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A couple weeks ago, I caught up on some of the Granada series, which I like to watch periodically - My top 5 episodes would beThe Blue Carbuncle
The Copper Beeches
The Red-Headed League
A Scandal in Bohemia
The Final Problem
All in the first season, probably because I liked David Burke as Watson. Of the later ones, honorable mention would probably go to The Cardboard Box which was really well done.
The Blue Carbuncle is my absolute favorite adaptation of a Holmes story.
Granada's "Blue Carbuncle" episode is also my favorite.Because I thought David Burke was the best Watson ever, most of my favorite episodes of the series were in that first season. Second to "Blue Carbuncle", I would put "The Speckled Band," "The Naval Treaty," "The Copper Beeches, "The Solitary Cyclist", "The Norwood Builder," "A Scandal in Bohemia." Of the later seasons, I thought "The Man With the Twisted Lip" and "The Cardboard Box" were very good.
What is this Granada, I have never heard of it. Another adaptation of Sherlock Holmes?
John wrote: "What is this Granada, I have never heard of it. Another adaptation of Sherlock Holmes?"Granada Television from the Uk produced a lot of television shows, the most famous one is the Sherlock Holmes series that ran from around 1985 to 1994. It starred Jeremy Brett as Holmes and David Burke - for the first season - and then Edward Harwicke as Watson. Jeremy Brett began to have serious health problems toward the end of the run but he is still considered by many to be the best on screen Holmes. You can watch episodes online.
i have all the episodes terrific series!
Been watching a lot of the series again. Another honorable mention should go to The Musgrave Ritual. Of course, this was one of the adventures Holmes had as a very young man, way before he and Watson met, but they did a good job of making it a later episode with Hardwicke as Watson.
Saince I have been going back and rereading some of the stories, I find a few glitches - the timeline in Gloria Scott as it refers to Trevor's father doesn't fit together. Also, when Holmes tells Watson about The Gloria Scott case (the one that suggested he might make a profession out of his talent) he refers to Trevor being his only friend in the "two years" he was at college.When he tells Watson about the Musgrave Ritual, he says Musgrave was in "the same college as myself" but then talks about university fellows sending him his first cases as if Musgrave were one of them.
So - Were Trevor, Musgrave and Holmes in the same college - a school within a university - at the same time.
Or - were Holmes and Trevor in a "college" that was sometimes the term used for a pre university school, and it wasn't supposed to mean they were university age?
I think it's the latter. Though that would have Holmes being around 16, 17 and he mentions leaving the Trevors and going back to London which is a little puzzling.
Barbara wrote: "Saince I have been going back and rereading some of the stories, I find a few glitches - the timeline in Gloria Scott as it refers to Trevor's father doesn't fit together. Also, when Holmes tells W..."You will find (in time) that A C Doyle made quite a few bloopers by loosing track of facts, time lines, etc in the Holmes canon. I don't think he would have thought about a SH canon to follow when he was writing them, especially as Holmes was not his favourite creation. As with all people we love (fictional or not) we make allowances for such things, just because we love them.
The Final Problem
I have to give this one to the Granada Series. Seeing Watson there in tears could not have been more heartbreaking
The Empty House
Gotta give this one to the novel, even though Granada showed much more emotion
The Priory School
I like the novel of this much better than the series.
The Second Stain
I am glad Granada omitted that tacky scene with Lady Hilda
The Musgrave Ritual
I really liked this one
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