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Old 03-28-2013, 07:03 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by crich70 View Post
That was probably the version where the late Jeremy Brett plays Holmes. He was good I agree. When he was a young man he played 'Freddie' the young man who pursues Eliza Dolittle (Audry Hepburn) in "My Fair Lady." His versions of the stories do stick pretty well to Doyle's original stories.
This is the new BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Watson in a contemporary setting where computers and cell phones are used with more frequency than spyglasses. Aside from the technology, it's very much in line with Doyle's creation.
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