Books[]
General Information | |
Title: | A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear (for list of short stories, click here) |
Author: | Arthur Conan Doyle |
Release Date: | 1880s (full chronology found here) |
Genre: | Detective mystery |
Number of Pages: | N/A |
Description: | Detective mystery novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring a character named Sherlock Holmes. Holmes uses the "science of deduction" to solve cases with the assistance of Dr. John Watson. The consulting detective and his assistant/friend solve mysteries in each novel but have to face a number of obstacles before discovering the culprit and his/her motives for the crime. |
Main Characters: | Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, James Moriarty, Mycroft Holmes, Mrs Hudson, Mary Watson, Sebastian Moran, and more. For a full list of characters, go to the Canon Characters category. |
Related Book Series: | Clouds of Witness, A Man Lay Dead, The Maltese Falcon |
Related Films: | Sherlock Holmes (2009), Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, and more. For more film adaptations, head to the Films category. |
Content Ratings | |
Rating: | PG-13 |
Violence: | Mild-Moderate |
Language: | Mild |
Sexual Themes and Nudity: | Mild |
Drugs and Alcohol: | Mild |
Crude Humor or Comic Mischief: | N/A |
Television[]
General Information | |
Title: |
Sherlock (2010), Elementary, Sherlock Holmes (2013), and more. See the TV Adaptation Category for more. |
Original Network: | BBC, CBS, Granada Television, TV Asahi, and more. |
Original Run: | Range is from 1951 to 2013 - Present |
Episode Length: | Varies |
Description: | Each adaptation differs in style, but all follow the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner, John Watson, as they solve crimes. |
Main Characters: |
Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, James Moriarty, Irene Adler, etc. |
Similar Series: | The Mentalist, Bones, Luther, Monk |
Availability: | See above networks. |
Content Information | |
Rating: | TV-14 |
Content Labels: | Violence, mature content, mild sexual themes |
Violence: | Mild-moderate |
Language: | Mild |
Sexual Themes and Nudity: | Mild |
Drugs and Alcohol: | Mild |
Crude Humor or Comic Mischief: | N/A |
Films[]
General Information | |
Title: |
Sherlock Holmes (2009), Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, and more. For more film adaptations, head to the Films category. |
Studio: | Universal Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, Roadshow Entertainment |
Release Date: | 1900-2014 (See timeline here) |
Length: | 30 sec-129 min |
Description: | Sherlock Holmes and his assistant/partner Dr. John Watson solve mysteries that others cannot, but they get into trouble with every clue they get. |
Main Characters: |
Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, and more. Characters from: |
Similar Films: | The Da Vinci Code, The Illusionist |
Availability: | |
Content Information | |
Rating: | PG-13 |
Content Labels: | Mature content, mild violence |
Violence: | Mild |
Language: | Mild |
Sexual Themes and Nudity: | Mild |
Drugs and Alcohol: | Mild |
Crude Humor or Comic Mischief: | N/A |