EP29 - The Sign Of Four - The Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast

[@julieyoung3315]

Too bad I just found your podcast. I consider myself to be infatuated with Mr. Sherlock Holmes. I have read everything I can on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Sherlock Holmes. This is Fascinating.

[@sherlockpodcast]

Thanks, Julie. Glad you found us. If you are still catching up, you might check our social media for news of our upcoming event, BrettCon - happening in May 2024 in the UK.

[@anderspearz8282]

After bingeing the entire run over the last month or so I've been patiently n keenly waiting for this. Nice one.

[@GlasgowCelticFootballClub]

Me too. My favourite podcast. Enjoy, Anders!

[@sherlockpodcast]

Thank you, Anders! Hopefully it lived up to your expectation!

[@barbaradragoo3091]

Thanks! Lv SH.

[@CarolHe-j2j]

Love Jenny Seagrove as Mary Mordtan. Nonetheless, it rings true the great friendship between Shelock Holmes and Dr John Whatson.

[@quintillabatts9472]

Lové sherlock holmes no one can do it like Jeremy Brett.

[@tomr4604]

It's a special day when a new SH podcast comes out. Always enjoyable!

[@sherlockpodcast]

Thanks for listening, Tom!

[@rochelle2758]

Seconded! It’s like the best birthday present ever when a new episode shows up in my queue!

[@annas.770]

Ah at last! I have to admit to experiencing some Holmesian jonesing waiting for this next episode. Excellent and addictive as always, thank you very much for making these!I appreciate the efforts you put into them, it's an apt reflection of the quality and attention to detail in the original series. Cheers from Canada!

[@sherlockpodcast]

Thank you, Anna! We appreciate it. Glad we found people to listen!

[@RohitKumar-we4rc]

Being indian, i cud relate to this episode alot... Quoted like 'Sikhs are not the man to be triffled with' 'You want to be rich, thats why u came to this country' Love this episode.

[@F_ckAllTrumpVoters]

Kipling's poem "A Fool Lies Here..." was first introduced to me when the West invaded Iraq in 2003. Old game, same outcome.

[@lizc6393]

Man, I have wild respect for Sikhs. Every single one I've met truly lives their faith.

[@Jon_Doh]

Another GEM to be enjoyed. Thank You, Thank You soooo much.

[@sherlockpodcast]

Thanks for listening, Fred!

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

Alf Joint doubled Richard Burton in Where Eagles Dare, and was the guy who 007 electrocuted in the bathtub in Goldfinger.

[@chelseamoss3379]

Ronald Lacey is the finest actor ❤

[@dantheman5745]

1:46:39 Agree completely, Gus. That "The Sign of Four" card always felt like a swing-and-a-miss to me. One of the things I always loved about British productions is that they didn't seem to feel the need to spell things out for the audience in painfully obvious ways, as seems to be the case with many American productions. (as if they know their audience doesn't have the I.Q. of a turnip) It felt like they dumbed it down with the card and missed a huge chance to add a layer of mystery and intrigue. If the card simply had the Sikh symbol on it, then the title "The Sign of Four" works wonderfully. But with "The Sign of Four" plus the symbol on the card, then the title needed to be "The Card that says, 'The Sign of Four' with a Sikh symbol for 'four' on it".

[@vgfalcao85]

You mention that Lippincott's commissioned "The Sign of The Four" at the same dinner where they commissioned Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray". I enjoyed the 1976 production of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" starring Jeremy Brett as Basil Hallward.

[@lizc6393]

The Masterpiece Theatre theme makes my incredibly sad, shriveled heart jump like a madman.

[@lizc6393]

Thanks for liking my comment, I freakin' love the channel, so glad I found you.

[@sherlockpodcast]

@@lizc6393 Thanks for finding us! It's hard to do better than the Masterpiece Theatre music, and of course the Patrick Gowers score to the Sherlock Holmes series.

[@yarazooom]

Oscar Wilde said ''too bad the Hun prefers fighting to fun'' very appropriate for 2022.

[@tdirtyatl]

That was Noel Coward.

[@jasonpeters9390]

This is my favourite one if you can have a favourite out off these.Been waiting for you to do this so I can learn something about the History off the program and the police in it and you don't disapoint now the next time I watch it I can see it from a different angle.By the way have you tried watching it with the colour turned down so it's black and white

[@sherlockpodcast]

Haven't tried it in black and white, but sounds like it just might work! Thanks for listening.

[@jasonpeters9390]

No Thank you for all you are doing

[@molocious]

The white dust? Obviously, violin rrrosin! Ha!

[@sherlockpodcast]

Drat! You're so right. But it is a LOT of it!

[@JustinPast]

I liked the new musical selections in this episode. Of course, Grower’s scores are always nice to hear in the background but the new direction was a refreshing change. What was the inspiration?

[@sherlockpodcast]

We're working on a special episode dedicated to the music. Stay tuned!

[@Ryan_Hansen]

i was looking forward to this one

[@sherlockpodcast]

Did we point out anything new this time around?

[@Ryan_Hansen]

@@sherlockpodcast let me have a think on it! I don’t think so! But on a different note, Jenny seagrove was a in an inspector Lewis episode (spin off series of inspector Morse)

[@dantheman5745]

From time to time, we see a cart or other vehicle with "W. Massey" on it. Is this a nod to an actual company/business from the time? Or is it possibly somehow a wink to Jeremy's ex-wife, Anna Massey or her family?

[@iris7911]

...Mahometan is not "dismissive", it's simply the equivalent term of "Christian"...! Mahometan meaning follower of the Prophet Mahomet and Christian meaning follower of Christ... maybe our "modern" culture thinks to be better and less "judgemental" but is profoundly ignorant after all... and as judgemental as others after all, if not more...just saying...

[@johnmangham2802]

Totally agree with the scores. I would give it a seven. Too slow. I remember watching the clock and waiting for it to end. Also didn’t think John Thaw was well cast at all. Disappointing.

[@arabellacox]

You don't alf talk a lot! Gave up!