The Resident Patient part 1

Granada's adaptation of The Resident Patient.

[@annasteve8535]

Any one could fall in love Holmes's quick smile and laughs

[@jdrower]

At 6:28, Holmes gives a marvellously understated eye-roll.

[@joannklonowski5629]

Jeremy has such unique facial expressions- love the quick, and isolated flash of a smile, without other facial movements made :)

[@LadyOndyne]

LOOOOOOOOOOOVE BRETT!!! Best Sherlock ever!!!!

[@SinbadHiccup]

They walk arm in arm, how adorable is that?

[@preciouseloveu]

I gshed when I realized Holmes was holding Watson's elbow in his hand while they walked down the street Soooooooooooooo Cute

[@SpookyBoogie3315]

David Burke is by far the best watson ever!

[@udinpetot87]

totally agree.. he depicts Watson as a kind and conaiderate gentleman with a good sense of humour..

[@steemdup]

Agreed! I grew to like Mr Hardwicke as Watson, but he was rarely so cheerful.

[@Lyrictheac]

Weepers! There are weepers on the hats of the people around the coffin! It's so awesome that they researched enough to know to do that!

[@LAWL95]

aw He's holding Watsons arm! And yay for the friendly shoulder pat!

[@marcosaraiva9205]

This is one of the best episodes ! : )

[@HorrorFrogPrincess]

Brett was responsible for a great deal of that. He wanted to stay as true to the originals as possible, even pointing out that Doyle's work is better than the adaptations most modern versions produce. And he did an amazing job of it.

[@patrickgray6604]

In reply to the lady (?) who inquired about it, the piece of music played here is, as Holmes mentions, the third movement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. As an aside, it is my favourite piece of classical music and I owe it to this Granada episode. My mother and aunt introduced us (myself and my sister) to classical music when we were very small, we also had Mozart or Pachelbel or others every Friday at a little village school, but never this piece. You do not need to be as brilliant as the master detective to find classical music consoling, or perhaps better distracting in black times. Joachim, mentioned by Holmes in connection with his cadenza or personally composed ornamental passage (there are many cadenzae (? does Italian have the Latin feminine plural) written by famous musicians for many pieces) is the Hungarian Jewish violinist and composer Joseph Joachim, a famous musician of his century, 1831-1907. This is a particularly good mystery, very complete. Thank you for making it available. Faithfully yours, Patrick Gray

[@14hoursahead]

I loved the quick conversation they had about the carriage before seeing the client, arm in arm, perfect harmony!

[@davidkidd4106]

I was racking my brain trying to figure out where I had seen the actor who plays Dr. Percy Trevelyan, Nicholas Clay. The other night I watched the 1981 John Boorman film "Excaliber" for the first time in years. He plays Sir Lancelot. Clay passed away in 2000.

[@thomasrisser1858]

He was married to the same lady at the time of his passing. Good for them!

[@seer1623]

David Kidd He couldn't have been that old. Very sad.

[@johnshields6852]

Thank you for great entertainment, I'm enjoying these stories. 🙏

[@sagrammyfour]

Beethoven's Violin Concerto--One of the most beautiful, sublime pieces of music ever written. The first time I ever heard it on my car radio many years ago, I was so overcome I had to pull off the road until it was finished. Listen to it, do.

[@Mosflow]

I just love listening to holmes deduction

[@TheKulu42]

Since I was once an English teacher, I can appreciate your frustration. My students looked at me as if I were from another planet. In fact, one student sincerely asked me if I was from another country! And I"m from West Virginia, born and raised, but I speak with a northern accent since my Dad came from Michigan. One adult in Virgnia asked me if I was from England. I have to admit that I found that rather flattering.

[@ambeckerful]

Love this! Is that Watson humming while they walk arm-in-arm?

[@GESSO217]

One of My favorite Shows, as a child and now. Thanks for posting these episodes. Wish I could find it on DVD.

[@TheKulu42]

@sitithesecond Agreed. A good walking stick is a formidable weapon. What's more, swords didn't entirely disappear. Remember the sword cane Holmes drew in "The Naval Treaty." I'll have to read "Gloria Scott" again. And I I remember correctly, some gentlemen had metal sticks; pipes, to be exact. Remember how Colonel Moran's stick doubled as the air gun's barrel in "The Empty House." I do have to admit that having a "light dress sword" sounds pretty appealing!

[@storz009]

Sherlock Holme's laugh is the BEST!^-^

[@oropios1]

Brett jeremy left us ,early.. he could make sherlock holmes for another 10 years...

[@catherinespark]

@sitithesecond Yeah - good to see Holmes genuinely surprised by another person's methods! My favourite is Charles Augustus Milverton. Holmes seems more human than usual and just as brilliant. Also them being the 'criminals' is refreshing! The TV series are astonishing, though tinged with sadness too. It says in Black Peter that he was never better mentally or physically than in 1895. I think if I remember right he pretended to be dead/ was in hiatus from 1891 to 1894.

[@TheKulu42]

It's true that walking sticks were both fashion and necessity in Victorian England. Walking sticks replaced swords as the means of self-defense. I own a stick of my own; it's a well lacqured, slightly curved branch of walnut. You could crack a man's skull with it.

[@TheKulu42]

So do I! Our vocabulary is terribly poor when compared that of the 19th Century. I was once an English teacher, and I was positively shocked to see how teens are whittling our dear English down to nothing! If our teens heard Holmes and Watson talking, they would find those gentleman as incomprehensive as two men speaking Russian.

[@synchoswim]

I try to not use words in the wrong context as well. Thank you for your information as well :) I have never heard that term before here in Wisconsin (US) My goal in life is to see all the different countries in Europe before I die, now to start saving up the money for that.....

[@bathrobebattousai84]

Singular. Every episode that word is used at least once. Can't help but notice.

[@PenDragon-hg1lg]

Holmes would admire your observational skills

[@stevebrindle1724]

A most singular observation!

[@Dazzletoad]

Excellent upload. Bravo, my friend, and many thanks indeed.

[@pinworms70]

@7:35 Launcelot from the movie Excalibur is the young doctor in Holmes world...Brilliant.

[@SugarDemon1035]

I love it how Holmes looks at Watson like HE'S the weird one at 6:39.

[@74powers]

Thanks for posting!!!

[@catherinespark]

@sitithesecond In "His Last Bow" it states that Holmes is sixty, and since that takes place 1914 it places his birth in 1854. Since the Boer War escapades described at the beginning of 'A Study in Scarlet' take place in 1881, then one might assume they move into Baker Street in late 1881, making Holmes 27. But it doesn't really tell us Watson's age.

[@americanswan]

these are the best available anywhere. I've read the books.

[@mirrorcleworld]

I enjoyed the extra barber shop scene they wrote in, but I don't know anyone who fingers a violin like that. XD

[@APH17]

a slight error...hahahahahaha i love it

[@johnshields6852]

It's funny, out of all the addresses I've lived at I'll probably only remember Holmes address😁

[@verkaforever]

One of my favourite episodes of Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett.

[@chrystalSexydiabetic]

oh my sir lancelot in deed.

[@mfjdv2020]

@TheKulu42 Like in the "Gloria Scott", when Holmes deduces that his host has gone in fear of some personal danger for a while because he has bored a hole in the head of his stick and poured melted lead into it! Great idea! And in the 18th century, it was fashionable for gentlemen to wear a "light dress sword" when going to a ball. Imagine!

[@mfjdv2020]

@catherinespark No, Jack or Johnny are diminutives of John. And a note written by Watson is signed "John H. Watson, M.D.". I think this is yet another of Conan Doyle's little inconsistencies! A lot of the adventures were set in the 1890s too, but Holmes is definitely still alive then. In fact he's still alive in 1914 or thereabouts (please see His Last Bow) and is described as being about 60!

[@catherinespark]

@LAWL95 There's a Sidney Paget illustration of them walking down the street together and Holmes has his arm slipped through Watson's there too. Great friends!

[@TheKulu42]

Some of the improvements are as simple as giviing some of Holmes's lines in the story to Watson. If that change wasn't made, Holmes would be doing 90 percent of the talking. That works in the original stories, but not in a TV adaptation. And remember "The Empty House" when Holmes's closing line was given to Mrs. Hudson.

[@mfjdv2020]

@TheKulu42 yes, a light dress sword sounds fabulous! Nowadays you'd be run in for carrying an offensive weapon :-(. I've just reread the Gloria Scott and it contains some very interesting info for fixing Holmes's age (a bone of contention among fans)! From this we can deduce that this story was set in about 1885, when Holmes was still at university. So Holmes must have been no more than about 21 in 1885. Food for thought, Holmes fans!

[@HobbitRules]

Absolutely true.

[@mfjdv2020]

@catherinespark that's what I reckoned too.It would make sense if Holmes was about 27 in "Scarlet". But actually it wasn't the Boer War, as Watson was in India and Afghanistan just before 1881.

[@MemorieLane1980]

It was a walking stick, not a cane :) All Victorian gentlemen carried one.

[@mfjdv2020]

@allyndeimos I have an idea that both Holmes and Watson were in their very late twenties when the Canon starts in A Study in Scarlet. But we can never be sure, because Conan Doyle himself was so vague (and often downright inconsistent) in this respect.

[@catherinespark]

@sitithesecond Heya - my mistake about the Afghan war. To work dates out - Holmes retires in 1903 (Creeping Man) having worked for 23 years. 1903-23 = 1880. Confirm: Watson moves out in 1902, having been present for 17 of Holmes's professional years. 1902-1881 is 21 years of Watson present Minus 3 year hiatus = 18 years Minus 1 year before meeting Holmes = 17 years Which means 1881 must be correct Sorry for the misunderstanding - when I said Holmes was dead I meant he was on the hiatus!

[@mfjdv2020]

@allyndeimos you're quite right ... I've just been looking it up. And it doesn't add up, as according to "Scarlet", Watson took his M.D. degree in 1878. This was about 2 years before he started sharing rooms with Holmes. I don't think Conan Doyle was very accurate with his time lines. Other info isn't consistent either, such as Watson's first name which is usually John, but in "Twisted Lip" he is addressed as James :-).

[@vestel777]

I loved this episode. Can you PLEASE upload every episode?

[@mfjdv2020]

@catherinespark in the Canon it says that Watson is always rushing off to get married (slight exaggeration :-). I've always wondered why Sir ACD kept marrying him off. It would have made more sense to keep him a bachelor so he could remain at Baker Street and share Holmes' adventures.

[@EuskaltelEuskadi]

Percy Trevelyan. King of the Middle Parting since 1891.

[@seer1623]

Dang, how I love that old world English.

[@Shravius]

I kinda prefer David Burke to Hardwicke.. He seems more agile and "watsony" :)

[@TheKulu42]

Thank you! You had fine examples when you set your standards for good speech, but too many American kids have rap stars and the like who lace lyrics with profanity and bad grammar.

[@mfjdv2020]

@catherinespark Right, he was really impressed with Inspector Baynes! I like C.A.M. too. The film version (The Master Blackmailer) is really good but as you say, very sad. Especially the poor colonel who committed suicide due to his being exposed by C.A.M. Robert Hardy was brilliant as the arch-blackmailer!

[@SuperJJx]

3:47-7:33 is my favourite...

[@SnowhitePP333]

Can you also upload the Red headed league and the Naval treaty starring Jeremy Brett? It would be great! Thanks...

[@johnatkinson4287]

One of my fav S/H episodes,the first series was brilliant but declined as bretts health became a issue

[@mfjdv2020]

@catherinespark Great story that! What's your favourite Holmes story? The Cardboard Box is definitely one of mine. A real human tragedy, brilliantly solved by Holmes! And the film is just as good as the book too! Actually I thought that Holmes was extremely professionally active during the 1890s, as a lot of the short stories are set in that decade. Do you mean Holmes' supposed death in the Reichenbach Falls when you say Holmes was in a hiatus?

[@mfjdv2020]

@TheKulu42 I think swords finally went out of fashion when Queen Victoria came to the throne. This may be because the practice of duelling also died out. Probably Queen V. disapproved of it!!

[@TheKulu42]

Check with Amazon and National Public Television. The latter has a catalog of merchandise with shows and DVD sets. I own one myself. They''re worth it!

[@strikinine]

thank you

[@mfjdv2020]

@calliesaiyan This isn't the fault of the school students. It's the fault of the education system for not placing sufficient emphasis upon the importance of language use. (How's that? :-). The education system in most countries have gone right downhill since I was at school.

[@Lyrictheac]

@a55kiker Oh. They might be, but I cannot be sure on that point (this part is not in the book). I was referring to the black scarves tied around their hats.

[@steemdup]

...eyes tightly closed, grrrrinding your teeth - lol

[@catherinespark]

@sitithesecond I had trouble watching it all the way through due to the sadness. I've been meaning to try again though! Robert Hardy's CAM falls smack bang into the Uncanny Valley - he was brilliant, I agree.

[@mfjdv2020]

@kittyloki yes they did. It's a culture thing because e.g. Russian and Arab men, and French fathers and sons, kiss one another on the cheek as a greeting even these days. I don't see anything wrong with it. Why should it be ok for women and not for men?

[@catherinespark]

@sitithesecond 1. I wondered if James might be a diminutive of John. Also, there is an adventure that takes place in 1892 - Holmes is 'dead' then!

[@catherinespark]

@sitithesecond I've wondered that too - perhaps he's just trying to keep the stories fresh/interesting by changing the situation. And maybe trying to give Watson some space from Holmes, who strikes me as rather possessive of him sometimes! Also ACD's first wife died and then he remarried some years later, so maybe it was based a bit on his experiences too.

[@catherinespark]

@sitithesecond Oh speaking of mistakes, Wisteria lodge takes place in 1892, during the Hiatus!!

[@mfjdv2020]

@tephygirl23 actually i'm not sure they did do it in the 1800s! The most elegant type of this greeting nowadays is where you don't do any actual kisses, but just sort of waft your cheek in the direction of the other person's cheek (3 times, alternate cheeks :-). Wish i could give you a demonstration, you'd be doubled up i think lol!

[@allyndeimos]

@sitithesecond but, i gleaned from one of these granda episodes ( i forget which ) that watson has things organized at least since 1880 or something o.o that would be when holmes was.. 16? do forgive me if i am wrong.

[@stickcricket2455]

there is a mistake . in book they have written that Sherlock deduces the thoughts of Dr. watson

[@a55kiker]

@Lyrictheac I thought the men standing by the coffin were the others involved in the robbery. Of course, I haven't read the story; I've only seen these shows.

[@catherinespark]

@Detectivefiction There's a nice Sidney Paget illustration of that too

[@mfjdv2020]

@catherinespark i think maybe your last explanation is the correct one. Watson's first wife also dies just before "The Empty House" when Holmes makes his amazing comeback.

[@mfjdv2020]

@calliesaiyan correction: "has"

[@mfjdv2020]

@tephygirl23 not in Europe, women here still kiss and hug each other when they meet. Three kisses (alternate cheeks) is considered very chic :-) but many people just do two.

[@jillllllybean]

i believe i would have been successful in my attempt at the deduction watson had tried to make here

[@catherinespark]

@sitithesecond And he remarries some years later as well, like Watson, so I guess it fits. Have you seen the Russian version of The Empty House? It's called The Hunt for the Tiger, I think. A bit over the top, but good nonetheless.

[@fortyseventhronin]

Okay...first 3 minutes 30 seconds...legitimately creepy.

[@RWW124]

Saturn?

[@alguien1234]

But Jeremy is more handsome for me :P

[@kawaiifoxbabe300]

6:54 Sherlock's hand placement? ;o

[@synchoswim]

FYI is "For Your Information" and I was replying to your comment (threepipeproblem) but the line-up got switched around. I know you don't mean it as most people don't mean it to be offensive to those with mental retardation, it is another word that has lost its meaning. PS I love your name :)

[@fortyseventhronin]

The beginning is some creepy ass shit.

[@alguien1234]

Why always carried a cane? They aren't so old as to need it aren't they?

[@Chikinlegz]

Was he saying satan or saturn? In the beginning. . .

[@Ale.b99]

Satton

[@Lyrictheac]

That was an odd way to begin a story...

[@BrowntheRockCat]

Seriously. I can't believe Watson and Holmes weren't together.

[@Muck006]

They ARE together ... as friends. Not every relationship is about sex. They are just "best buddies" who share a flat.

[@chauphominh1880]

Alex Barnett they are bestfriends, and Watson was Holmes's companion and roommate, and that's all. If you're talking about BBC Sherlock stuff, then you're at the wrong place.

[@skeledaddy]

Nonsense! I myself am quite the aficionado of this series. Then again, I fear you underestimate the vocabulary of this generation. I am quite sure that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's generation were whittling down English, as was the generation before, and so on and so forth. It is customary for the younger generation to take a distaste to their parents' mode of dress and music, speech is quite obvious. Though on that note I will confess that this generation's equivalent is quite distressing.

[@koratvinnie]

Percy is a bit hammy.

[@synchoswim]

Using "retards" in that sense is both wrong and can be very offensive. I know it's not you, everyone uses that word in the wrong context and as a negative thing. It's interesting and sometimes sad how the meaning of different words has changed. Just FYI

[@mmmhhm]

@donadona62 Yes, but back then the idea of two men kissing was sinister. Two men marrying, unthinkable. A bit of a step backwards, perhaps, when seeing two men linking arms thoughts go in different directions. But at least now the whole world doesn't throw a bloody gasket when two (wo)men kiss. One step back, two steps forward.

[@Olgalarge]

not you

[@TheKulu42]

Text slang makes me shudder. If Holmes and Watson had to see such horrors, they would think some terrible fate had befallen Western civilization. However, I have to admit the Cockney rythming slang can be interesting. Loaf of Bread equals head. I try to use my loaf. And I imagine Holmes was quite familiar with the slang of the Victorian underworld.

[@TheKulu42]

How I wish it was nonsense! I know the vocabulary of a literate person such as yourself would baffle them. "Aficianado" and 'customary' would not pass their lips. However, I have to agree that each generation wants its own music, dress, and vocabulary; and, like you, I'm distressed by their choices. Perhaps "evolving" would be more accurate than "whittled down." New words are created as technology and society changes.

[@synchoswim]

That is why I dislike rap music, no one uses proper english today. It's sad how Americans learn profanity and negative messages so young. Some schools barely teach grammar anymore, let alone drill it into the kids anymore. My Grandmother has much better spelling, language, and writing than I do. I'm just glad I got out of High School before kids started using "text slang" on their papers and book reports.