History Series / SherlockHolmes

* SinisterMinister: The defrocked priest Williamson from "The Solitary Cyclist" happily performs a force marriage and keeps a gun in his Bible during the ceremony.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At first it appears that the villains of "The Solitary Cyclist" have won, since Woodley has forced Violet to marry him by the time the heroes find them and Carruthers doesn't manage to kill him -- but Holmes points out that first, the priest involved in the plot was defrocked and not legally allowed to officiate a wedding (plus they very likely got the marriage license through dishonest means); and second, a forced marriage is not only not recognised by English law, it's a serious felony.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Carruthers calls the plan to marry Violet Hunter "the worst fate that can befall a woman," and it's why he wants to put another bullet in Woodley when Watson pronounces the wound non-fatal--Holmes assures him, however, that the marriage is in no way legally binding.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After repeatedly threatening people with the mastiff, Rucastle gets mauled by his own guard dog at the end of "The Copper Beeches". Watson [[KickTheSonOfABitch even seems to hesitate for a few moments]] before shooting the beast.

There have been numerous television adaptations of Literature/SherlockHolmes. See the [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes main page]] for a list. This page covers the franchise of television series produced by British television company Granada Television between 1984 and 1994, staring Creator/JeremyBrett as the titular GreatDetective. Of the 60 Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 42 were adapted in the series spanning 36 one-hour episodes and five feature-length specials.

* DeathGlare: If Moriarty's doesn't freeze you over, ''nothing'' can.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Both Irene Norton nee Adler and Violet Hunter are redheads (if you count "chestnut" as red), and Holmes ''does'' seem to have some sort of attraction to them both.

In ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes'', the producers pulled a daring but successful trick in changing Watsons, since the original Watson, David Burke, left for a variety of reasons. Creator/EdwardHardwicke [[TheOtherDarrin replaced him]], and though the two interpretations are different, both are extremely successful in challenging TheWatson impression.

In ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes'', the producers pulled a daring but successful trick in changing Watsons, since the original Watson, David Burke, left for a variety of reasons. Creator/EdwardHardwicke replaced him, and though the two interpretations are different, both are extremely successful in challenging TheWatson impression.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At first it appears that the villains of "The Solitary Cyclist" have won, since Woodley has forced Violet to marry him by the time the heroes find them and Carruthers doesn't manage to kill him -- but Holmes points out that first, the priest involved in the plot was defrocked and not legally allowed to officiate a wedding, plus they very likely got the marriage license through dishonest means; and second, a forced marriage is not only not recognised by English law, it's a serious felony.

* DisposableLoveInterest: In a bit of canon revisionism, Watson doesn't propose at the end of "The Sign of Four" (although the attraction between him and Ms. Morstan is strongly hinted at).

In ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes'', the producers pulled a daring but successful trick in changing Watsons, since the original Watson, David Burke, left for a variety of reasons. Edward Hardwicke replaced him, and though the two interpretations are different, both are extremely successful in challenging TheWatson impression.

* BadassBaritone: Holmes and Watson, though Jeremy Brett often pitched his voice higher to fit the canonical description of Holmes's voice.

* {{Homage}}: Holmes and Watson's first scene in "The Resident Patient," which is a retelling of a Doyle-written parody called "Watson Learns the Trick". In both versions, Watson is trying to apply Holmes's methods to deduce what is wrong with the detective. He has a bit more success in the Granada scene.

** It ''is'' Sherlock Holmes, after all.
** The makers would occasionally give Watson some of these to demonstrate that he wasn't the bungler of previous adaptations and had taken on some of Holmes' methods -- a common variant would be for Holmes to make his usual lofty pronouncements about a visitor to 221B Baker Street and then for ''Watson'' to then politely explain to the appropriately astonished visitor exactly how Holmes reached his conclusions.

* HatedByAll: Everyone claps when Holmes beats up Woodley in "The Solitary Cyclist".

* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wilson Kemp, once more. He is perhaps the creepiest villain in the entire series, what with his [[SlasherSmile constant grin]], [[GigglingVillain wicked snicker]], [[MoodSwinger sudden outbursts of rage]], and a vocal delivery that has hints of Creator/PeterLorre.

** "The Solitary Cyclist" plays the theme on a piano during the postscript, while "The Priory School" uses a vibraphone varation during the climax.

* DisposableLoveInterest: In a bit of canon revisionism, Watson doesn't propose at the end of "The Sign of Four" (although the attraction between he and Ms. Morstan is strongly hinted at).

* DisposableLoveInterest: In a bit of canon revisionism, Watson doesn't propose at the end of "The Sign of Four" (although the attraction between Watson and Ms. Morstan is strongly hinted at).

** Unfortunately, it wasn't so cool in real life as Brett's prolific smoking contributed to his untimely death.

* SmokingIsCool: Brett makes Holmes smoking a cigarette look so utterly graceful, it shouldn't be legal! (Unfortunately, it wasn't so cool in real life as his prolific smoking was one of the things that contributed to his untimely death.)

* SmokingIsCool: Brett makes Holmes smoking a cigarette look so utterly graceful, it shouldn't be legal!