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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Binding: DVD EAN: 5037115073938 Format: Box set, PAL Label: ITV DVD Languages: Manufacturer: ITV DVD Number Of Items: 7 Publisher: ITV DVD Region Code: 2 Release Date: February 21, 2005 Running Time: 932 minutes Studio: ITV DVD Related Items:
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 Rating: - A Weaker, But No Less Impressive CollectionAs time went on with Granada's productions of Sherlock Holmes, two things happened. First of all was that as the original creative team left for pastures new, the scripts were subject to more and more padding out, sometimes out of neccessity (The Dying Detective being a prime example), sometimes to create a different feel, with mixed success. The Casebook is mainly loyal to the canon in it's dramatisations, but The Memoirs does feature an awful lot of window dressing (The Three Gables being a case in point). The second was Jeremy Brett. The further you get into these collections you can see just how unwell he was becoming. Indeed he died not long after the completion of the series, and was so unwell during the filming, Charles Gray as Holmes's brother Mycroft was forced to take on the sleuthing in The Mazarin Stone. The performance is no less fine, however, and we do see an aging detective struggling to deal with his darker demons, yet posessing no less of the faculties which make him the finest sleuth of all time, and no less of the qualities in Brett which made his performance definitive. Still wonderfully produced and acted all round, but less faithfull to the original stories.  Try searching the Internet for "Sherlock Holmes - The Case Book / The Memoirs" or Ebay for "Sherlock Holmes - The Case Book / The Memoirs". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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