Watching the re-runs of ITV’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, I have become mesmerised by Jeremy Brett’s portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s misanthropic detective. Originally made between 1984-1994, the Granada Television productions have impressive scripts, sets and casts. The attention to period detail and the specially-built Baker Street at Granada Studios, made this a classy and unprecedented production that seems faultless even in the age of digital retouching. It set a benchmark for all adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories as well as for television drama generally. The pinnacle of the production was the choice of actor to play Holmes. Jeremy Brett became definitive.