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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

★ 8.6 9K votes 1994–1994 1 seasons · 6 episodes Ended ITV1
Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 10/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 9/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10Genius leadExceptional intellect as the protagonist's engine.This show: 8/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jeremy BrettRosalie WilliamsEdward HardwickeCharles GrayTom ChadbonCiarán Hinds
Starring
Jeremy BrettRosalie WilliamsEdward HardwickeCharles GrayTom ChadbonCiarán Hinds
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About

"A legendary Holmes, weathered but still brilliant"

This is the penultimate run of the acclaimed British Granada adaptations, with Jeremy Brett once again playing Sherlock Holmes alongside Edward Hardwicke's Dr. Watson as they investigate a handful of classic Conan Doyle cases. The mysteries are handsomely produced, Victorian London feels lived-in rather than staged, and the pacing is deliberate, favoring atmosphere and deduction over action. What carries it is Brett's performance, twitchy, theatrical, and magnetic even as illness visibly slowed him by this point. It's a quieter, more melancholy entry in the series but still rewarding for fans of careful, character-driven detective drama.</summary>

Watch it for

Jeremy Brett's singular, twitchy brilliance as Holmes, even in his more fragile later performances.

Maybe skip if

you want fast-paced modern mystery pacing rather than measured Victorian atmosphere.

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Miniseries1994
7.55K65h 6m
In this thrilling final series starring Jeremy Brett as the famous 'consulting detective' Sherlock Holmes, six of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories are adapted: The Three Gables, The Dying Detective, The Golden Pince-Nez, The Red Circle, The Mazarin Stone, and The Cardboard Box.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1The Three Gables7.1
88051 min
2The Dying Detective8.2
95051 min
3The Golden Pince-Nez7.4
82951 min
4The Red Circle7.4
80151 min
5The Mazarin Stone7.2
82851 min
6The Cardboard Box7.8
82651 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes
Rosalie Williams Mrs Hudson
Edward Hardwicke Doctor Watson, Dr Watson
Charles Gray Mycroft Holmes
Tom Chadbon Inspector Hawkins
Ciarán Hinds Jim Browner
Jonathan Hyde Culverton Smith
Claudine Auger Isadora Klein
Frank Finlay Professor Coram, Sergius
Betty Marsden Mrs Warren

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