I have to agree! Jeremy Brett is THE Sherlock Holmes. I've seen so many versions of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous character, yet no movie or series gives life to the true spirit of Holmes as does Jeremy Brett.
What I love most about this series is that it is true to the books as is possible. Most other versions either add or subtract for cinematic effect and hereby ruin the purity of the work. For example, most other versions go on the stage stereo type of Holmes in a deer stalker cap and always smoking a pipe at a crime-scene and saying "elementary my dear Watson".....which he never does in any of the books!!! It is in short, a very honourable tribute to that great detective.
What I love most about this series is that it is true to the books as is possible. Most other versions either add or subtract for cinematic effect and hereby ruin the purity of the work. For example, most other versions go on the stage stereo type of Holmes in a deer stalker cap and always smoking a pipe at a crime-scene and saying "elementary my dear Watson".....which he never does in any of the books!!! It is in short, a very honourable tribute to that great detective.