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Sherlock Holmes, the De Facto Franchise

Author : Roberta Pearson

Published in: Popular Media Cultures

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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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)

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Title
Sherlock Holmes, the De Facto Franchise
Author
Roberta Pearson
Copyright Year
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Book
Popular Media Cultures

Print ISBN: 978-1-349-46834-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-35037-4

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137350374_10