On this day in 1984, 40 years ago, Granada premiered a much anticipated new series: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, on the ITV network. Starring Jeremy Brett and David Burke.
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40 years ago today ..
An Iconic series, with an equally iconic theme, began.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🗣️ GRANADA HOLMES 🗣️
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I've always privately made fun of Watson for his apparent inability to focus on anything that isn't Holmes. If all the attention to detail that he has when studying Holmes was directed at the crime scene - rather than Holmes' reaction to the crime scene, client, etc. - Watson would make a good detective himself.
But since I started watching Granada Holmes I have to take that back given that so often I can't follow what's going on because I'm just mesmerized by the way Jeremy Brett moves and can't pay attention to anything else. I'm not listening to what this witness is saying, I'm looking at Jeremy's micro facial expressions in reaction to it. I didn't notice the rest of the room, I was looking at the way Jeremy moves his hands and swirls around and touches the furniture and walks and tilts his head and crawls on the floor and sniffs cigarette butts and
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This was legit the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this picture. I would love to know if it has some backstory or something, it looks too funny.
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Me when someone starts talking about BBC Sherlock
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Fun Fact: in one month (1/1/23), all Sherlock Holmes stories hit the public domain and the Conan Doyle Estate can't do shit! I say this for absolutely no reason but also congrats in advance to the happy couple.
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a third old man yaoi has hit the lesbian
(acd canon dated, mostly based on granada series)
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*watson enters sitting room occupied by holmes and client*
watson: oh i'm so sorry for intruding. i'll just leave--
holmes: *JUMPS OVER SETTEE* *PULLS WATSON INSIDE* *SLAMS DOOR* *PUSHES WATSON INTO ARMCHAIR*
holmes: this is my friend and soulmate, dr watson
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if i ever say no to gay victorians CALL THE POLICE ! MY IDENTITY HAS BEEN STOLEN FOR SURE
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