--- product_id: 48534517 title: "Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection [DVD]" price: "₹ 8771" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/48534517-sherlock-holmes-the-complete-collection-dvd store_origin: IN region: India --- # Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection [DVD] **Price:** ₹ 8771 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection [DVD] - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 8771 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/48534517-sherlock-holmes-the-complete-collection-dvd) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description All four series of the crime drama adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories and starring Jeremy Brett as the sleuth Sherlock Holmes. The episodes from 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' are: 'A Scandal in Bohemia', 'The Dancing Men', 'The Naval Treaty', 'The Solitary Cyclist', 'The Crooked Man', 'The Speckled Band', 'The Blue Carbuncle', 'The Copper Beeches', 'The Greek Interpreter', 'The Norwood Builder', 'The Resident Patient', 'The Red-Headed League' and 'The Final Problem'. The episodes from 'The Return of Shelock Holmes' are: 'The Empty House', 'The Abbey Grange', 'The Musgrave Ritual', 'The Second Stain', 'The Man With the Twisted Lip', 'The Priory School', 'The Six Napoleons', 'The Sign of Four', 'The Devil's Foot', 'Silver Blaze', 'Wisteria Lodge', 'The Bruce-Parington Plans' and 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. The episodes from 'The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes' are: 'The Disappearance of Lady France Carfax', 'The Problem of Thor Bridge', 'Shoscombe Old Place', 'The Boscombe Valley Mystery', 'The Illustrious Client', 'The Creeping Man', 'The Master Blackmailer', 'The Last Vampyre' and 'The Eligible Bachelor'. The episodes from 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes' are: 'The Three Gables', 'The Dying Detective', 'The Golden Pince-Nez', 'The Red Circle', 'The Mazarin Stone' and 'The Cardboard Box'. Review: The game is afoot... - ...with this splendid re-release of the classic ITV/Granada television series. I can only agree with the other reviewers that these are the definitive interpretations on TV or film of the Conan A Doyle canon of Sherlock Holmes. Nothing else really touches this, with absolutely faultless acting in all roles, whether large or small. Frankly, to compare these films with the Basil Rathbone movies is ludicrous, they are not even on the same planet (and they are anyway mostly not from Doyle's writings). Of course, the grand acting price goes to Jeremy Brett. He acts, he breaths, yes he IS Sherlock Holmes, and I pity all poor actors who will in the future try to better his performance. However, the rest of the actors also deserve high praise. Both David Burke, as a younger and more vigorous Watson, and Edward Hardwicke who portrays a more mature and solid Watson make stellar performances. They are also helped by intelligent scripts that casts Watson as a valid partner to Holmes (in fact, in some instances it may even be a bit overdone, after all Watson almost never in the short stories or novels take any part in the actual solution of the problems). You will also delight in many other superb performances and have fun recognizing many actors from the British acting elite in larger or smaller roles. As for the technical quality, this is as good as you can possibly expect from transfers of TV-shows that are up to a quarter of a century old. The new transfers have an excellent both picture and sound quality. I have been watching these DVD's on a fairly state of the art 46 inch flat screen TV set and I have no complaints whatsoever of the sharpness of the images. The sound, albeit in mono (although a few of the last episodes are actually in Dolby stereo sound) is also very good. For us non-English viewers it is also very good to have the subtitles. To bad only that you can't get them without that hard-of-hearing feature. But the fun doesn't stop there. You can also keep a lookout for all those small references to other films and work of arts. A few samples: In the episode "The Resident Patient" the beginning is copied from the opening scene of Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece "Wild Strawberries" were Isaac Borg in a nightmare dream sees himself in a coffin. In the "The Hound of the Baskervilles" there is a scene with Holmes disappearing in a cloud of smoke and fog in a railway station which is very similar to the final scene in the Leslie Howard film "Pimpernel Smith". In the episode " "The Musgrave Ritual" the ending scene is modeled from the famous pre-Raphaelite painting "Ophelia" by John Everett Millais. In the episode "The Golden Pince-Nez" there is a shot of the female protagonist, the wife of Prof. Coram, showing her in a melee with Tsarist troops with her glasses cracked. This is an obvious quotation from the famous Odessa stairs scene in Sergei Eisenstein's classic movie "The Battleship Potemkin". So, a very highly recommended viewing then. Do try to obtain a copy of this release, even if it seems to be out of print at the moment. Hopefully it will come back again. Review: Crisp transfer of the brilliant Granada series - The complete set of the Granada Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett as the Great Detective. Brett gives a mesmerizing, tightly controlled and at the same time delightfully quirky and eccentric performance as Holmes. The razorsharp features, the cat-like quickness and elegance, the autoritarian voice, the piercing eyes; this man was born to play Holmes. A truly rare coming together of actor and part (dame Jean Conan Doyle herself wrote to Mr. Brett "you are the Holmes of my childhood", which he rightly regarded as the ultimate accolade). Also, Holmes on the page, as observed by Watson, is a very clever but otherwise rather hollow character. You don't get to know much about his emotional life. On screen this would come across as robotic and 1-dimensional. Brett was the only actor who understood from the start that he needed to give Holmes an inner life to make the transition from page to screen work. His Holmes is introvert and cold like the original, but subtle flashes in Brett's eyes and face reveal a barely contained passion and emotion beneath the icy mask. Brett made Holmes a fully rounded character and, in doing so, gave a once in a lifetime performance. David Burke makes a dashing and delightfully clever Watson, with an upbeat demeanour and appetite to match Holmes' introvert asceticism. This "Boswell" deeply cares for Holmes; their friendship is clearly apparent in numerous subtle quips and gestures. Burke's youthful, energetic Watson is seamlessly followed by Edward Hardwicke's slightly older and graver but still very likable Watson from series 3 onwards. The transition is perfectly timed -following the three year gap after the Reichenbach Falls- and therefore feels completely natural. The rest of the acting is also top-notch, with Colin Jeavons and Charles Gray making a convincingly smug Lestrade and wonderfully Holmsian Mycroft. Sadly, during the final series Brett's rapidly declining health (by then he suffered from full-blown manic depression as well as a rapidly worsening heart condition) clearly began to affect his performance. In addition, drastic cuts in production costs meant that the final episodes, from The Last Vampyre onwards (Master Blackmailer still is a fairly decent episode in my opinion) are but faint echoes of the earlier series. I believe Granada should have pulled the plug at this point to preserve a very high-standard body of work. Unfortunately, someone with little insight or integrity decided to squeeze the format -as well as the by now clearly struggling Mr. Brett- completely dry. I strongly recommend leaving those final few episodes for what they are, as they are in no way representative of the brilliance that came before. Over two decades later this wonderful series still firmly holds its own, thanks to great acting and minute attention to detail in the period sets and costumes. Don't forget to pay attention to the background, where numerous well-dressed extra's, beautiful antiques and lush country estates, combined with fully operational Victorian machinery, draw you into that fascinating age on the threshold of the modern 20th century. How this series never won any BAFTA awards is beyond me. This dvd transfer also has the most clear picture and sound quality I have yet seen for this series. A definite must have for fans of detective series, costume drama or simply bloody good televison! Go on, treat yourself and buy one! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00GUFCPLG | | Actors | Colin Jeavons, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Jeremy Brett, Rosalie Williams | | Audio Description: | English | | Best Sellers Rank | 625 in DVD & Blu-ray ( See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray ) 49 in Television (DVD & Blu-ray) 191 in Drama (DVD & Blu-ray) | | Country of origin | Austria | | Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (2,569) | | Director | Alan Grint, Brian Mills, David Carson, Howard Baker, John Bruce | | Is discontinued by manufacturer | No | | Language | English (Dolby Digital 2.0) | | Manufacturer reference | B00GUFCPLG | | Media Format | PAL | | Number of discs | 1 | | Producers | John Hawkesworth, June Wyndham-Davies, Michael Cox, Rebecca Eaton | | Product Dimensions | 4.8 x 19.8 x 13.8 cm; 420 g | | Release date | 24 Aug. 2009 | | Run time | 39 hours and 16 minutes | | Studio | ITV DVD | | Subtitles: | German | | Writers | Alan Plater, Alexander Baron, Alfred Shaughnessy, Anthony Skene, Bill Craig | ## Product Details - **Format:** PAL - **Genre:** Drama - **Language:** English - **Number of discs:** 1 ## Images ![Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection [DVD] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91qsmRiEQtL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The game is afoot... *by J***G on 11 September 2009* ...with this splendid re-release of the classic ITV/Granada television series. I can only agree with the other reviewers that these are the definitive interpretations on TV or film of the Conan A Doyle canon of Sherlock Holmes. Nothing else really touches this, with absolutely faultless acting in all roles, whether large or small. Frankly, to compare these films with the Basil Rathbone movies is ludicrous, they are not even on the same planet (and they are anyway mostly not from Doyle's writings). Of course, the grand acting price goes to Jeremy Brett. He acts, he breaths, yes he IS Sherlock Holmes, and I pity all poor actors who will in the future try to better his performance. However, the rest of the actors also deserve high praise. Both David Burke, as a younger and more vigorous Watson, and Edward Hardwicke who portrays a more mature and solid Watson make stellar performances. They are also helped by intelligent scripts that casts Watson as a valid partner to Holmes (in fact, in some instances it may even be a bit overdone, after all Watson almost never in the short stories or novels take any part in the actual solution of the problems). You will also delight in many other superb performances and have fun recognizing many actors from the British acting elite in larger or smaller roles. As for the technical quality, this is as good as you can possibly expect from transfers of TV-shows that are up to a quarter of a century old. The new transfers have an excellent both picture and sound quality. I have been watching these DVD's on a fairly state of the art 46 inch flat screen TV set and I have no complaints whatsoever of the sharpness of the images. The sound, albeit in mono (although a few of the last episodes are actually in Dolby stereo sound) is also very good. For us non-English viewers it is also very good to have the subtitles. To bad only that you can't get them without that hard-of-hearing feature. But the fun doesn't stop there. You can also keep a lookout for all those small references to other films and work of arts. A few samples: In the episode "The Resident Patient" the beginning is copied from the opening scene of Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece "Wild Strawberries" were Isaac Borg in a nightmare dream sees himself in a coffin. In the "The Hound of the Baskervilles" there is a scene with Holmes disappearing in a cloud of smoke and fog in a railway station which is very similar to the final scene in the Leslie Howard film "Pimpernel Smith". In the episode " "The Musgrave Ritual" the ending scene is modeled from the famous pre-Raphaelite painting "Ophelia" by John Everett Millais. In the episode "The Golden Pince-Nez" there is a shot of the female protagonist, the wife of Prof. Coram, showing her in a melee with Tsarist troops with her glasses cracked. This is an obvious quotation from the famous Odessa stairs scene in Sergei Eisenstein's classic movie "The Battleship Potemkin". So, a very highly recommended viewing then. Do try to obtain a copy of this release, even if it seems to be out of print at the moment. Hopefully it will come back again. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Crisp transfer of the brilliant Granada series *by F***N on 27 February 2009* The complete set of the Granada Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett as the Great Detective. Brett gives a mesmerizing, tightly controlled and at the same time delightfully quirky and eccentric performance as Holmes. The razorsharp features, the cat-like quickness and elegance, the autoritarian voice, the piercing eyes; this man was born to play Holmes. A truly rare coming together of actor and part (dame Jean Conan Doyle herself wrote to Mr. Brett "you are the Holmes of my childhood", which he rightly regarded as the ultimate accolade). Also, Holmes on the page, as observed by Watson, is a very clever but otherwise rather hollow character. You don't get to know much about his emotional life. On screen this would come across as robotic and 1-dimensional. Brett was the only actor who understood from the start that he needed to give Holmes an inner life to make the transition from page to screen work. His Holmes is introvert and cold like the original, but subtle flashes in Brett's eyes and face reveal a barely contained passion and emotion beneath the icy mask. Brett made Holmes a fully rounded character and, in doing so, gave a once in a lifetime performance. David Burke makes a dashing and delightfully clever Watson, with an upbeat demeanour and appetite to match Holmes' introvert asceticism. This "Boswell" deeply cares for Holmes; their friendship is clearly apparent in numerous subtle quips and gestures. Burke's youthful, energetic Watson is seamlessly followed by Edward Hardwicke's slightly older and graver but still very likable Watson from series 3 onwards. The transition is perfectly timed -following the three year gap after the Reichenbach Falls- and therefore feels completely natural. The rest of the acting is also top-notch, with Colin Jeavons and Charles Gray making a convincingly smug Lestrade and wonderfully Holmsian Mycroft. Sadly, during the final series Brett's rapidly declining health (by then he suffered from full-blown manic depression as well as a rapidly worsening heart condition) clearly began to affect his performance. In addition, drastic cuts in production costs meant that the final episodes, from The Last Vampyre onwards (Master Blackmailer still is a fairly decent episode in my opinion) are but faint echoes of the earlier series. I believe Granada should have pulled the plug at this point to preserve a very high-standard body of work. Unfortunately, someone with little insight or integrity decided to squeeze the format -as well as the by now clearly struggling Mr. Brett- completely dry. I strongly recommend leaving those final few episodes for what they are, as they are in no way representative of the brilliance that came before. Over two decades later this wonderful series still firmly holds its own, thanks to great acting and minute attention to detail in the period sets and costumes. Don't forget to pay attention to the background, where numerous well-dressed extra's, beautiful antiques and lush country estates, combined with fully operational Victorian machinery, draw you into that fascinating age on the threshold of the modern 20th century. How this series never won any BAFTA awards is beyond me. This dvd transfer also has the most clear picture and sound quality I have yet seen for this series. A definite must have for fans of detective series, costume drama or simply bloody good televison! Go on, treat yourself and buy one! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by C***T on 18 September 2024* Jeremy Brett is the definitive Sherlock Holmes, for me, so the television show is always worth watching, and owning. Don't get me wrong, I like the Cumberbatch/Freeman version as well, with it's modern twist (at least seasons 1, 2 ... the writers lost the plot a bit in season 3, 4) ... but the Jeremy Brett version is the Victorian classic version, and about as close to the Arthur Conan Doyle books as it is possible to get. So, in terms of the story, if you are a Sherlock Holmes fan and you haven't seen Jeremy Brett versions, they are absolutely worth it! I wanted a good quality version, as I had previously had the old green cover Granada DVDs from a long time ago which had some quality issues. This set is great and the blurays are a definite improvement! Do keep in mind that it is a version code that is not compatible with USA/Canada DVD players unless you have a region-free player. The seller reached out to me before he charged/shipped the item to make sure that I was aware of that and to check whether I still wanted the item which was MUCH appreciated! I did want it, and was aware, but I can see how many people might not notice that detail in the description, and so checking before shipping was a really helpful and genuine thing for this seller to do! The item showed up in excellent condition as well. The inserts are beautiful. It is the complete series (The Adventures, The Return, The Casebook, The Memoires, and the Feature Film collection which is combined with a few of these seasons on the disks), it is all there. I was specifically looking for this remastered UK version with PAL coding but you do need to make sure that your bluray player will be able to play this. If it does, this is great picture quality and definitely worth having! ## Frequently Bought Together - Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection [DVD] - The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/48534517-sherlock-holmes-the-complete-collection-dvd](https://www.desertcart.in/products/48534517-sherlock-holmes-the-complete-collection-dvd) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-05-03*