Stephen Fry talks Sherlock and Jeremy Brett
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
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In this very special, supplemental episode, Gus and Luke sit down with Stephen Fry to discuss his early, Sherlockian experiences, his love for the canon and the Granada series, his encounters with Mr. Jeremy Brett, and more.
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Whoever cast Jeremy Brett, David Suchet, and Joan Hickson in their respective mysteries was genius. All three are the best ever in their portrayals.
True that. Grew up watching Jeremy and a huge fan.
I've never found Suchet convincing as Poirot.
Wow, really? For me Suchet IS Poirot. Such a brilliant actor. I mean, he doesn't look like Poirot is described by Christie but that doesn't matter all that much. What I love about Suchet's performance is that he takes a character who's over the top, pompous and ridiculous (Christie herself famously hated Poirot) and turns him into a real human being, a complex and deep character. I think he really improved the character in every respect by humanizing him while also keeping all of the mannerisms and oddities. And of course Suchet really loved Poirot and you can see it in his performance. I find it difficult to accept other actors' portrayals of Poirot even though a lot of great actors have played him. More often than not they portray Poirot in a comical and ridiculous manner, they don't take the character seriously. Suchet did and it worked brilliantly.
@@hansmahr8627 So far, Suchet is the best. As one who reads all of A. Christie, more than once.
@@Mathemagical55 Nope, I never liked Suchet myself. It's not that he is too different from Agatha Christie's description of the Sleuth, he is almost a carbon copy. But that's the problem. It's just that he fails to give him a life by his own.
Once you've seen Jeremy Brett in the role, no one else will do.
I have a great fondness for Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu in 'Elementary' because that show 'got' the core of the SH stories in a way the BBC show 'Sherlock' failed to grasp......but no one can get anywhere near Jeremy Brett....he was just so spot on.....Part hawk, part cat, all sleuth-hound.....
Agreed!!!
Jeremy Brett..... No one else will do!!! How I loved that man 's Portrayal of any...ANY character he decided to portray..... Especially Sherlock Holmes!!!
I see your Jeremy Brett and raise you a Basil Rathbone.
You are right. Brett had the chance to to do all of the stories, for which I'm grateful, because he was THE Holmes. Overdubbed or not he is also a highlight of My Fair Lady. No man ever looked better in top hat and tails
Jeremy Brett's Holmes was the definitive version for me.
driftwood1906 did you watch the Soviet films about Sherlock?
Oh yes. He really caught the character as you see him in the books.
Mine too.
Good
Bought the box set of his series years ago and it's still a joy to watch 👍
My cousin took me to see Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke live in "The Secret of Sherlock Holmes" in London. We went to the stage door after and asked if we could meet them. They both came to say hello and couldn't have been nicer. Real gentleman, especially after such an intense play.
What an honor!
I saw that production too, but was too shy to wait and ask for autographs.
I love interviewers who can ask a question of their guests, and then shut up and let them answer.
Agree.
Oh yes!! VERY appreciated. Such a pleasure.
Moi aussi 😗
It should be easy. But nowadays it seems political agendas often crowd out polite discourse.
Bill Piechocki ~ to be honest though, even the most self absorbed fail in their quest of self adoration once Fry starts telling stories.
Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes to me. Unforgettable performances by a brilliant actor. May he rest in peace.
Sadly I think Brett thought he WAS Holmes eventually
I loved David Burke’s Holmes, but, yes, Hardwicke was stupendous 💕
Massive fan of Jeremy Brett , the tonality and richness of his voice and the mannerisms make him the best Holmes ever.
For me, it is Basil Rathbone, but Mr. Brett is a close second.
He perfectly captured the manic depressive side of Holmes, the nervous energy, the explosive energy followed by bouts of dark depression, irritation at people he found to be a bore, but always the gentleman with respectable people, the diction, the facial ticks, the intensity…he even looks like the original illustrations!
Edward Hardwicke as Watson complemented Jeremy Brett perfectly. Watson was an Army doctor with many years field experience, he was no fool contrary to the way he was portrayed by some other actors.
Did you like David Burke who preceded Hardwicke in the series?
@@owlofminerva2564 he was OK but I thought Hardwicke was better
I like both actually. And I saw them in reverse order lol.
@@owlofminerva2564 I liked both. Each possessed sober and mature reflection upon all of Holmes' theories without giving up the conclusions of his investigations.
While I give cudos to the earlier Basil Rathbone, Brett is probably my distillation of all that Conan Doyle perceived in his characterization of Holmes. I might also add that Dr. Watson's character was most ably portrayed by both Burke and Hardwicke. Part of my problem with Nigel Bruce, aside from being a very fine actor, was his slightly curmudgeonly comical act which was a little excessive for a professionally educated man. Having read Doyle, Watson is much more refined. His personality is comical and played it over the top. Essentially, Bruce comes across as a slightly confused individual, as if a slightly tipsy elderly uncle were suffering from the early onset of senile dementia. If I was to select an absolute favorite professional Dr. Watson, it would be Hardwicke. He maintains the stout and ego confining sidekick but not too distant or too close as Holmes' friend.
The way Jeremy Brett uses his voice is remarkable. It is so obvious he was a Shakespearean actor. I wonder if he ever recorded any poetry.😊
Check out Jeremy Brett. "Loved I am..." and other poetry ua-cam.com/video/TyxL3A1WoC4/v-deo.html
I'm 29 and for me Jeremy Brett is the greatest Sherlock Holmes. Benedict is great and I love him and Basil was wonderful, but there is something so engrossing and hypnotic about Jeremy's interpretation that cannot be imitated.
So true.
House md my favorite but Jeremy is my definitive.
TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU MMGRINGOIRE JEREMY WAS THE BEST 😭😭
Probably Jeremy Brett suffered with the same problems as Holmes.
Therefore he portrayed him so brilliantly.
As for Stephen Fry I think he is such an interesting man.
Would love to get drunk with him and listen to his stories.
Different actors/ characters for different times.
Brett would be no good playing Holmes set in our era and Cumberbatch would be no good set in Victorian times.
Brett was brilliant in his portrayal of Holmes as I think he probably had some of the same demons as Holmes and therefore understood the character do well.
Jeremy Brett literally put his life and soul into his portrayal of Holmes.
literally.... really?
@@RobertSlover literally. Really.
@@gps8958 bullshit man.
He was seriously ill during the last season.. You can see him deteriorate.
@@harrimonhoxx1713 not applicable.
Stephen Fry can talk forever and I’ll also listen forever. Absolutely a pleasure listening to him. Of course, Jeremy Brett is the best Sherlock Holmes. The others were excellent but Mr. Brett is THE Sherlock Holmes as written, IMHO.
I remember being initially put off by all the quirkiness in his performance. Soon after, I was totally in love!
Jeremy could convey immense warmth amongst his sharp logical intensity.
It's as though Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories with the yet unborn Jeremy Brett in mind.
Jeremy Brett is the ONLY Holmes.
No one else will do.
Ever.
For me it's Jonny Lee Miller
No one else will do...ever!
Λετ me correct you, dear sir. ''Jeremy Brett is, to me, the ONLY Holmes. No one else will do. Ever.''.
There.
If you think like that you will miss out on other great versions. I agree that the Granada version with Brett was truly amazing, and perhaps the best. But i adore the Rathbone movies. The hound of the Baskervilles with Cushing was a great Hammer movie. The Soviet version is just fantastic. I was shocked how great and well made it was. That is a gem. You can find it on youtube. I really recommend it.
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There are many amazing Sherlock Holmes portrayals, but Jeremy's is by far THE BEST.
J Bret tv homes b rathbone films o i
Indeed, but whose portrayal is the worst? Personally I would nominate Will Ferrell....absolutley atrocious in a terrible movie....
@@Thunderbear69That's a "who cares" question my friend.
Jeremy Brett was the best Sherlock ever. He really had the true personality of the character down completely.
I have just discovered Jeremy Brett. So enjoyable to watch. He is everything I believe Sherlock Holmes to be. Thank you Stephen Fry for your insightful observations.
So jealous you're just discovering this wonderful character... fantastic journey you are embarking on.
Jeremy Brett's performance as Sherlock Holmes reigns supreme. The Granada series is a work of art, each episode a little gem. My husband and I adore this series and often quote The Resident Patient because it was so perfectly entertaining. I also think the actor playing Moriarty stuns with subtlety and depth to present a truly plausible and terrifying villain. Astonishing acting & directing in every episode without fail, brilliant casting. Thank you for treating us with the delightful musings of Stephen Fry.
Eric Porter as Moriarty was perfect casting.
I loved the books and agree - wholeheartedly - Jeremy Brett WAS the greatest Holmes on screen - big or small - the best Sherlocked of any era ! Thanks for sharing this.
Brett was and is by far the best representation of Holmes on screen bar none.
I can listen the Stephen Fry talk forever! I was shocked to hear That Jeremy Brett was never recognised for the brilliant portrayal of Holmes for me he was the best.
Jeremy Brett was Sherlock Homes. I watched him on PBS growing up. Energy, passion, intelligence, wit, and compassion are a few of the words to describe his performance. It is always a thrill to watch them.
Brett is the greatest Holmes. I spent many rainy Saturdays in front of an open fire watching the series on Dvd with my father. A wonderful time, our love for the show brought us closer together. Thank you for uploading this, Sir.
I knew Jeremy personally he was never interested in fame or celebrity status but he was a heavyweight actor and a true gentleman he always had time for people just ask people in the days of just William whine bar in battersea I miss him so much😔
😰 so excruciating to lose a loved one....im sorry...
Hamid Bruno Louani Tell ya more about the ‘Whine’ bar in Battersea, and stories you have of Jeremy there!! Does the bar exist anymore?
So sorry about your loss. I was just mesmerized by his performance as Sherlock Holmes. Jeremy Brett was really one of those actors that I wish could have lived forever.
My husband and I have just discovered the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes and we can't stop watching them! And we love the David Suchet Poirot too and said last night that Jeremy's sherlock was like dinner, meaty, intense, works your brain and the David Suchet Poirot is like desert, pleasure, light hearted and cozy.... Love them both!
Well said!
Jeremy Brett is Sherlock!! There is no better one! I was in love with a series...waiting impatiently every week during '80-ties, for another episode. I love it still. Jeremy Brett an exquisite actor! xxxxx
Once you've gone Brett, you'll never go back.
Once you've gone Brett, you'll never regret?
Jeremy Brett, is truly missed! It's a shame they didn't get to finish all the Sherlock Holmes series!
Really was! But you can see he was not well in the last chapters
Stephen Fry is a treasure. I am happy to see that Jeremy Brett is getting recognition for his craft. The man was an superior Sherlock.
Cynthia Veit THE superior. The best.
@ Cynthia
He is superb in Sheridan's The Rivals . ! Also viewable on UA-cam ! ( Not great quality upload but he shines through ,)
I'm so glad to find people talking about Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes! They seemed to be so overlooked for so long!
Jeremy Brett is the quintessential Sherlock Holmes for me! My favorite scene was in the episode featuring a very nasty blackmailer whom Holmes infiltrates the blackmailers home as a Plumber! His awkwardness with the maid who was attempting to make love him was priceless! Mr. Brett’s acting skills made Holmes/the Plumber’s reactions to the maid advances so very real! Holmes vulnerabilities as a man escaped so quickly he had no warning or time to compose himself! Brett played that moment exquisitely! He won my respect as the ONLY Sherlock Holmes ever! Thank you for the wonderful interview with Mr. Fry another actor whom I respect!
I first read A Study in Scarlet when I was eleven years old and proceeded to devour one Sherlock Holmes book after another ‘till there were none left. I have re-read them all I suppose, about once every ten years. I am now eighty-four and gone blind. I am so happy that I am still able to enjoy these stories listening to Stephen Fry’s Audio Books. Thank you Stephen.
It was a very different history for my discovery of Wodehouse. He was the one author banned by my parents because ‘he helped the Germans during the war’. It was until I was in my mid-thirties that I discovered Bertie Whooster et al. I have made up for it since.
Thank you for sharing. Sherlock is a lovely well to dip back into.
Jeremy is Holmes because he possesses a genuine empathy of the tumult that an especially brilliant mind experiences.
Wonderful to see the love for Jeremy Brett. As an American, it just feels like he is so overlooked, at least in my experience. Just want to echo everyone else, he is the best Sherlock Holmes!
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The Granada Series is so detailed and so well done.I really feel part of 1880s London.
The exquisite frosting on the glorious cake of the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series is the music by Patrick Gowers!!!!! Perfect!!!
@ginnyloreaz. I’m so glad that Gower’s music has been recognized. I think the word that applies here is “uncanny”. A wonderful work that shows a complete understanding of Holmes and the England of that time. There were always those sinister undertones in society at every level. - not confined to the criminal world. Conan Doyle, ( a sort of outsider )is the only writer - that I know of - who was struck by it. And for me, Gower’s music reflects it perfectly.
This is a delightful interview in which a brilliant man savours the work of another brilliant man. I enjoyed every minute of it.
Jeremy will always be The Sherlock Holmes. Nobody comes even close!
I didn't think anyone could be more Sherlock than Basil Rathbone but Jeremy Brett definitely did it.
Thank you for celebrating Jeremy Brett.
Jeremy Brett: Always Loved. Never Forgotten 💔🎩🔎
Jeremy Brett was a force of nature in his outstanding talents. It was so obvious that it was overlooked in his living days. Reminds me of Vincent van Gogh...
Fry is so incredibly well spoken - definitely would not have rediscovered Holmes without his audiobook series.
Oh my word, what have I stumbled upon here? I think this could become my favourite corner of the internet. I shall investigate.
BRETT Has a bench on Clapham Common he use to sit on the bench a lot apparently and when he passed a plaque was fixed onto it.
Jeremy Brett is the epitome of Sherlock Holmes! ❤️
Stephen Fry's passion for Sherlock Holmes is one more reason for me to love and admire him more.
Jeremy Brett is (was) my favorite Sherlock Holmes. I miss him a lot. God rest his Soul.
Jeremy Brett was a wonderful actor and THE definitive Holmes.
Brett was brilliant! It is satisfying to see the appreciation for his work in your podcast. I watched Brett as Holmes before I read the books, actually, so he will always be Holmes in my imagination. I hope Mr. Fry’s campaign is a success. I can’t think of a better man to lead the charge.
Jeremy Brett was the DEFINITIVE Sherlock Holmes, and Charles Gray made Mycroft his own. I can listen to Stephen Fry all day, all night. And UA-cam has the complete series.
"The sign of four", with Brett and Hardwicke, John Thaw, Emrys James, Jenny Seagrove and Ronald Lacey, made in 1987, absolutely excellent, fabulous. A full length film of nearly 2hrs with an excellent cast wonderful sets and settings. We will not see its like again.
Watched it, fantastic.
@roeng. Nor, alas, shall we the likes of “ Rumpole of the Bailey”. Another work of genius. Perfect in every detail. There should be a National Archive of these works. We couldn’t make them today. We seem to have lost that sense of certainty and understanding shared by artists and their audience.
My favourite holmes ever..Mr Jeremy Brett.Every nuance was perfect.
This is absolutely wonderful! I have been telling people about Jeremy Brett's take on Sherlock Holmes since it first came out. I honestly wondered if somehow I might be alone in my appreciation of this spectacular series. How glad I am to be wrong! This was a fantastic interview as I also love Stephen Fry! My favorite Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes stories are the second season with Edward Hardwicke. For me, Edward Hardwicke IS Watson. He comes across as intelligent in his own right, a suitable companion for the world's greatest detective.
Keep going, gentlemen. This is a treasure of a find. Well done.
Thanks very much! You are not alone. Please do check out the normal podcast, lots of love for Jeremy Brett there.
David Burke played Watson before Edward in the series. He left for family reasons. I think they are both equally good. In fact it is said that one cannot tell where Burke left and Hardwicke began; the change is seamless.
@@fidomusic Burke and Hardwicke were both amazing Watsons and deserve as much credit for their portrayals of that character as Jeremy does for Sherlock. Their are many great Sherlocks, but you need a Watson equal to that performance. Their chemistry with Jeremy was perfect.
Eric Reinholt Alone?? Great heavens ...it was lauded critically at the time, was an international splash, and the fans are LEGION.
Scandal in Bohemia is my favorite episode I've watched it probably 20 times.
The part where Stephen istalking about how Sherlock was the original superhero, he is also the archetype for much our modern dramas. His good friend Hugh Laurie played a Sherlock type character in the way of House. Tortured genius, drug addiction, bit of a misanthrope, whose best friend is the long suffering sidekick in a way that bridges the eccentricities of the genius to the audience. This was a great interview.
God, I love this man. I’m so glad to see him healthy and engaging.
BAAAAHHHH!
What a superb and wonderful interview!! I love hearing Stephen talk about the extraordinary and amazing Jeremy Brett, and the interviewer showing so much knowledge about Jeremy as well. As an actor, Jeremy was truly brilliant, and as Holmes, he was unequaled. Well done!
Absolutely . . . Jeremy Brett was the best Sherlock Holmes ever!! Re-watching them again. Still fabulous!
It is 2023, and the show is currently streaming on UA-cam. Superbly injoiable.
I grew up watching Jeremy Brett.
He's the only Holmes for me. Exceptional.
Yes, Jeremy Brett was the greatest Holmes of all. He played Holmes as a genius. And of course Brett was a genius.
Brilliant! No one is better to listen to than Stephen Fry on the subject of Sherlock Holmes. Stephen gets it... he really gets it!
There are not many people better to listen to than Stephen Fry on many subjects.
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So much more to like Stephen now that I know that he is a Jeremy fan. We are in good company :).
@@jimwallington437 I'd listen to him talk about just about anything that interested him. He's the epitome of the bon vivant. Erudite, interesting, well-read, and clever. Just love him.
@@lekoman So true! His special on Gutenberg is a classic.
I believe the role of Sherlock Holmes actually killed Jeremy Brett. Jeremy was consumed by the role, he lived it and it gradually destroyed his health. After ten years in the role Jeremy died and frankly it broke my heart when I found out he had died. I watch the 10 year series Jeremy played and I find myself laughing and crying at Jeremy's amazing performances, he will never be rivaled in the role of Sherlock Homes, never. Rest well Jeremy, you are loved by millions.
Granada Holmes was on tv during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and that was the only thing that I was able to watch and totally forget what was going on around me. Of course, I had already watched it in the eighties, but that didn't spoil it for me. I still watch it every now and then on UA-cam. Jeremy Brett is the best Holmes. He plays him like a maniac. I think he shared many personality traits with Holmes and he was perfectly cast. Very handsome, too. But I will only realize just how handsome he was in 2010. That's how good he played this role, his beauty remained hidden not so much behind makeup, but behind great acting.
Oh thank you so very much, Mr. Fry for talking about Jeremy Brett. I had once commented on your video talk about Oscar Wilde wherein I had requested you to also say a few words about Jeremy Brett, whose astonishingly high quality depiction of Sherlock Holmes in every minute way possible, be it his dressing to his smile to laugh to his strrress on letter R while speaking in that beautiful accent of his made me fall in love with that wonderful human during my school days. Alas, my wish to shake his hand at least once will never be realized for he is no more. But I am glad his images live on courtesy UA-cam. Thank you again and the two gentlemen for choosing a topic so worthy as this. For me, Sherlock Holmes was and is no one but Jeremy Brett. May the Universe bless you
Stephen Fry talking about Jeremy Brett and Sherlock Holmes... that's the stuff of fantasies! Thanks so much for this Luke and Gus. This was just so precious.
Stephen Fry in Jeeves & Wooster was wonderful!
Stephen Fry's remark of "deepest level of friendship" rings true, in that a deep love and bonding relationship between two men does not and should not always be classified (or dismissed) as homosexuality. In "Fry and Laurie: Reunited," Hugh's letter to Stephen clarified that kind of difference: ua-cam.com/video/mvfsBwPBCAo/v-deo.html
I had the pleasure of meeting Jeremy Brett while he was touring in Canada with "The Barretts of Wimpole Street". He was the most charming, charismatic person and so kind.
I'm so fascinated with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and the Granada series. All episodes are on UA-cam. I've been reading the original stories as well. Grew up with the Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce movies and loved them, but they can't compare.
Those were my favourite characters to play the Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, and for me it is hard to choose between them, and happy to watch both.
The latest? series of Sherlock with that smug left-tard git Benedict Cumberbatch, from 2010-2017 (I believe), and watched one episode which I thought was utter crap, and never watched another one., and never will, as to me he is just a shadow of the best actors, Rathbone, and Brett....superb the pair of them and their Doctor Watson side kicks....:)
I agree. Jeremy did Sherlock so INCREDIBLY well!!!! I had the entire DVD collection. And watched it religiously. It just NEVER got boring. That's how remarkably well done the entire series was done from start to finish. Excellent technical expertise as well as superb talent!!!
If you subscribe to Britbox, you can watch all the episodes without UA-cam adverts.
Tina may I recommend the outstanding audio books by Greg Wagland (Magpie Audio) ? 🤔 His interpretation of Holmes is also very good.
@@moviemad56 I love him. I listen to him almost daily sometimes. I have a new love and appreciation for Sherlock Holmes because of Jeremy Brett and that incredible series.
Brett was everyone's favourite. I love Fry talking about this stuff.
Mr Brett IS Sherlock Holmes - Peace to Mr Fry too
Brett’s Holmes was both beautiful and magnetic. I love watching him just think during scenes. You can see the proverbial gears turning in the best way.
Brett to me is the most iconic Holmes. The depth, the passion, the thoughtfulness. He got so into character that it killed him. What a legend of the acting industry.
As much as I like Cumberbatch as an actor, for the new Holmes he is flat, not passionate , compared to Brett.
I HAD NO IDEA THIS HAPPENED! INCREDIBLE!
Cheers, Thomas!
Omg, having both a husband & a son diagnosed w/Bipolar Disorder, *how* did I not see that before?
Stephen Fry, Jeremy Brett, Arthur Conan Doyle.. how wonderful to come across this. God save the Queen.
Jeremy Brett...so many fond memories of TV nights, before I even realized what great acting was. He was simply captivating and genuine.
Favourite moment?
Jeremy's face when the "Second Stain" falls into place.
Masterful.
Wow, thats my favourite moment from the series, that and the “way hay!” At the end 😀
I was addicted to this series, and as a young bloke somehow I understood and felt the gravitas with which Jermey Brett portrayed Holmes. To hear my favorite wise man (yes I am a Fry fanboy) is so outspokenly on the same page as me, and knows how to express exactly the feeling this Holmes gave me with his eloquent and tapestry way of telling his stories just gave me goosebumps! And what a great idea for a podcast! Thanks so much! Subscribed!
An interview of interest! It was pleasing to learn that Fry knew Jeremy Brett and also Brett and Anna Massey's son David.
Isn't wonderful to hear someone's work reviewed with such love and in such detail.
I've listened to his Audible recording over and over. Jeremy. Stephen and Sherlock. The finest Brits
Looking forward to that!
I am listening to it at the moment. It is absolutely fantastic. He brings such life to the stories.
@@stewartlancaster6155 It is called Audible on Amazon. The brand for audiobooks. This is why she used a capital letter.
There were two actors who played Watson with Jeremy Brett in the Sherlock Holmes television series. David Burke and Edward Hardwicke.
I’m so very pleased such fans exist of the great Jeremy Brett playing the one and only exquisite portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. And to see one of my favorite people Stephen Fry talk about the work is so thrilling. I grew up on the PBS broadcasts of Sherlock Holmes. Those stories and Brett’s portrayal was a rational touchstone in a sea of bad emotions and manipulation. I could look to Holmes to make rational sense of his world. Thank you for this mix of appreciation and fond remembrances.
We grew up with the episodes on PBS as well. We're reliving them all on our podcast. Come with us.
Jeremy Brett was indeed the definitive Sherlock Holmes. I love both Watsons too. I was teaching acting when Edward Hardwicke began playing Watson and I wrote to him and we had a correspondence going about acting. Glad you are sharing these online. They are a joy to watch.
Jeremy Brett’s oratory skills with the role of Sherlock Holmes were top class. Loved his acting as Sherlock.
I too think that Jeremy's greatness hasn't been proprely recognised
JEREMY BRETT WAS I THINK THE BEST SHERLOCK HOMES BY FAR HE WAS WONDERFUL TO WATCH PURE GENIUS A BRILLIANT ACTOR ITS SO SAD HES NO LONGER WITH US RIP JEREMY 😭💙💙💙💙💙💙
I agree! BAFTA should be called out for their blatant disrespect of him & his extensive contributions to the British stage and screen Its shameful, especially since they gave a posthumous award to Heath Ledger...
Everyone applauds Stephen (correctly) on how good a speaker he is but I also love the fact that he is such a good listener during conversations and is never just waiting for his turn to speak.
Jeremy Brett OWNS the role.
*Lovely and enjoyable chat, with one of my favourite people discussing my favourite Holmes, who is one of my favourite literary figures of all time. Jeremy Brett was to Holmes, as Robert Hardy was to Winston Churchill. Both men were consumed by their roles. Brett was special. Suchet was a great Poirot, Carmichael and Petherbridge excellent Wimseys, Davison a fine Campion, and Harriet Walter the definitive Harriet Vane. But Brett WAS Holmes, in a way that even Basil Rathbone couldn’t approach. Like Patrick McGoohan in The Prisoner, and Robert Hardy in The Wilderness Years, they OWNED their roles. Watching this today has convinced me to now re-watch Stephen Fry’s Kingdom, a relaxing and highly enjoyable series with many of its own mysteries. Thanks chaps!*
One of my all time favorite performers,
talking about one of my all time favorite performances!
Stephen Fry
& Jeremy Brett... excellent!
Jeremy was a dear and much-loved friend and I regret not spending more time with him in the final months of his life and not realising the nature of him illness. One of the last times I saw him, he suddenly appeared in my office in London, with his carer (whom he later married I think) bearing two Riedel champagne glasses and disappearing after hugs. I treasure the glasses. I did visit him at his flat off Clapham Common after that and he came and had lunch with me and my partner and was calm and deeply affectionate. I had dinner with his second wife, Joan, and he was so tender that it was heart-breaking. We all knew that she was terminally ill.
He lived with my family in Barbados for quite a long time after filming Rebecca, and my ex-wife and I were with him almost every day. Indeed, it was from my grandfather's copy of Conan Doyle that he started studying for the role of Holmes. He and my brother were then having an affair and while it started off with great romantic energy it, sadly, ended in acrimony, but I stayed in constant touch with Jeremy and still have the letters and photographs. I was cruel without meaning to be when I had to put a stop to endless phone calls at all hours of the night - I was working and didn't realise that he was bi-polar then so I stopped picking up the phone. One of my (many) most treasured Barbados memories is of Jeremy stopping our convoy of post-picnic cars and leaping into a cane field, post-harvest, and, having made sure that we were all seated comfortably, performing Noel Coward songs. He even sang 'On the Street Where You Live' for us.
I first realised that all was not well at a wedding, that of one of my cousins. It was evening, and Jeremy had disappeared and I went off to look for him and found him smoking in the orchard. When I called his name, he turned and said: 'My name is Max de Winter'. His eyes were empty. At the time, I blamed it on rum punch.
His kindness and generosity were legendary. I was a friend of the actress Patience Collier and her friend, the singer, Anna Pollak, and they adored him. He once turned up at the Care Home where Patience was being looked after and he had bottles of lavender water for each and every one staying there. He would take the names of his friends and compose lyrics and songs around them and belt them out with gusto. He called me 'Sunshine'. He also loved our dogs and horses with the same passion. He adored my aunt and, for her birthday, locked her out of her sewing room and redecorated the whole space and she cut a ribbon to the door to be re-admitted. There are many many many stories. There is much much much love and I miss him terribly. I recently had lunch with my ex-wife and she shed tears at the memory of Jeremy accompanying us on the flight from Barbados to London, to be present at the funeral of her father in Kent, and turning the wake into a glorious celebration of life. That's how I want to remember him. Bearing champagne bottles and glasses, singing and laughing, and loving.
Incredible memories and a lovely story! Thank you for sharing. We've heard of a lot of wonderful gestures by Jeremy over the years through guests on our podcast. The consensus is he was an amazing person on screen and off. It must have been a joy to know him.
You're welcome and it was.@@Lukeyourself
What? His "carer", and then the abrupt end of your post. Are you daft?
I am so very glad that my introduction to Sherlock Holmes was via Stephen Fry's Audible readings of the entire Conan-Doyle canon of Holmes. He read them with such great skill that it truly sounded like a cast of many readers. That led to my watching the brilliant Jeremy Brett series on Britbox. When my parents watched the series in the 80s, I had no interest. When I heard Mr. Fry's readings, I couldn't believe what I had been missing.
Oh, I love listening to Fry's reading of the entire Sherlock Holmes canon - I could listen to it all day (and often have!) A brilliant version and my absolute favourite!
Jeremy Brett is my favourite Holmes. Perfection.
Jeremy Brett and his lover American actor Paul Shenar were my houseguests for a time in NYC around 1986. He chain smoked and lounged about grandly in a wonderful brocade dressing gown. He explained that playing Sherlock Holmes drove him to the brink of a nervous breakdown, so difficult was it to maintain the intense involvement with evil that the role required of him. He absolutely hated the experience but couldn't get away from it because it was so successful. But one felt it was a bit of an act, as though he really didn't know me well enough to not be acting. However, the fear of typecasting was definitely a motive; he seemed truly to want to get out of the role. He was full of amazing anecdotes about the great theatrical families he was connected to. Why is that Davies book so damned expensive?
But in interview after after interview Jeremy maintained that he never got over his wife Joan Harrison's death in 1985, and spent the rest of his life in mourning. Oh, well ......
@@Themanwhocameback2 That may have been true in a way. He couldn't be expected to parade his entire life in interviews after all.
@@Themanwhocameback2Just cause he had a lover wouldn’t make that less true
Brett was superb, but so was the photography of the whole series was absolutely breathtaking.
I teach English in Chiang Mai using my own method and curriculum and I am so pleased to say Sherlock Holmes is one of my senior students favourite subjects of the 150+ subjects I have created, very rewarding classes whenever they are requested..Each Lesson is preceded by viewing a Jeremy Brett Granada episode. Next lesson is in 4 hours time, must print, laminate and bind the textbooks for my students now!
Tim Collins how’s the smog at the mo?
@@jodu626 none
@@jodu626 Thanks for asking, but the smog is not exclusive to Chiang Mai but it is popular subject for critical visitors and backpackers, of which I am neither. We do have the annual issue of smog which is the subject of a project I am working on.
Tim Collins I too live in Bangkok and was there 7/8 months ago. It is truly a problem. Thankfully I wasn’t there long. Shame cos it’s a nice city
Matthew Hunt love fry love holmes. Think most sensible people do 😉
Brett did his homework. He is the definitive Holmes.
I love Sherlock Holmes. I love Jeremy Brett. I love Stephen Fry.
Thank you.