Brett set his heart on becoming “the best Sherlock Holmes the world has ever seen” and to our mind, he managed it.
The definitive embodiment of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective was Jeremy Brett’s portrayal in the lovingly produced Granada series. Brett set his heart on becoming “the best Sherlock Holmes the world has ever seen” and to our mind, he managed it. His Holmes was eccentric and electrifying, gleefully applying his genius to dark deeds in late Victorian London. There have been flashier updates since – the BBC’s Sherlock and CBS reboot Elementary are both brilliant in their own ways – but for full authenticity and sheer Sherlockness, you can’t beat Brett.