Sherlock creators, Mark Gatiss and Stephen Moffatt say that the inspiration for their acclaimed adaptation of the Conan-Doyle stories came, in part, from an admiration of the 1940s films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. But, a row eighty years ago with the Conan-Doyle estate meant the series nearly didn’t get made and the world could have been deprived of two Holmesian classics. Continue reading “A row with the Conan-Doyle estate – 80 years ago – led to Universal’s classic film series that inspired today’s Sherlock”
