The Four Oaks Mystery - Part 1 (Sherlock Holmes)

A mini episode.
Part 1 of 1992's Telethon Detectives.
Part 2 Van Der Valk here:- • The Four Oaks Mystery ...

[@johnking5174]

To people on here who don't know, this was made for the 1992 ITV Telethon charity weekend. The numbers on screen were the phone numbers viewers needed to use to ring in and donate.

[@josephwirtz7120]

Oh snap I thought it was a code. I've been trying to decipher it for hours now, oh well next time I'll read the comments.

[@irmagarcia7826]

Got it! Thank you!

[@polemeros]

Just discovered this today. Any chance to see JB as Sherlock, I take. I could watch all day. Have watched every one of the Granada series many many times. A great escape into another world, with a great actor at the center and ACDs wonderful storytelling.

[@jasonkoehler6162]

Can't get enough

[@TheWhoover]

Absolutely delightful! Wonderful to discover a "new" Holmes mystery (even if Conan Doyle's hand is absent from the affair). Many thanks for sharing.

[@johnshields6852]

I'm just seeing the Brett Holmes for first time, I love his portrayal, he brings a great energy and unique mannerisms to Holmes.

[@juliannewarren5466]

This is a lovely short video. Port wine opening scene and Holmes' godmother scolding him at the dinner are delight to watch.

[@CanadaCob]

I am so thankful to see this...never knew it existed until tonight...kinda reminds me a very little about the Musgrave Ritual

[@laurids2007]

What's "Musgrave Ritual"?

[@andrewmorrice9139]

@@laurids2007 A Sherlock Holmes story.

[@tennisguyky]

That’s the same house used in The Speckled Band!

[@jasonkoehler6162]

Good eye

[@usedscar]

Thanks! I know all the Jeremy Brett Holmes backward and forwards and never ran across this!

[@kamwrites]

Good lord, everyone's going on about the darn numbers! This is more HOLMES. How wonderful!

[@linda10989]

I know, right? Negative commenters are overlooking the fact that this is new Holmes material; the numbers on the screen shouldn't deter from that in the slightest. Any real fans should just appreciate this, and quit bitching! It's nice to see someone who sees the bigger picture!

[@happycamper4315]

Linda Roy I suspect it's because people can't see the bigger picture... 😜

[@mijiyoon5575]

@@happycamper4315 HA!!! Go full screen

[@happycamper4315]

@MichaelKingsfordGray it was a joke you melt.

[@nancyhowell4505]

The flashing numbers are almost in the middle of the screen and distracting! 😖😠

[@mijiyoon5575]

I luv seeing this; yes, how did I miss this? Sound is low so had to hold my laptop on my...lap😁 Loved seeing Sherlock's Godmother that's a new Holmes character to me...this is like *we* have found a treasure w/this Jeremy Brett & Edward Hardwicke footage...TY *OhRememberThis*

[@jackiecampbell7903]

absolutely wonderrful - have never seen this!!!

[@jackyj4655]

Thank you for sharing this....It's wonderful...Guys!Who cares about those numbers?!Enjoy Brett,Hardwicke and the video

[@Retroscoop]

Is that Holmes's mobile number ?

[@neilglavin3918]

Benoit Vanhees luv it.. I don't think though somehow

[@Vinj94]

So you can donate money to Camilla Batmangirl.

[@adamsmith2719]

And satellite ones.....

[@Tigerex966]

lol

[@geofromnj7377]

It's my mobile number and I've been getting crank calls for weeks!

[@johno2655]

Yes, the story, from what I've seen here, isn't worth much. However, seeing Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke together in the First new material (to me anyway) in years was an amazing feeling

[@andrewmorrice9139]

Why is everyone moaning about the sound? It's really not all that bad.

[@jasonkoehler6162]

Neat. The numbers are a clue...

[@jimmbo13]

How the devil, after years of devoted following of Brett's Holmes, miss this episode?

[@tintinparvez48]

Exactly ! I just stumbled upon it now 😯

[@Mrgaunt1]

@@tintinparvez48 Me, too! It's like a hidden treasure, found after being lost for so long!

[@lindamoser6317]

Yep......same here!!

[@tonyduncan9852]

Probably the way you missed 'did I'.

[@Irunwithscissors63]

Tony Duncan 😂😂😂

[@cpweyant]

Were there any more "mini-episodes" of this kind? This is great!

[@stevemorganexperience7833]

CP Weyant it’s a four part story, but with different detectives

[@Veaseify]

This is from a charity telethon, that's why the numbers are there, the case is handled by 4 great fictional detectives, Holmes, Van Der Valk, Taggart and Wexford..thats why there is no denouement here...

[@SiliconBong]

Steve Veasey Never heard of Van Der Valk or Wexford . . .

[@Vinj94]

What about Camilla Batmangirl??

[@Bambisgf77]

Thank you for explaining!

[@07latona]

It's wonderful! Thank You!

[@pauledmundochan6144]

i love sherlocks character even if his a lilttle eccentric nevertheless he is not easily daunted by the people who consult him, even they be little his capacity sometimes

[@crystlark]

Thank you ! Never seem this one.

[@shoemanbundy]

Watson broke the fourth wall at the end there. It created a paradox in my reality where everything there was supposed to be real. Now my world is crumbling. I know not why I live anymore.

[@jeannievz-brown4849]

😁😁😂😆🤣🤣🤣😂😁

[@jasonkoehler6162]

So what's the outcome after 10 yrs?

[@carlosdiaz2688]

An Episode I didn’t see... if this is not A trick .. Thank you .. Sir.. Four Oak’s ..??

[@BuffyNoir140]

Thanks

[@ZenHussies]

Tyre is a word used to describe the rim of a wheel since at least medieval times... you are thinking of a pneumatic tyre. Consulting the original story will confirm that the use of tyre iron is correct

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting.

[@michaeldevaney5728]

Awesome absolutely brilliant class to the extreme

[@carlingblacklabel2864]

Can't seem to follow the plot of the four oaks mystery, can anyone shed light on it?

[@nathelondon3719]

Are they Sherlock and Watsons mobile numbers?

[@lindsayfinlay9158]

Where have all the Granada Sherlock Holmes episodes gone?

[@jasonkoehler6162]

They're up on the tube... Can't get enough

[@MatejCrhak]

I gave this video the 1k th like.

[@jimmbo13]

I see now...it was a one time mini episode for a telethon

[@incisivecommenter5974]

Cordelia is fierce!!! Love her!!

[@anaspena3521]

No puedo ver nada de selok Holmes todo está en inglés porque no lo pasan al español.

[@AndrewAHayes]

Which series is this from? I have them all and cant seem to find this one

[@Caligulette_]

It’s not from the show at all. It’s from a charity appeal drive on ITV in the 90s where they did a four part mystery using four different ITV detectives :)

[@johnking5174]

From ITV Telethon 1992

[@ladycharsw]

Ok. I read the comments. I have seen Jeremy Brett, and Basil Rathbone . thanks

[@anissaholmes4495]

Why is Holmes not wearing white tie and a dinner jacket at his beloved Godmother’s house? Lol.

[@ThePeeterd]

and what about the sound,did they record it in a garage or something

[@SiliconBong]

peter dop It's called 'tape-hiss' :)

[@johnking5174]

+peter dop We are so used to digital quality sound now that we tend to forget how we used to watch programmes which we recorded on VHS tape.

[@SiliconBong]

John King *sigh; people will no longer experience the thrill of the mechanics of the tape head assembly catching the magnetic strip and the whirring of the mechanisms and it started.. .. ..and occasionally worked :D

[@blatophobia]

volume

[@claraescher]

What are those numbers on the screen and how do you get rid of them?

[@laurids2007]

You can't get rid of them. The video was edited that way.

[@smile673]

Never.

[@BarbaraJaneP]

That's it? No ending??? aarrg. I didn't mind the numbers. I thought they had to do with editing notes.

[@martinkalmus3761]

Who was best Detective? Or who plays him better?

[@michaeldevaney5728]

Why all the numbers it's like looking at a phone directory

[@carlingblacklabel2864]

Was originally shown as part of a charity telethon, viewers could call the number to donate money

[@honestlee3435]

Code recieved. Go ahead as planned. xxx

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

" ... All lines are open our operators are standing by, please have credit card ready ... "

[@sunflowerz54]

What’s the number code for??

[@carlingblacklabel2864]

Was originally shown as part of a charity telethon, viewers could call the number to donate money

[@andrewlankford9634]

Who won the lottery?

[@lindas.martin2806]

Why inthe world are those numbers on the screen?

[@johnking5174]

These were the donation numbers viewers could call in and donate to the telethon. Back then there was no one UK wide number, but separate numbers needed for viewers in England/Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

[@chevalvivant]

A fire iron.

[@bernarddaly1276]

I figured out the sequence 2is 5 4is 7 oh I don't want to spoil it for everyone

[@chattykathie7129]

was this a full show originally

[@johnking5174]

+Kathie gillaspie No, it was meant to be divided up the way it was, with Part 1 based around Sherlock Holmes only. This was the 1992 ITV Telethon Charity appeal involving four of ITV's biggest detective shows - Sherlock Holmes, Taggart, Van Der Valk and Inspector Wexford.

[@vanillaorchid]

Ugh, the ITV telethon. They don't bother with these anymore, just have that Text Santa crap to ruin Christmas.

[@SiliconBong]

vanillaorchid Santa would be ashamed ;( . . .

[@vanillaorchid]

SiliconBong Santa us probably pissed off his name is being taken in vain by ITV.

[@SiliconBong]

vanillaorchid I'd be puking in my porridge if ITV took my name in vain :o

[@johnking5174]

+vanillaorchid They did three telethons, 1988, 1990 and 1992, however instead of running for one night as Children in Need and Comic Relief do on the BBC, these telethons were dragged out for 27 hours each time. Plus the ITV network never really was a codified network unlike the BBC, so regions were unwilling to help out, leaving it most to Thames, LWT, Granada and Yorkshire to make the material with the main show based in London.

[@SiliconBong]

John King *remember telethons in NZ.. .. ..real successful in the day; till people got "charity fatigued" by television; radio; door-knockers asking for their money.

[@sleepyfish]

i like it . the numbers are really something... ? :p

[@ladycharsw]

I wonder why the #'s on the screen?

[@kentallard8852]

to call up to the telethon

[@sunflowerz54]

What’s

[@yellowwoodstraveler]

But...whodunnit?!

[@musaali4124]

Where is the other parts of this

[@WendyWhite]

Would they really call the weapon a tire iron??? I don't think tires existed back then.It would be used to tighten/loosen bolts on the wheels of carriages.

[@karenf1001]

Wendy White he says “fire iron”

[@kennethjohnson4280]

Late to the show, I know. Was this a rehearsal take or something? With the exception of Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke, the acting is very bad. It's rote and without passion. The constable, without even examining the item, robotically states, "a fire iron. I think that is blood," almost as if he were stating the time of day. No, this can't be a final take and is uncharacteristically bad for a Granada production.

[@carlingblacklabel2864]

As this was a 10 minute segment for a charity telethon it was probably made on a much lower budget than the TV series and was more informal

[@clovelly1946]

sounds pretty awful and the numbers really spoil it.apart from those your upload is great.

[@hanktheblesseddeejay]

4 years prior to Brett’s death

[@johnking5174]

3 actually, this is from 1992 and Jeremy died in 1995

[@hanktheblesseddeejay]

@@johnking5174 my maths is terrible 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@carlingblacklabel2864]

It might have been filmed in 1991 so maybe you could be right

[@kentallard8852]

Brett seems to be slurring his speech.

[@HarpreetSingh-lt8rx]

Please upload in hindi version

[@Tarbh1947]

The changing of the numbers are the screen is too distracting to watch this.

[@johnking5174]

These were the donation numbers viewers could call in and donate to the telethon. Back then there was no one UK wide number, but separate numbers needed for viewers in England/Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

[@wordscontrolminds]

is edward hardwicke dead?

[@evo5dave]

When you asked, no. Now, yes

[@ladycharsw]

Why is there numbers on the screen?

[@kentallard8852]

it was originally broadcast for a telethon, they're numbers to call to donate

[@randywiggins1248]

Nice . But numbers don't bother me. It would be better if subtitled though as volumes bad. I have plenty of VCR tapes better than this. Not gonna finish this one.

[@KarrasBommer]

Ridiculous...why are there numbers across the screen?

[@johnking5174]

These were the donation numbers viewers could call in and donate to the telethon. Back then there was no one UK wide number, but separate numbers needed for viewers in England/Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

[@KarrasBommer]

@@johnking5174 Thank you

[@44scd]

I would have liked watching this show, but i could not enjoy it with those numbers poping up, had to turn it off. sorry.

[@OAleathaO]

My goodness! Poor Jeremy and Edward...surrounded by such amateurs and such poor production. The producers of this should be ashamed to have put their names in the credits. This is nothing compared to the quality of the original Granada series. Telethon or no, Brett should have walked off the set in disgust on the first day of principal photography.

[@carlingblacklabel2864]

Calm down, it was a 10 minute segment for a telethon, not an Oscar nominated film. Its not amazing but not terrible either

[@Irunwithscissors63]

What’s with all the phone numbers? Might have to give one a ring 😆

[@johnking5174]

These were the donation numbers viewers could call in and donate to the telethon. Back then there was no one UK wide number, but separate numbers needed for viewers in England/Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

[@redblade43]

There is no point in uploading a video with those large numbers in your face all the way through.

[@evo5dave]

Perhaps you can upload a version without them?

[@gj3072]

Get rid of the telephone numbers, you either put these things up or you don't.

[@gisawslonim9716]

Impossible to watch with those numbers plastered across the screen, are you blind, or crazy to even try to pass this off on KZbin?

[@johnking5174]

These were the donation numbers viewers could call in and donate to the telethon. Back then there was no one UK wide number, but separate numbers needed for viewers in England/Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

[@dr.elizabethmartin7118]

WHAT are those stupid numbers doing all over the screen???????? Very distracting and ridiculous. Buh Bye....cheers

[@johnking5174]

These were the donation numbers viewers could call in and donate to the telethon. Back then there was no one UK wide number, but separate numbers needed for viewers in England/Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

[@nathelondon3719]

Congratulations. You have uploaded the worst version on the internet!

[@kmarch6630]

I dont like this Sherlock and Watson.

[@terrydover408]

"murder most foul", more like "acting most shit".

[@carlingblacklabel2864]

As this was a 10 minute segment for a charity telethon it was probably made on a much lower budget than the TV series and was more informal

[@lynxminx4]

Holy god this is bad.

[@carlingblacklabel2864]

As this was a 10 minute segment for a charity telethon it was probably made on a much lower budget than the TV series and was more informal