Product Details

• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Mpi Home Video
• VHS Release Date: December 15, 1994
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301611764
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #331,201 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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One of the most interesting stories from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes canon makes for a particularly taut and exciting episode in the Granada Television series about the famous detective. Holmes (the outstanding Jeremy Brett) and Dr. Watson (Edward Hardwicke) are summoned by the desperate founder of an exclusive prep school for boys to locate the missing son of a duke. The investigation uncovers a nefarious plot, and the major clue (a controversial one at the time Doyle wrote the story) involves nothing more than the direction of bicycle tracks. The suspense never lets up in this excellent program, and Brett and Hardwicke are at their best. --Tom Keogh

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent version, May 7, 2000

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Alexander Brandon (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: THe Return of Sherlock Holmes: Priory School [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm 25 and have enjoyed this series and the stories since I was about 10. While this dramatization isn't totally faithful to the original by Conan Doyle, I'm still not sure if I enjoy the episode or the story better! Nevertheless it is one of my favorite in the TV series and I recommend it to any Holmes fan or even those who like a good mystery. An excellent hour to spend.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We love it, March 16, 2004

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: THe Return of Sherlock Holmes: Priory School [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When Sherlock Holmes finds a distraught school-master barging into his room, it's the start of his involvement in the disappearance of the son of the famed Duke of Holdernesse's son. But, the Duke's aversion to any publicity necessitates that Holmes keep a low profile. What are the Duke's real concerns, and what has happened to the German master who disappeared the same night? There's a deep mystery here, and only Sherlock Holmes can get to the bottom of it!

Every once in a while, an actor comes along who not only plays the role of Sherlock Holmes, but actually redefines the role. In 1984, veteran actor Jeremy Brett (1933-95) actually did it yet again! This fifty-minute episode, the Priory School, was episode six of the third season, and originally aired on August 13, 1986. (By the way, if you like Jeremy Brett, you can see him in an entirely different role in My Fair Lady (1964) as Freddie Eynsford-Hill!)

I loved this tape and think that any fan of Sherlock Holmes, or just plain fan of mysteries, will love it, too. My family and I highly recommend it to you!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine show, but they changed the story., October 19, 1999

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This review is from: THe Return of Sherlock Holmes: Priory School [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This beautifully photographed and acted episode has atmosphere to spare, but I wish they had left in the original ending where Holmes grossly overcharges his client after the man insults him! Holmes, and Lord Holdernesse, are much more sympathetic characters in this adaptation.

At least they cut the nonsense about the bicycle tires that marred the original tale....

Edward Hardwicke is excellent as Watson and this is one episode where the contrast between the practical (and frequently hungry) Doctor and the cerebral and imperious Detective is particularly well established.