Holmes and Watson, having made their debut in Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet in 1887, were famous enough by 1891 for Doyle’s friend JM Barrie to publish the first of several Sherlock skits.

Holmes & Watson receive a letter from an informant who known by the pseudonym Fred Porlock. Porlock is a man well connected with criminals. The letter is written in code, and Holmes determines ...

It was the third installment in the TV series about adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. A potent streak of humour ran through the film as concerns references to traditional British ...