Other adaptations have gone further and reimagined the entire story so that, as with “The Irregulars,” Holmes is not the star of the show and other characters take center stage. “The Irregulars” is testament to how far interpretations of Holmes have evolved since Conan Doyle first introduced the pipe-smoking detective in his 1887 novel “A Study in Scarlet.” Since then, Holmes has appeared in over 250 film and TV adaptations – more than any other literary human character, and been played by actors including Robert Downey Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, each putting their own spin on the crime-solving super-sleuth. The Irregulars hard at work, solving a crime. Although best-known as the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Conan Doyle had a strong interest in spiritualism, fairies, mediums and other phenomena, and was a “terrific” ghost story writer, says Bidwell, adding that his series is “an ode” to the author. Rather than make a classic adaptation, “we wanted to do something very different,” says Bidwell.īidwell says his inspiration came from Arthur Conan Doyle. Instead, they must battle the dark, supernatural forces at work in creator Tom Bidwell’s horror-infused reimagining of Victorian London. Watson – an uncharacteristically sinister figure – recruits the teens on behalf of his mysterious “business partner” Holmes, who is holed up at the duo’s traditional base at 221b Baker Street.īut tradition stops there: the teen sleuths are not cracking ordinary criminal cases. Watson have passed the baton to the younger generation in Netflix’s new show, “The Irregulars,” which premiered in March.īased on the Baker Street Irregulars, who appeared in three of the original Sherlock Holmes stories, the titular characters are a gang of scrappy street kids, led by a 17-year-old girl called Bea, who eke out a living in London’s grimy underbelly. Sherlock Holmes and his habitual sidekick Dr.
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