Sherlock Holmes (TV series, 1984)
Television series | |
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German title | Sherlock Holmes |
Original title | 1st – 2nd Season: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3rd – 4th Season: The Return of Sherlock Holmes. 5. Season: The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. 6. Season: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes |
Country of production | United Kingdom |
original language | English |
Year (s) | 1984-1994 |
length | 51 minutes |
Episodes | 41 in 9 seasons |
genre | Detective film |
idea | Michael Cox |
production |
Michael Cox , June Wyndham Davies |
music | Patrick Gowers |
First broadcast | April 24, 1984 (UK) on ITV |
German-language first broadcast |
September 5, 1987 on DFF2 |
occupation | |
Main actor:
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Sherlock Holmes (original title: the respective seasons have different titles, see there) is a television series from England commissioned and broadcast by the ITV station from 1984 to 1994 . It consisted of 6 seasons and 5 additional feature films. The production company was Granada Productions (now: ITV Studios). With this series, Jeremy Brett became one of the most famous Sherlock Holmes actors.
These were literary adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle , in which Jeremy played Brett Holmes and David Burke , from season 3 then Edward Hardwicke , was the Watson . The series was praised by critics and the public mainly because of the faithfulness to the work and the main actor Jeremy Brett. The producer was initially Michael Cox , later June Wyndham Davies . In Germany only 25 episodes were originally dubbed and broadcast. Since 2009 there have been - with the exception of four episodes - all episodes in German synchronization on DVD.
Emergence
In 1981 there was a conference of ITV companies . The point was that the station wanted another historic classic series, as it had already celebrated success with these series. Michael Cox was there because he was working for Granada and came up with the idea of a Sherlock Holmes series . The conference participants were enthusiastic and favored the Holmes series, even if it was foreseeable that it would be an extremely expensive series. Cox quickly put together a list of his personal favorite stories. A staff member from the studio did the same. When you compared the lists with each other, it became apparent that they were almost identical. The choice for filming was limited, however, as the copyrights of the stories from the volumes His Farewell Performance and Sherlock Holmes' Book of Cases were in the United States. It was also believed that the rights to the characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were there, but this turned out to be wrong. Initially, there were only 39 of the 60 Holmes stories to choose from (including the "Dog of Baskerville"). Due to this copyright dispute, the production of the individual episodes (script, shooting) did not begin until 1983.
As it was already clear that the budget would skyrocket, Granada started a pre-sale in the USA. There was also a station there that showed interest (this is how one became aware of copyrights). So in order to be successful in the USA you needed a leading actor who was also known in the USA. "Somebody like Jeremy Brett," said Cox during the search. You couldn't find anyone like Jeremy Brett, so you asked him personally. Brett showed interest, but did not immediately accept, fearing that he would not get rid of the role later. B. Basil Rathbone . Brett accepted, played the part, and became the Sherlock Holmes.
action
With around three exceptions, all episodes adhere very closely to Arthur Conan Doyle's literary models . However, there are some factors that have been left out or replaced, e.g. B. the fact that Watson falls in love with the client Mary Morstan and eventually even marries her. This was omitted from the series as producers and writers found it too difficult to bring Holmes and Watson back together again and again when the Doctor was married. Also had the case The League of redheads changed so that at the end of Professor Moriarty (played by Eric Porter ) was the culprit. Even the noble bachelor (in the series is "The title of the coveted bachelor") was changed, but just so you could stretch it to 100 minutes and it was exciting.
production
David Burke dropped out with his last fall in 1985 because he wanted to spend more time with his family and accept a theater offer. But he himself proposed Edward Hardwicke as his successor, who was eventually taken. The exchange of the Watson actor went so well that some viewers in England did not even notice him at first and Hardwicke himself was approached with David on the set . Hardwicke first appeared in The Empty House from 1986.
The fall in the Reichenbachfall in his last case was actually filmed on site in Meiringen with two stunt people. Brett (Sherlock Holmes) was doubled by Marc Boyle and Porter (Moriarty) by Alf Joint . Producer Cox was in awe of their achievements. He said they were admirable as they risked their lives to film. The stunt is one of the most expensive and elaborate on British television. Holmes actor Jeremy Brett personally bought the champagne as a tribute to this stunt.
Episode overview
1st season
The first and second seasons ran in the original under the title The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes from April 1984 to September 1985 on the British broadcaster itv. In German, both seasons ran under the name Sherlock Holmes on the channels DFF2 and S3 from September 1987 to December of the same year. In Koch Media , the first and second season as the first video relay published in March 2012 found.
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (S3) | Director | script |
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1 | 1 | A scandal in Bohemia | A scandal in Bohemia | Apr 24, 1984 | Oct 28, 1987 | Paul Annett | John Hawksworth , Alexander Baron |
2 | 2 | The dancing males | The Dancing Men | May 1, 1984 | 23 Sep 1987 | John Bruce | John Hawksworth, Anthony Skene |
3 | 3 | The naval agreement | The Naval Treaty | May 8, 1984 | Oct 21, 1987 | Alan Grint | John Hawksworth, Jeremy Paul |
4th | 4th | The lonely cyclist | The Solitary Cyclist | May 15, 1984 | Sep 30 1987 | Paul Annett | John Hawksworth, Alan Plater |
5 | 5 | The crippled man | The Crooked Man | May 22, 1984 | Oct 14, 1987 | Alan Grint | John Hawksworth, Alfred Shaughnessy |
6th | 6th | The spotted band | The Speckled Band | May 29, 1984 | 5th Sep 1987 1 | John Bruce | John Hawksworth, Jeremy Paul |
7th | 7th | The blue carbuncle | The blue carbuncle | 5th June 1984 | Nov 4, 1987 | David Carson | John Hawksworth, Paul Finney |
2nd season
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (S3) | Director | script |
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8th | 1 | The house to the blood beeches | The Copper Beeches | Aug 25, 1985 | Nov 11, 1987 | Paul Annett | John Hawksworth, Bill Craig |
9 | 2 | The Greek interpreter | The Greek Interpreter | Sep 1 1985 | Nov 18, 1987 | Alan Grint | John Hawksworth, Derek Marlowe |
10 | 3 | The builder from Norwood | The Norwood Builder | 8 Sep 1985 | Nov 25, 1987 | Ken Grieve | John Hawksworth, Richard Harris |
11 | 4th | The permanent patient | The resident patient | Sep 15 1985 | Dec 2, 1987 | David Carson | John Hawksworth, Derek Marlowe |
12 | 5 | The League of Red Haired Men | The Red-Headed League | 22 Sep 1985 | Dec 9, 1987 | John Bruce | John Hawksworth |
13 | 6th | His last case | The final problem | 29 Sep 1985 | Dec 16, 1987 | Alan Grint | John Hawksworth |
3rd season
The third and fourth seasons ran in the original under the title The Return of Sherlock Holmes from July 1986 to August 1988 on the British broadcaster ITV . The third season ran in German under the name The Return of Sherlock Holmes on the DFF2 and S3 channels from January to February 1988. The third and fourth season appeared as a second video season on Koch Media in June 2012.
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (S3) | Director | script |
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14th | 1 | The empty house | The Empty House | July 9, 1986 | Jan. 11, 1988 1 | Howard Baker | John Hawksworth |
15th | 2 | Abbey Grange | The Abbey Grange | July 16, 1986 | Feb. 8, 1988 1 | Peter Hammond | John Hawksworth, TR Bowen |
16 | 3 | The ritual of the Musgrave family | The Musgrave ritual | July 23, 1986 | Feb. 1, 1988 1 | David Carson | John Hawksworth, Jeremy Paul |
17th | 4th | The second stain | The second stain | July 30, 1986 | Jan. 18, 1988 1 | John Bruce | John Hawksworth |
18th | 5 | The man with the disfigured (crooked) mouth | The Man with the Twisted Lip | Aug 6, 1986 | Feb. 17, 1988 | Patrick Lau | John Hawksworth, Alan Plater |
19th | 6th | The boarding school | The Priory School | Aug 13, 1986 | Jan. 20, 1988 | John Madden | John Hawksworth, TR Bowen |
20th | 7th | Six times Napoleon | The Six Napoleons | Aug 20, 1986 | Feb. 24, 1988 | David Carson | John Hawksworth, John Kane |
4th season
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | Director | script |
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21st | 1 | The devil's foot | The Devil's Foot | Apr 6, 1988 | Ken Hannam | John Hawksworth, Gary Hopkins |
22nd | 2 | Silver Blaze | Silver Blaze | Apr 13, 1988 | Brian Mills | John Hawksworth |
23 | 3 | Wisteria Lodge | Wisteria Lodge | Apr 20, 1988 | Peter Hammond | John Hawksworth, Jeremy Paul |
24 | 4th | The Bruce Partington Plans | The Bruce-Partington Plans | Apr. 27, 1988 | John Gorrie | John Hawksworth |
5th season
The fifth season ran in the original under the title The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes from February to March 1991 on the British broadcaster ITV . In Koch Media , the fifth and sixth season as the third and fourth video relay published in June 2012 found.
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | Director | script |
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25th | 1 | The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax | The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax | Feb 21, 1991 | John Madden | TR Bowen |
26th | 2 | The Thor Bridge Problem | The Problem of Thor Bridge | Feb 28, 1991 | Michael A. Simpson | Jeremy Paul |
27 | 3 | Shoscombe Old Place | Shoscombe Old Place | March 7, 1991 | Patrick Lau | Gary Hopkins |
28 | 4th | The riddle of Boscombe Valley | The Boscombe Valley Mystery | March 14, 1991 | June Howson | John Hawkesworth |
29 | 5 | The illustrious client | The Illustrious Client | March 21, 1991 | Tim Sullivan | Robin Chapman |
30th | 6th | The man with the crouched gait | The Creeping Man | March 28, 1991 | Tim Sullivan | Robin Chapman |
6th season
The sixth season ran in the original under the title The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes from March to April 1994 on the British broadcaster ITV . In Koch Media , the fifth and sixth season as the third and fourth video relay published in June 2012 found.
No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | Director | script |
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31 | 1 | The three gables | The Three Gables | March 7, 1994 | Peter Hammond | Jeremy Paul |
32 | 2 | The detective on his deathbed | The Dying Detective | March 14, 1994 | Sarah Hellings | TR Bowen |
33 | 3 | The golden pince nez | The Golden Pince-Nez | March 21, 1994 | Peter Hammond | Gary Hopkins |
34 | 4th | The red circle | The Red Circle | March 28, 1994 | Sarah Hellings | Jeremy Paul |
35 | 5 | The Mazarin stone | The Mazarin Stone | Apr 4, 1994 | Peter Hammond | Gary Hopkins |
36 | 6th | The cardboard box | The Cardboard Box | Apr 11, 1994 | Sarah Hellings | TR Bowen |
Feature film specials
Some Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle were adapted as film versions by Granada Productions on behalf of itv . A total of five films were produced. In Koch Media , the movies of the series was published in April 2015 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc.
- 1987: The character 4 (The Sign of Four)
- 1988: The Hound of the Baskervilles (The Hound of the Baskervilles)
- 1992: The king of the blackmailer (The Master Black Mailer)
- 1993: The Last Vampire (The Last Vampyre)
- 1993: The Coveted Bachelor (The Eligible Bachelor)
Awards
The Edgar Allan Poe Award jury honored the series with two awards in the Best Episode in a TV series category . Jeremy Paul won the first for his script for the episode The Musgrave Ritual in 1988. The second was won by Gary Hopkins for The Devil's Foot the following year.
A third nomination in this category went to TR Bowen for the episode "The Eligible Bachelor" (in German: "The Desired Bachelor") in 1996.
To the surprise of many fans and critics, Jeremy Brett was never nominated for an award.
Broadcasts in Germany
As the first German broadcaster, GDR television broadcast the series in its second program from September 1987. In addition, the 1st and 2nd seasons were shown in a joint series entitled The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with one episode per week. On the same slot, the third season ran from January 1988 under the title The Return of Sherlock Holmes .
GDR television also synchronized the 1st, 2nd and 3rd season itself. The role of Sherlock Holmes was u. a. by Arno Wyzniewski , by Dr. Watson spoken by Werner Ehrlicher . Scenes in which Sherlock Holmes' drug consumption was directly depicted were cut out or shortened and not synchronized. In the synchronized version of GDR television, these three seasons were later also shown in some third-party programs on ARD . GDR television also repeated the first and second seasons from 1988 and 1990 in its first and second programs.
The 5th season and the last three feature films were broadcast for the first time in Germany from April 1993 under the series title Sherlock Holmes . The remaining episodes and films have not yet been shown on German television, but have been dubbed for a DVD release by Koch Media .
synchronization
Consequences area | Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Watson | Mrs. Hudson | Inspector Lestrade | Mycroft Holmes |
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series | |||||
season 1 | Franz Viehmann | Werner Ehrlicher | Gertraud Klawitter | no appearance | no appearance |
season 2 | Arno Wyzniewski | Gisela morning | Klaus Mertens | Achim Petry | |
Season 3, episodes 1-4 | Peter Hladik | Christel Peters | no appearance | ||
Season 3, episodes 5-7 | Arno Wyzniewski | ||||
Season 4 | no synchronization | ||||
Season 5 | Holger Mahlich | Bernd Stephan | Sabine Hahn | Stephan Schwartz | no appearance |
Season 6 | no appearance | Klaus Dittmann | |||
Movies | |||||
The sign 4 | Michael Narloch | Werner Ehrlicher | Christel Peters | no appearance | no appearance |
The Baskerville Dog | Peter Hladik | Gerhard Paul | no appearance | ||
The blackmailer king | Günter König | Franz Rudnick | Gerda Gmelin | Manfred Reddemann | |
The last vampire | no appearance | no appearance | |||
The coveted bachelor | Gerda Gmelin |
Trivia
- The actors Brett and Porter, who play the two opponents Holmes and Moriarty in the series, both died in 1995.
- Like Basil Rathbone before , Brett was only associated with this role after the role of Holmes. Today he is generally considered to be the best actor in the Sherlock Holmes role, even before that .
- Alexander Baron (author of many episodes) had also previously written all of the episodes of the miniseries The Hound of the Baskervilles .
DVD
In England all episodes were released on DVD (in season boxes and a complete series box). In Germany, seasons 1 and 2 were released as a (first) season on DVD and Blu-ray Disc by Koch Media, seasons 3 and 4 (season 4 only in subtitles ) as a (second) season in a box (only on DVD), as well as seasons 5 and 6 as third and fourth season in one box (only on DVD). The five feature films are available from Koch Media on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in a box.
literature
- Michael Ross (ed.): Sherlock Holmes in film and television. A manual . Baskerville books, Cologne 2003, 237 pages, ISBN 3-930932-03-2
Web links
- IMDb:
- Series:
- Sherlock Holmes in the Internet Movie Database (English) (Seasons 1 & 2)
- Sherlock Holmes in the Internet Movie Database (English) (Seasons 3 & 4)
- Sherlock Holmes in the Internet Movie Database (Season 5, The Blackmailer King , The Last Vampire , The Coveted Bachelor )
- Sherlock Holmes in the Internet Movie Database (English) (Season 6)
- Films:
- Sherlock Holmes in the Internet Movie Database (English) ( The character 4 )
- Sherlock Holmes in the Internet Movie Database (English) ( The Hound of the Baskervilles )
- Series:
- Sherlock Holmes at Fernsehserien.de
- Synchronization:
- Series:
- Sherlock Holmes in the German dubbing file (seasons 1 & 2)
- Sherlock Holmes in the German dubbing file (seasons 3 & (4))
- Sherlock Holmes in the German dubbing file (seasons 5 & 6)
- Films:
- Sherlock Holmes in the German dubbing file ( Daszeichen 4 )
- Sherlock Holmes in the German synchronized file ( Der Hund von Baskerville )
- Sherlock Holmes in the German dubbing file ( The King of Blackmailers )
- Sherlock Holmes in the German dubbing file ( The Last Vampire )
- Sherlock Holmes in the German dubbing file ( The coveted bachelor )
- Series:
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the stunt cf. Haining, Peter: The Television Sherlock Holmes. 1986
- ↑ Sherlock Holmes Season 1 (4 DVDs) (new edition). Koch Media, March 30, 2012, accessed November 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Sherlock Holmes Season 2 (3 DVDs) (new edition). Koch Media, June 1, 2012, accessed November 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Sherlock Holmes season 3 & 4 (4 DVDs) (new edition). Koch Media, June 1, 2012, accessed November 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Sherlock Holmes season 3 & 4 (4 DVDs) (new edition). Koch Media, June 1, 2012, accessed November 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Sherlock Holmes - The Films. Koch Media , April 2, 2015, accessed November 4, 2016 .