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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective who stars in 4 novels and 56 short stories written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle from 1887 to 1927.
Though not the first fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes is arguably the best known. By the 1990s, there were already over 25,000 stage adaptations, films, television productions and publications featuring the detective, and Guinness World Records lists him as the most portrayed human literary character in film and television history.
The big 2 English-language Sherlock Holmes TV series are Sherlock Holmes, made by Granada from 1984 to 1994:
and Sherlock (BBC1, 2010-2017)
which was set in the present day.
There was also a very good adaptation made in the USSR from 1979 - 1986 for any Russian speakers.
Sherlock Holmes is one of my favourite franchises and I have been a fan since my youth. I have read some of the books, listened to some of the audiobooks and seen some of the TV serieses and films. Granada 1984-1994 is the best screen portrayal imo.
There was an American series called Elementary, which ran from 2012-2019, was set in contemporary New York City and featured Lucy Liu as Dr. Watson. I would stay away from that one. There have also been 2 recent films, Sherlock Holmes (2009) and its sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) which I didn't like but were fairly successful. They are not based directly on Doyle's books and the material has been debased for Hollywood.
Any other Sherlock Holmes fans here? I am going to see a Sherlock Holmes play this summer.