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I remember watching his performances as Holmes when PBS used to broadcast the Granada series on the show "Mystery", which was hosted by Vincent Price at the time. Brett is the definitive Holmes for me, and his performance helped cement my life-long interest in the character. I believe most, if not all, of his Holmes performances are available on Netflix streaming.
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Thanks for the welcome Jim. I don't post all that often, so that likely explains why we haven't interacted at all. I agree with you about the Patrick Gowers theme. I used to record the episodes, and would watch the opening and closing credits multiple times to hear the theme. I have since acquired the cd to the Granada series, which I enjoy.
I was happy with both actors who portrayed Watson. In fact, when I first saw the episodes (keep in mind I was much younger, and there was a gap between seasons) it took me a couple of episodes to figure out that here was a different actor playing Watson! Although the Granada series was very faithful to the source material, they did make some changes. Some of which I didn't care for, such as the change to the Red Headed League that Eric mentioned above, but one of the changes I really liked, is the series really built up Watson as being a very capable person worthy of teaming up with Holmes.
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Performance wise, I rate Brett high but I'm still not sure whether I regard him as the best to play Holmes. Certainly no worse than Top 3 overall.
The episodes themselves, for some reason, I have never warmed up completely to. Some of the changes like having Moriarty be responsible for "The Redheaded League" and not having Watson get married prevented the adaptations from being as "definitive" as the BBC Radio episodes of the 90s were (though the Holmes in those productions, Clive Merrison, was way too eccentric and not very likable).
i love the tele versions and the radio plays
check 'em out!
bruxce
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I believe Brett was under contract at UI for awhile in the 70;s.
I always regretted that he never played a murderer on COLUMBO
He would have been great.
Sadly, they wasted him on an ep of HULK
brm
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Jun 23, 2012 - 1:12 AM
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Mr Greg
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Clive Merrison will always be "my" Holmes. Sure, the character as portrayed by Merrison was not particularly likeable, but - hey - neither was the original Doyle character. So - spot on then!
The Brett shows were - to begin with - essential viewing for me. It was only towards the end of the canon that the shows crept towards that plague of British TV dramas at the time - sloooooow pacing. Holmes stories were anything but slow. Several episodes stand out for me though - the Final Problem and Empty House toofer, The Man with the Twisted Lip, The Greek Interpreter, The Speckled Band (of course), and The Boscombe Valley Mystery. All of these were TV drama at their very, very best - anchored by Brett's vulnerable, sometimes maniacal, coldly distant yet emotionally wrought portrayal. Only regret - A Study In Scarlet was never filmed.
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(See? It's green!) 
