Stephen Fry talks Sherlock and Jeremy Brett

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In this very special, supplemental episode, Gus and Luke sit down with Stephen Fry to discuss his early, Sherlockian experiences, his love for the canon and the Granada series, his encounters with Mr. Jeremy Brett, and more.

[@magistrumartium]

Once you've seen Jeremy Brett in the role, no one else will do.

[@didinx8417]

I have a great fondness for Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu in 'Elementary' because that show 'got' the core of the SH stories in a way the BBC show 'Sherlock' failed to grasp......but no one can get anywhere near Jeremy Brett....he was just so spot on.....Part hawk, part cat, all sleuth-hound.....

[@jodyhunter9044]

Agreed!!!

[@jodyhunter9044]

Jeremy Brett..... No one else will do!!! How I loved that man 's Portrayal of any...ANY character he decided to portray..... Especially Sherlock Holmes!!!

[@christaylor2959]

I see your Jeremy Brett and raise you a Basil Rathbone.

[@realhorrorshow8547]

You are right. Brett had the chance to to do all of the stories, for which I'm grateful, because he was THE Holmes. Overdubbed or not he is also a highlight of My Fair Lady. No man ever looked better in top hat and tails

[@nikkil764]

Whoever cast Jeremy Brett, David Suchet, and Joan Hickson in their respective mysteries was genius. All three are the best ever in their portrayals.

[@epradeep]

True that. Grew up watching Jeremy and a huge fan.

[@Mathemagical55]

I've never found Suchet convincing as Poirot.

[@hansmahr8627]

Wow, really? For me Suchet IS Poirot. Such a brilliant actor. I mean, he doesn't look like Poirot is described by Christie but that doesn't matter all that much. What I love about Suchet's performance is that he takes a character who's over the top, pompous and ridiculous (Christie herself famously hated Poirot) and turns him into a real human being, a complex and deep character. I think he really improved the character in every respect by humanizing him while also keeping all of the mannerisms and oddities. And of course Suchet really loved Poirot and you can see it in his performance. I find it difficult to accept other actors' portrayals of Poirot even though a lot of great actors have played him. More often than not they portray Poirot in a comical and ridiculous manner, they don't take the character seriously. Suchet did and it worked brilliantly.

[@susantunbridge4612]

@@hansmahr8627 So far, Suchet is the best. As one who reads all of A. Christie, more than once.

[@karlkarlos3545]

@@Mathemagical55 Nope, I never liked Suchet myself. It's not that he is too different from Agatha Christie's description of the Sleuth, he is almost a carbon copy. But that's the problem. It's just that he fails to give him a life by his own.

[@meowcula]

Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes to me. Unforgettable performances by a brilliant actor. May he rest in peace.

[@peterww3106]

Sadly I think Brett thought he WAS Holmes eventually

[@ltvanburen8555]

I loved David Burke’s Holmes, but, yes, Hardwicke was stupendous 💕

[@billpiechocki]

I love interviewers who can ask a question of their guests, and then shut up and let them answer.

[@epradeep]

Agree.

[@ginnylorenz5265]

Oh yes!! VERY appreciated. Such a pleasure.

[@mercedeslb237]

Moi aussi 😗

[@MrVvulf]

It should be easy. But nowadays it seems political agendas often crowd out polite discourse.

[@jwvandegronden]

Bill Piechocki ~ to be honest though, even the most self absorbed fail in their quest of self adoration once Fry starts telling stories.

[@neilclark2245]

Edward Hardwicke as Watson complemented Jeremy Brett perfectly. Watson was an Army doctor with many years field experience, he was no fool contrary to the way he was portrayed by some other actors.

[@owlofminerva2564]

Did you like David Burke who preceded Hardwicke in the series?

[@neilclark2245]

@@owlofminerva2564 he was OK but I thought Hardwicke was better

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

I like both actually. And I saw them in reverse order lol.

[@765kvline]

@@owlofminerva2564 I liked both. Each possessed sober and mature reflection upon all of Holmes' theories without giving up the conclusions of his investigations.

[@765kvline]

While I give cudos to the earlier Basil Rathbone, Brett is probably my distillation of all that Conan Doyle perceived in his characterization of Holmes. I might also add that Dr. Watson's character was most ably portrayed by both Burke and Hardwicke. Part of my problem with Nigel Bruce, aside from being a very fine actor, was his slightly curmudgeonly comical act which was a little excessive for a professionally educated man. Having read Doyle, Watson is much more refined. His personality is comical and played it over the top. Essentially, Bruce comes across as a slightly confused individual, as if a slightly tipsy elderly uncle were suffering from the early onset of senile dementia. If I was to select an absolute favorite professional Dr. Watson, it would be Hardwicke. He maintains the stout and ego confining sidekick but not too distant or too close as Holmes' friend.

[@driftwood1906]

Jeremy Brett's Holmes was the definitive version for me.

[@namelesszero508]

driftwood1906 did you watch the Soviet films about Sherlock?

[@Redrosewitch]

Oh yes. He really caught the character as you see him in the books.

[@metalmadsen]

Mine too.

[@Impudentape]

Good

[@shanedebarra4986]

Bought the box set of his series years ago and it's still a joy to watch 👍

[@seanlynch5687]

Massive fan of Jeremy Brett , the tonality and richness of his voice and the mannerisms make him the best Holmes ever.

[@whiskeyvictor5703]

For me, it is Basil Rathbone, but Mr. Brett is a close second.

[@JRRob3wn]

He perfectly captured the manic depressive side of Holmes, the nervous energy, the explosive energy followed by bouts of dark depression, irritation at people he found to be a bore, but always the gentleman with respectable people, the diction, the facial ticks, the intensity…he even looks like the original illustrations!

[@mattonbass]

It's as though Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories with the yet unborn Jeremy Brett in mind.

[@louise2091]

I have just discovered Jeremy Brett. So enjoyable to watch. He is everything I believe Sherlock Holmes to be. Thank you Stephen Fry for your insightful observations.

[@elizabethgavin1349]

So jealous you're just discovering this wonderful character... fantastic journey you are embarking on.

[@andrewtate4897]

I can listen the Stephen Fry talk forever! I was shocked to hear That Jeremy Brett was never recognised for the brilliant portrayal of Holmes for me he was the best.

[@Randy_Batswinger]

My cousin took me to see Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke live in "The Secret of Sherlock Holmes" in London. We went to the stage door after and asked if we could meet them. They both came to say hello and couldn't have been nicer. Real gentleman, especially after such an intense play.

[@JRRob3wn]

What an honor!

[@alidabaxter5849]

I saw that production too, but was too shy to wait and ask for autographs.

[@pamelacorbett8774]

The way Jeremy Brett uses his voice is remarkable. It is so obvious he was a Shakespearean actor. I wonder if he ever recorded any poetry.😊

[@ATB1028]

Check out Jeremy Brett. "Loved I am..." and other poetry kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqrbfWZ3ZryieZY

[@kingquadroon]

Jeremy Brett is the ONLY Holmes. No one else will do. Ever.

[@22013]

For me it's Jonny Lee Miller

[@deniseandrews113]

No one else will do...ever!

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Λετ me correct you, dear sir. ''Jeremy Brett is, to me, the ONLY Holmes. No one else will do. Ever.''. There.

[@drumtum]

If you think like that you will miss out on other great versions. I agree that the Granada version with Brett was truly amazing, and perhaps the best. But i adore the Rathbone movies. The hound of the Baskervilles with Cushing was a great Hammer movie. The Soviet version is just fantastic. I was shocked how great and well made it was. That is a gem. You can find it on youtube. I really recommend it.

[@emileschaffhaunssen177]

💖👍

[@mmgringoire2]

I'm 29 and for me Jeremy Brett is the greatest Sherlock Holmes. Benedict is great and I love him and Basil was wonderful, but there is something so engrossing and hypnotic about Jeremy's interpretation that cannot be imitated.

[@epradeep]

So true.

[@Bonesph]

House md my favorite but Jeremy is my definitive.

[@margaretbuckley9309]

TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU MMGRINGOIRE JEREMY WAS THE BEST 😭😭

[@พอลเรย์มอนด์]

Probably Jeremy Brett suffered with the same problems as Holmes. Therefore he portrayed him so brilliantly. As for Stephen Fry I think he is such an interesting man. Would love to get drunk with him and listen to his stories.

[@พอลเรย์มอนด์]

Different actors/ characters for different times. Brett would be no good playing Holmes set in our era and Cumberbatch would be no good set in Victorian times. Brett was brilliant in his portrayal of Holmes as I think he probably had some of the same demons as Holmes and therefore understood the character do well.

[@laurelbushman6279]

I'm so glad to find people talking about Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes! They seemed to be so overlooked for so long!

[@DM-sv6jb]

Jeremy Brett's performance as Sherlock Holmes reigns supreme. The Granada series is a work of art, each episode a little gem. My husband and I adore this series and often quote The Resident Patient because it was so perfectly entertaining. I also think the actor playing Moriarty stuns with subtlety and depth to present a truly plausible and terrifying villain. Astonishing acting & directing in every episode without fail, brilliant casting. Thank you for treating us with the delightful musings of Stephen Fry.

[@aubreytreves]

Eric Porter as Moriarty was perfect casting.

[@DV-dt9sq]

Jeremy Brett is Sherlock!! There is no better one! I was in love with a series...waiting impatiently every week during '80-ties, for another episode. I love it still. Jeremy Brett an exquisite actor! xxxxx

[@bonniemacbird]

This is a delightful interview in which a brilliant man savours the work of another brilliant man. I enjoyed every minute of it.

[@hamidbrunolouani7166]

I knew Jeremy personally he was never interested in fame or celebrity status but he was a heavyweight actor and a true gentleman he always had time for people just ask people in the days of just William whine bar in battersea I miss him so much😔

[@mamas_quilts3573]

😰 so excruciating to lose a loved one....im sorry...

[@dorothysay8327]

Hamid Bruno Louani Tell ya more about the ‘Whine’ bar in Battersea, and stories you have of Jeremy there!! Does the bar exist anymore?

[@magnushelin007]

So sorry about your loss. I was just mesmerized by his performance as Sherlock Holmes. Jeremy Brett was really one of those actors that I wish could have lived forever.

[@pearlgee5970]

Stephen Fry can talk forever and I’ll also listen forever. Absolutely a pleasure listening to him. Of course, Jeremy Brett is the best Sherlock Holmes. The others were excellent but Mr. Brett is THE Sherlock Holmes as written, IMHO.

[@hank1519]

I remember being initially put off by all the quirkiness in his performance. Soon after, I was totally in love!

[@Nephilimfields]

There are many amazing Sherlock Holmes portrayals, but Jeremy's is by far THE BEST.

[@leeshorrock9781]

J Bret tv homes b rathbone films o i

[@Thunderbear69]

Indeed, but whose portrayal is the worst? Personally I would nominate Will Ferrell....absolutley atrocious in a terrible movie....

[@juliagoodfellow7539]

​@@Thunderbear69That's a "who cares" question my friend.

[@gps8958]

Jeremy Brett literally put his life and soul into his portrayal of Holmes.

[@RobertSlover]

literally.... really?

[@gps8958]

@@RobertSlover literally. Really.

[@RobertSlover]

@@gps8958 bullshit man.

[@harrimonhoxx1713]

He was seriously ill during the last season.. You can see him deteriorate.

[@RobertSlover]

@@harrimonhoxx1713 not applicable.

[@jayarrington240]

I loved the books and agree - wholeheartedly - Jeremy Brett WAS the greatest Holmes on screen - big or small - the best Sherlocked of any era ! Thanks for sharing this.

[@ThePeterWilliam]

Jeremy could convey immense warmth amongst his sharp logical intensity.

[@annieyahu676]

Jeremy Brett was the best Sherlock ever. He really had the true personality of the character down completely.

[@mike245401]

Jeremy Brett, is truly missed! It's a shame they didn't get to finish all the Sherlock Holmes series!

[@ingeblanco3561]

Really was! But you can see he was not well in the last chapters

[@chopin65]

Jeremy Brett was Sherlock Homes. I watched him on PBS growing up. Energy, passion, intelligence, wit, and compassion are a few of the words to describe his performance. It is always a thrill to watch them.

[@tuvantrader]

Brett was brilliant! It is satisfying to see the appreciation for his work in your podcast. I watched Brett as Holmes before I read the books, actually, so he will always be Holmes in my imagination. I hope Mr. Fry’s campaign is a success. I can’t think of a better man to lead the charge.

[@mikehall7189]

Brett was and is by far the best representation of Holmes on screen bar none.

[@coffeemachtspass]

Stephen Fry names more people per paragraph than I have yet met in 48 years. I must get out and socialize more.

[@hpoonis2010]

Well...I'd place him second to Michael Winner. That man was an interminable name-dropper.

[@patriciaotoole5930]

Sad isn't it

[@theresafay7184]

Right!?

[@undividedself1]

Yes. Not only do you have to get out and meet people you also have to have his phenomenal memory to be able to name them all. He seems to remember not only friends, celebrities, historical figures but also *their* friends, cousins, restaurant meetings, connections with famous events, thoughts about the future way back then, and so on. Amazing!

[@DrewSohl]

The Granada Series is so detailed and so well done.I really feel part of 1880s London.

[@zedwms]

Once you've gone Brett, you'll never go back.

[@spartacusmills]

Once you've gone Brett, you'll never regret?

[@franceshaypenny8481]

Jeremy is Holmes because he possesses a genuine empathy of the tumult that an especially brilliant mind experiences.

[@scifieric]

This is absolutely wonderful! I have been telling people about Jeremy Brett's take on Sherlock Holmes since it first came out. I honestly wondered if somehow I might be alone in my appreciation of this spectacular series. How glad I am to be wrong! This was a fantastic interview as I also love Stephen Fry! My favorite Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes stories are the second season with Edward Hardwicke. For me, Edward Hardwicke IS Watson. He comes across as intelligent in his own right, a suitable companion for the world's greatest detective. Keep going, gentlemen. This is a treasure of a find. Well done.

[@Lukeyourself]

Thanks very much! You are not alone. Please do check out the normal podcast, lots of love for Jeremy Brett there.

[@fidomusic]

David Burke played Watson before Edward in the series. He left for family reasons. I think they are both equally good. In fact it is said that one cannot tell where Burke left and Hardwicke began; the change is seamless.

[@mmgringoire2]

@@fidomusic Burke and Hardwicke were both amazing Watsons and deserve as much credit for their portrayals of that character as Jeremy does for Sherlock. Their are many great Sherlocks, but you need a Watson equal to that performance. Their chemistry with Jeremy was perfect.

[@dorothysay8327]

Eric Reinholt Alone?? Great heavens ...it was lauded critically at the time, was an international splash, and the fans are LEGION.

[@Bonesph]

Scandal in Bohemia is my favorite episode I've watched it probably 20 times.

[@ballzblue22]

Brett is the greatest Holmes. I spent many rainy Saturdays in front of an open fire watching the series on Dvd with my father. A wonderful time, our love for the show brought us closer together. Thank you for uploading this, Sir.

[@pvonberg]

Yes, Jeremy Brett was the greatest Holmes of all. He played Holmes as a genius. And of course Brett was a genius.

[@stephaniehand503]

Thank you for celebrating Jeremy Brett.

[@deniseandrews113]

Jeremy Brett: Always Loved. Never Forgotten 💔🎩🔎

[@davidobrien9362]

BRETT Has a bench on Clapham Common he use to sit on the bench a lot apparently and when he passed a plaque was fixed onto it.

[@meissnerflux]

Brett to me is the most iconic Holmes. The depth, the passion, the thoughtfulness. He got so into character that it killed him. What a legend of the acting industry. As much as I like Cumberbatch as an actor, for the new Holmes he is flat, not passionate , compared to Brett.

[@c.v7750]

Stephen Fry is a treasure. I am happy to see that Jeremy Brett is getting recognition for his craft. The man was an superior Sherlock.

[@dorothysay8327]

Cynthia Veit THE superior. The best.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

@ Cynthia He is superb in Sheridan's The Rivals . ! Also viewable on KZbin ! ( Not great quality upload but he shines through ,)

[@vivianlaw13]

My husband and I have just discovered the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes and we can't stop watching them! And we love the David Suchet Poirot too and said last night that Jeremy's sherlock was like dinner, meaty, intense, works your brain and the David Suchet Poirot is like desert, pleasure, light hearted and cozy.... Love them both!

[@Themanwhocameback2]

Well said!

[@cehill100]

Jeremy Brett is the quintessential Sherlock Holmes for me! My favorite scene was in the episode featuring a very nasty blackmailer whom Holmes infiltrates the blackmailers home as a Plumber! His awkwardness with the maid who was attempting to make love him was priceless! Mr. Brett’s acting skills made Holmes/the Plumber’s reactions to the maid advances so very real! Holmes vulnerabilities as a man escaped so quickly he had no warning or time to compose himself! Brett played that moment exquisitely! He won my respect as the ONLY Sherlock Holmes ever! Thank you for the wonderful interview with Mr. Fry another actor whom I respect!

[@movingforwardLDTH]

Omg, having both a husband & a son diagnosed w/Bipolar Disorder, *how* did I not see that before?

[@ginnylorenz5265]

The exquisite frosting on the glorious cake of the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series is the music by Patrick Gowers!!!!! Perfect!!!

[@belindamay8063]

@ginnyloreaz. I’m so glad that Gower’s music has been recognized. I think the word that applies here is “uncanny”. A wonderful work that shows a complete understanding of Holmes and the England of that time. There were always those sinister undertones in society at every level. - not confined to the criminal world. Conan Doyle, ( a sort of outsider )is the only writer - that I know of - who was struck by it. And for me, Gower’s music reflects it perfectly.

[@KSfan4ever]

What a superb and wonderful interview!! I love hearing Stephen talk about the extraordinary and amazing Jeremy Brett, and the interviewer showing so much knowledge about Jeremy as well. As an actor, Jeremy was truly brilliant, and as Holmes, he was unequaled. Well done!

[@roeng1368]

"The sign of four", with Brett and Hardwicke, John Thaw, Emrys James, Jenny Seagrove and Ronald Lacey, made in 1987, absolutely excellent, fabulous. A full length film of nearly 2hrs with an excellent cast wonderful sets and settings. We will not see its like again.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Watched it, fantastic.

[@belindamay8063]

@roeng. Nor, alas, shall we the likes of “ Rumpole of the Bailey”. Another work of genius. Perfect in every detail. There should be a National Archive of these works. We couldn’t make them today. We seem to have lost that sense of certainty and understanding shared by artists and their audience.

[@zambranaml]

Stephen Fry's remark of "deepest level of friendship" rings true, in that a deep love and bonding relationship between two men does not and should not always be classified (or dismissed) as homosexuality. In "Fry and Laurie: Reunited," Hugh's letter to Stephen clarified that kind of difference: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6fJpHWthad2d9E

[@nordseeistmordsee]

Jeremy Brett was a force of nature in his outstanding talents. It was so obvious that it was overlooked in his living days. Reminds me of Vincent van Gogh...

[@maryjensen5310]

God, I love this man. I’m so glad to see him healthy and engaging.

[@bbb462cid]

BAAAAHHHH!

[@frankzappa951]

Mr Brett IS Sherlock Holmes - Peace to Mr Fry too

[@DinGrogu16]

I grew up watching Jeremy Brett. He's the only Holmes for me. Exceptional.

[@JimFortune]

Basil Rathbone was Sherlock Holmes to me until the first time I saw Jeremy Brett in the role.

[@jolynnaerobert3190]

I had never seen (or even heard of) Jeremy Brett's Holmes until Britbox. I don't know if the series was ever shown in the US... I have friends who still argue that Rathbone is the best, but that is only because they have never seen Jeremy Brett has Holmes.

[@DaRunTingsCrew]

@@jolynnaerobert3190 Have you been able to introduce your friends to the great JB portrayal?

[@JimFortune]

@Lee Shackelford Now I need to see if I can deduce which episode. I may have to watch them all again. For science! lol

[@CalSharp]

I think Rathbone would be enjoying more respect as Holmes if Nigel Bruce, as lovable as he was, hadn't been such a doofus.

[@Rorschach.]

Oh my word, what have I stumbled upon here? I think this could become my favourite corner of the internet. I shall investigate.

[@pseudonayme7717]

How do I thumb up a million times? Thanks so much you two ❤🙏

[@Lukeyourself]

That is a lot of thumbs! I don't know what do with half of them! Thanks for watching

[@delilahm9692]

I too think that Jeremy's greatness hasn't been proprely recognised

[@margaretbuckley9309]

JEREMY BRETT WAS I THINK THE BEST SHERLOCK HOMES BY FAR HE WAS WONDERFUL TO WATCH PURE GENIUS A BRILLIANT ACTOR ITS SO SAD HES NO LONGER WITH US RIP JEREMY 😭💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@deniseandrews113]

I agree! BAFTA should be called out for their blatant disrespect of him & his extensive contributions to the British stage and screen Its shameful, especially since they gave a posthumous award to Heath Ledger...

[@patriciafaison9164]

Jeremy Brett was the best Sherlock

[@radupopescu2370]

Jeremy will always be The Sherlock Holmes. Nobody comes even close!

[@nate1066pollock]

Jeremy Brett is far & away the best Sherlock Holmes, in my opinion.

[@52Royston]

I first read A Study in Scarlet when I was eleven years old and proceeded to devour one Sherlock Holmes book after another ‘till there were none left. I have re-read them all I suppose, about once every ten years. I am now eighty-four and gone blind. I am so happy that I am still able to enjoy these stories listening to Stephen Fry’s Audio Books. Thank you Stephen. It was a very different history for my discovery of Wodehouse. He was the one author banned by my parents because ‘he helped the Germans during the war’. It was until I was in my mid-thirties that I discovered Bertie Whooster et al. I have made up for it since.

[@Lukeyourself]

Thank you for sharing. Sherlock is a lovely well to dip back into.

[@SpaceCattttt]

Very interesting conversation. Jeremy Brett was, indeed, superb as Holmes. And although it's great to have all the films he made, it still stings that he never lived long enough to finish all the stories. David Suchet managed to film all the Hercule Poirot stories, so it would've been fantastic if the same had been the case with Holmes.

[@MAJMTCJ]

to me jeremy brett is sherlock

[@thorawilson1466]

I like Jeremy Brett best as Holmes

[@pazuzutru-truluv7094]

Jeremy Brett was undoubtedly the best Sherlock ever and I unfortunately measure all subsequent actors against his genius, which sadly leads to disappointment in the retelling of Doyle’s masterpiece. Robert Downey Jr was the he nearest as he (in my mind) copied his slightly melodramatic and camp style. But Jeremy was the best and even possibly died for his art - well it didn’t help - let’s put it that way. He is sorely missed and I rewatch his performances quite often.

[@daspiper8941]

Jeremy Brett is (was) my favorite Sherlock Holmes. I miss him a lot. God rest his Soul.

[@JaneFrieman]

An interview of interest! It was pleasing to learn that Fry knew Jeremy Brett and also Brett and Anna Massey's son David.

[@peterhughes8776]

Jeremy Brett was a wonderful actor and THE definitive Holmes.

[@tinaarko6625]

I'm so fascinated with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and the Granada series. All episodes are on KZbin. I've been reading the original stories as well. Grew up with the Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce movies and loved them, but they can't compare.

[@Trillock-hy1cf]

Those were my favourite characters to play the Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, and for me it is hard to choose between them, and happy to watch both. The latest? series of Sherlock with that smug left-tard git Benedict Cumberbatch, from 2010-2017 (I believe), and watched one episode which I thought was utter crap, and never watched another one., and never will, as to me he is just a shadow of the best actors, Rathbone, and Brett....superb the pair of them and their Doctor Watson side kicks....:)

[@BillieJolene1]

I agree. Jeremy did Sherlock so INCREDIBLY well!!!! I had the entire DVD collection. And watched it religiously. It just NEVER got boring. That's how remarkably well done the entire series was done from start to finish. Excellent technical expertise as well as superb talent!!!

[@sazfretz1945]

If you subscribe to Britbox, you can watch all the episodes without KZbin adverts.

[@moviemad56]

Tina may I recommend the outstanding audio books by Greg Wagland (Magpie Audio) ? 🤔 His interpretation of Holmes is also very good.

[@tinaarko6625]

@@moviemad56 I love him. I listen to him almost daily sometimes. I have a new love and appreciation for Sherlock Holmes because of Jeremy Brett and that incredible series.

[@shalininair6957]

Stephen Fry talking about Jeremy Brett and Sherlock Holmes... that's the stuff of fantasies! Thanks so much for this Luke and Gus. This was just so precious.

[@PoojaGoswamiBarkataky]

Jeremy Brett is the epitome of Sherlock Holmes! ❤️

[@RodM.Peters]

Stephen Fry's passion for Sherlock Holmes is one more reason for me to love and admire him more.

[@geraldinefields1730]

There were two actors who played Watson with Jeremy Brett in the Sherlock Holmes television series. David Burke and Edward Hardwicke.

[@peterjones4621]

I believe the role of Sherlock Holmes actually killed Jeremy Brett. Jeremy was consumed by the role, he lived it and it gradually destroyed his health. After ten years in the role Jeremy died and frankly it broke my heart when I found out he had died. I watch the 10 year series Jeremy played and I find myself laughing and crying at Jeremy's amazing performances, he will never be rivaled in the role of Sherlock Homes, never. Rest well Jeremy, you are loved by millions.

[@sazfretz1945]

I am so very glad that my introduction to Sherlock Holmes was via Stephen Fry's Audible readings of the entire Conan-Doyle canon of Holmes. He read them with such great skill that it truly sounded like a cast of many readers. That led to my watching the brilliant Jeremy Brett series on Britbox. When my parents watched the series in the 80s, I had no interest. When I heard Mr. Fry's readings, I couldn't believe what I had been missing.

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

Oh, I love listening to Fry's reading of the entire Sherlock Holmes canon - I could listen to it all day (and often have!) A brilliant version and my absolute favourite!

[@hollyturner4186]

That was really lovely! Although it does annoy me slightly that Stephen said 'at the very least bisexual.' I think it's pretty obvious that Jeremy was bi, rather than gay.

[@AJM-timecop]

I didn't think anyone could be more Sherlock than Basil Rathbone but Jeremy Brett definitely did it.

[@Straker1895]

Brilliant! No one is better to listen to than Stephen Fry on the subject of Sherlock Holmes. Stephen gets it... he really gets it!

[@jimwallington437]

There are not many people better to listen to than Stephen Fry on many subjects.

[@Barbara2012]

I

[@epradeep]

So much more to like Stephen now that I know that he is a Jeremy fan. We are in good company :).

[@lekoman]

@@jimwallington437 I'd listen to him talk about just about anything that interested him. He's the epitome of the bon vivant. Erudite, interesting, well-read, and clever. Just love him.

[@jimwallington437]

@@lekoman So true! His special on Gutenberg is a classic.

[@fishypaw]

I love Sherlock Holmes. I love Jeremy Brett. I love Stephen Fry. Thank you.

[@garyhewitt886]

My favourite holmes ever..Mr Jeremy Brett.Every nuance was perfect.

[@paddynicnack]

I had no idea about this podcast up until today. I'm so delighted to find it. More people need to be introduced to the wonderful Jeremy Brett and his amazing Sherlock Holmes series. Really fantastic work guys. Thank you so much.

[@DarthTM1138]

Wonderful to see the love for Jeremy Brett. As an American, it just feels like he is so overlooked, at least in my experience. Just want to echo everyone else, he is the best Sherlock Holmes!

[@AnthonyGoodall-d4w]

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[@HarlequeenStudio]

Granada Holmes was on tv during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and that was the only thing that I was able to watch and totally forget what was going on around me. Of course, I had already watched it in the eighties, but that didn't spoil it for me. I still watch it every now and then on KZbin. Jeremy Brett is the best Holmes. He plays him like a maniac. I think he shared many personality traits with Holmes and he was perfectly cast. Very handsome, too. But I will only realize just how handsome he was in 2010. That's how good he played this role, his beauty remained hidden not so much behind makeup, but behind great acting.

[@rigilchrist]

Brett was everyone's favourite. I love Fry talking about this stuff.

[@ShubhamBhushanCC]

Granada TV adaptation is the best there is

[@Nounismisation]

Isn't wonderful to hear someone's work reviewed with such love and in such detail.

[@stephengibson100]

I'm listening to the Audible Book, read by Stephen Fry. It is outstanding.

[@mr.mayhem7402]

Thank you for this. it's heartwarming for Jeremy and the TV series to receive its proper due. The high production values are self-evident right from the opening shot of the credit sequence and I immediately fell in love with the series when it was first broadcast all those years ago. I was still at school at the time so the series led to me taking out the books from the library and reading all the original stories. Please don't overlook the wonderful David Burke who brought considerable depth and presence of mind to the role of Watson who, up until that point, was regularly portrayed as a bumbling oaf (his portrayal of Josef Stalin is also worth seeing in the excellent "Reilly, ace of spies." - they really don't make programmes like they used to.)

[@Cat919]

Jeremy Brett is THE iconic Sherlock.

[@rosemaryhill8804]

Stephen Fry in Jeeves & Wooster was wonderful!

[@malbourne805]

Jeremy Brett was the DEFINITIVE Sherlock Holmes, and Charles Gray made Mycroft his own. I can listen to Stephen Fry all day, all night. And KZbin has the complete series.

[@stephaniehand503]

Very interesting video. Jeremy Brett was I believe was a wonderful Sherlock Holmes.

[@robinharrison3107]

Absolutely . . . Jeremy Brett was the best Sherlock Holmes ever!! Re-watching them again. Still fabulous!

[@HJKelley47]

Those who have played Sherlock Holmes since 1893: Charles Brookfield - 1893 William Gillette - 1899-1930 - 1300 Performances over 30 yrs. Sherlock Holmes movie Baffled - 1900 Silent/Short - Max Goldberg John F. Preston - 1900 Charles Rice - 1904 Karoly Baumann - 1905 Maurice Costello - 1905 Viggo Larsen - 1908 Alwin NeuB - 1908, 1911, 1914 Otto Lagoni - 1910 Holger Rasmussen - 1911 Mack Sennett - 1911-1912 George Treville - 1912 Harry Benham - 1913 James Bragington - 1914 Francis Ford - 1914 H.A. Saintbury - 1916 Hugo Flink - 1917 Sam Robinson - 1918 Eille Norwood - 1921 Silent short movie - The Dying Detective Burt Lytell - 1921 Dennis Neillson-Terry - 1921 John Barrymore - 1922 Hamilton Deane - 1923-1932 Tod Slaughter - 1928, 1930 Richard Gordon - 1930-1933, 1936 Clive Brook - 1929/1930/1932 Arthur Wontner - 1931- 1937 - Movie Series Raymond Massey - 1931 Robert Rendel - 1932 Reginald Owen - 1933 Felix Alymer - 1933 Louis Hector - 1934-1935, 1937 Bruno Guttner - 1937, 1939, 1942-1943 Orson Welles - 1938 Basil Rathbone - 1939-1946 Cedric Hardwick - 1945 Tom Conway - 1947 Howard Marion-Crawford - 1948 John Stanley - 1948-1949 Alan Napier - 1949 John Longden - 1951 Laidman Browne - 1951 Carleton Hobbs - 1952-1969 Ronald Howard - 1954 (39 episodes) Sir John Gielgud - 1954-1955 Christopher Lee - 1962, 1970, 1992 Douglas Wilmer - 1964 Peter Cushing - 1959, 1968, 1984 John Neville - 1965, 1970, 1978 Robert Stephens - 1970 Stewart Granger - 1972 John Cleese - 1973 Larry Hagman - 1974 Robert Powell - 1974 John Wood - 1974-1975 Dinsdale Landen - 1974 Leonard Nimoy - 1976 Kevin McCarthy - 1977 Roger Moore - 1976 Nicol Williamson - 1976 Christopher Plummer - 1977 Peter Cook - 1977 Paxton Whitehead - 1978 Geoffrey Whitehead - 1979-1980 Keith Mitchell - 1979 Charlton Heston - 1980 Frank Langella - 1980 Vasily Livanov - Russian TV - 1979-1981, 1983 & 1986 John Moffatt - 1981 Guy Henry - 1982 Tom Baker - 1982 Ian Richardson - 1983 Peter O’Toole - 1983 (animated TV films - Australian) Jeremy Brett - 1984-1994 Nicholas Rowe - 1984 Dinsdale Landen - 1987 Guy Rolfe - 1984 Tim Pigott-Smith - 1987 Anthony Higgins - 1987 Michael Pennington - 1987 Roger Rees - 1988 Ron Moody - 1988-1989 Clive Merrison - 1989-1998, 2002, 2004, 2008-2010 Edward Woodward - 1990 Simon Callow - 1990 Richard E. Grant 1992 Robert Powell - 1993 Patrick McNee - 1993 Anthony Higgins - 1993 1998-2019: John Gilbert - Episodes 1-18 Lawrence Albert - Episode 20 John Patrick Lowrie - Episodes 21-65 & 67-until Dennis Bateman - Episode 66 Matt Frewer - 2000-2001 Joaquim de Almeida - 2001 Richard Roxburgh - 2002 James D’Arcy - 2002 Andrew Sachs - 2004 Rupert Everett - 2004 Jonathan Pryce - 2007 Javier Marzan - 2007 Roger Llewellyn - 2009 Ben Syder - 2010 Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018 Johnny Lee Miller - 2012-2019 Benjamin Lawlor - 2013 Igor Petrenko - Russian TV Series - 2013 Robert Downey Jr. 2009 & 2011 Benedict Cumberbatch - 2010-2016 Nicholas Briggs - 2010-2018 Seamus Dever - 2014 Ian McKellen - 2015 Euan Morton - 2015 Gregory Wooddell - 2015 Paul Andrew Goldsmith - 2015-2016 Ewen Bremner - 2016 Jay Taylor - 2017-2018 Yuko Takeuchi - 2018 (HBO Asia - female ‘Holmes’) Orlando Wells - 2018 Samuel Tady - 2011, 2014, 2017-2018 (Tady Bros. Productions/on YTube) Johnny Depp - 2018 (animation) Will Ferrell - 2018 Nicholas Boulton - 2020 Henry Cavill - 2020 Ethan Bell - 2020 (Fan Film on KZbin) Ethan Thomas Jung - 2020 Fan Adv. (Vagabond Repertory Theater Company-KZbin) This list is not exhaustive. however, these are some of the many actors who have played Sherlock Holmes on stage, screen, radio and TV adaptations.

[@beetleything1864]

Brett’s wife had died before he took the role and that feed into his melancholy for the character.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

No she died in the middle of the series. Jeremy Brett then had a breakdown. "The Gang of Four" was his first episode as a widower

[@beetleything1864]

Themanwhocameback2 you are quite right. Not sure what i was thinking. He gained weight with the medication. You can see that and then got thinner again near the end of the series.

[@karenryder6317]

@@Themanwhocameback2 Was his wife at the time still Anna Massey?

[@Themanwhocameback2]

@@karenryder6317 No, they had divorced. He had remarried and had found a soul mate. She died of Cancer, and he had a nervous breakdown and was never the same.

[@jasonflay8818]

The part where Stephen istalking about how Sherlock was the original superhero, he is also the archetype for much our modern dramas. His good friend Hugh Laurie played a Sherlock type character in the way of House. Tortured genius, drug addiction, bit of a misanthrope, whose best friend is the long suffering sidekick in a way that bridges the eccentricities of the genius to the audience. This was a great interview.

[@peggybeckwith4409]

Jeremy Brett OWNS the role.

[@cdb3847]

Fry is so incredibly well spoken - definitely would not have rediscovered Holmes without his audiobook series.

[@jwvandegronden]

I was addicted to this series, and as a young bloke somehow I understood and felt the gravitas with which Jermey Brett portrayed Holmes. To hear my favorite wise man (yes I am a Fry fanboy) is so outspokenly on the same page as me, and knows how to express exactly the feeling this Holmes gave me with his eloquent and tapestry way of telling his stories just gave me goosebumps! And what a great idea for a podcast! Thanks so much! Subscribed!

[@pandadelle]

When I saw this link pop up in my tl I went crazy I guess... I didn't know your podcast but this is quite an entrée to it ! Thank you so much for this because as a sherlockian and a brettist, that's pure caviar ! And now, I'm in a hurry to ear to the other podcasts !

[@Lukeyourself]

Excellent! Please do check out the full podcast, we have a lot of fun making them.

[@SW-wf3gy]

Absolutely delightful. I can just listen to him all day! Thank you for the video! Looking forward to the other podcasts!

[@ebrandt9698]

Never understood the whole "Holmes is gay" thing, Watson said himself that "Any emotion, especially that one (love), were abhorrent to his cold calculating mind." So it seemed to me, quite obviously to me, that Holmes was asexual or possibly, with a large MAYBE; sapiosexuality.

[@makara80]

“ Never understood the whole "Holmes is gay" thing” Not trying to start anything or provoke anyone here but there undeniably exists an insidious, myopic cadre always eager to claim/co-opt/expropriate that which others hold dear for their own, agenda-orientated purposes... Alas for some it’s just never enough to just _enjoy_ something for what it is, along with the rest of us. :(

[@SvenTviking]

There was “THE Women”.

[@ebrandt9698]

@@SvenTviking the point?