Who was the best Sherlock Holmes?

A roaring success since their literary debut 127 years ago today, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson first appeared on film in a 1900 one-reel called Sherlock Holmes Baffled. He is undoubtedly the first thing that comes to mind when someone utters the word “detective. read more

Over the course of two Guy Ritchie films, Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows (2011), the magnetic personality of Robert Downey Jr has allowed his rather crass, cynical, yet likeable portrayal of the master detective to be enjoyed by cinema-goers across the world. read more

Rupert Everett in BBC’s Sherlock Holmes & The Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) Photo by BBC. Rupert Everett’s depiction of Sherlock in BBC’s TV movie Sherlock Holmes & The Case of the Silk Stocking is almost uncomfortably unhappy. Honestly, I don’t think he cracked a smile once. read more

The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fifty-six short stories featuring the arch-sleuth. read more