Sherlock Holmes, the De Facto Franchise

Abstract

In May 2012 The Guinness Book of World Records announced that Having been depicted on screen 254 times… Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective, has been awarded a world record for the most portrayed literary human character in film & TV…Through a combination of films, television series, dramas and documentaries, Sherlock’s appearances beat the character of Shakespeare’s Hamlet by 48 portrayals to claim the record. (see “Sherlock Holmes Awarded Title”, 2012) These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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