsis

Based on the crime novels and short stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this acclaimed series recreates the classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries of murder and theft in Victorian times. Jeremy Brett stars in the lead role of Detective Sherlock Holmes, with David Burke playing the role of his assistant, Doctor John Watson, in Series One. In the second series, Burke is replaced by Edward Hardwicke.

Customer Reviews

A Fitting Tribute To Jeremy Brett
What can i say about this fabulous box set. This is a must have for any fan of Sherlock Holmes. This is a masterpeice TV Series. Superbly acted by all, David Burke and Edward Hardwicke are wonderful. (I wanna hug them both!!) Jeremy Brett is simply just outstanding. He IS Sherlock Holmes. he will take you into the very mind of the character. His acting is a masterclass performance. He really should have won a BAFTA for his role. It is a bittersweet thing to watch though to see the decline in his health on screen, but dont let that put you off, he is simply spellbinding. A well presented DVD boxset that is a fitting tribute to one of Britain's much loved actors and sadly missed today. Gone, but NEVER forgotten. If you want to buy a new DVD, buy this boxset. You wont be disappointed!!! .

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Only the manufacturing lets it down
Jeremy Brett lived Sherlock Holmes for the decade spanned by the making of these television adaptations of Conan Doyle's master detective. His energetic and eccentric characterisation is completely captivating. Even when he looks most ill, towards the end, any time Brett/Holmes is absent from the action the story-telling seems to lose some intensity and purpose. Edward Hardwicke is surely also the best Watson put to the screen - the sometimes puzzled and exasperated, but always faithful companion to Holmes and proxy for us, the audience. Patrick Gowers' music is also another particular strength. The production values are generally very high and the ensemble casts excellent, with only one or two exceptions. The early episodes are very faithful to the Conan Doyle stories, and although this does no harm, of course, they sometimes can seem a bit pedestrian - as though the production team had not yet fully come to believe in the potential of the thing. The middle episodes are very fine, look more opulant and are more thoughtfully realised. The latter episodes, including some much longer treatments of certain stories are variable - if anything, the directing goes for too many effects in order to tease out the material. But Brett is consistently and completely true to his part - and the artistic legacy left by him in this series is a television landmark. As to the manufacturing... three of the discs in my set were damaged, and the catch used to hold the discs is so stiff you run the risk of more damage taking them off each time.