| Description |
12 videodiscs (approximately 43 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. |
| Cast |
Jeremy Brett. |
| Note |
Based on the novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. |
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Originally broadcast on television in the 1980s. |
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Contains all 41 episodes of the television series. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Sherlock Holmes is known as the greatest detective who never lived. All the classic tales are here, as the great detective and his faithful companion, Dr. Watson, tangle with the terrifying hound of the Baskervilles, the beautiful adventuress Irene Adler, and the dastardly villains Colonel Sebastian Moran, Charles Augustus Milverton, and the Napoleon of crime himself, Professor James Moriarty. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: A scandal in Bohemia ; The dancing men ; The naval treaty ; The solitary cyclist -- Disc 2: The crooked man ; The speckled band ; The blue carbuncle ; The copper beeches -- Disc 3: The Greek interpreter ; The Norwood builder ; The resident patient ; The Red-Headed League -- Disc 4: The final problem ; The empty house ; The abbey grange ; The Musgrave ritual -- Disc 5: The second stain ; The man with the twisted lip ; The priory school ; The six Napoleons -- Disc 6: The devil's foot ; Silver blaze ; Wisteria Lodge ; The Bruce-Partington plans -- Disc 7: The disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax ; The sign of four -- Disc 8: The hound of the Baskervilles ; The problem of Thor Bridge ; The Boscombe Valley mystery -- Disc 9: The illustrious client ; Shoscombe old place ; The master blackmailer -- Disc 10: The last vampyre ; The eligible bachelor -- Disc 11: The three gables ; The creeping man ; The dying detective ; The golden pince-nez -- Disc 12: The red circle ; The Mazarin stone ; The cardboard box ; Special features. |
| Note |
Special features: Sherlock Holmes series promo; Commentary with director John Madden ("The disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax"); Commentary with director John Madden ("The priory school"); Commentary with screenwriter Jeremy Paul ("The red circle"); "Daytime live" (with Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke); "Elementary my dear Watson" : an interview with Edward Hardwicke; An interview with Adrian Conan Doyle; "Sherlock Museum" short. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Holmes, Sherlock -- Drama.
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Private investigators -- England -- Drama.
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Criminal investigation -- England -- Drama.
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England -- Drama.
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Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Foreign television programs -- England.
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| Added Author |
Brett, Jeremy, 1933-1995.
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Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
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Granada Media (Firm)
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Granada Television.
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MPI Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0788607871 |
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9780788607875 |
| Standard No. |
030306780092 |
| Music No. |
7800 MPI Home Video |
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