The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short... by Arthur Conan Doyle

Many funny scenes add to the feel-good element of the show.

Ken Campbell's performance, sometimes unjustly described as 'melodramatic' is, in fact, perfectly faithful to Conan Doyle's short story spirit.

How did Holmes secure the release of Horner? How will he return the blue carbuncle to the Countess without giving away the thief's name? Who cares, since the story ends well? The cantankerous Countess of Morcar, kind of female Scrooge, and Horner, as loving as Bob Cratchit, remind us of Dickens' Christmas Carol. Horner is released and reunited with his family and Ryder is given a last chance. Thanks to Holmes, the ending will be a happy one. But some good souls make up for its presence: Peterson, honest commissionaire, Henry Baker, poverty-stricken intellectual, played as a very moving and dignified character by Frank Middlemass, and John Horner, reformed thief devoted to his wife and children. Of course evil rages, in form of the cursed jewel which prompts men to crime, of Catherine Cusack's perfidy and James Ryder's noxious cowardice. The set and above all Patrick Gowers' charming musical variations on a selection of Christmas carols, recreate Nativity good-natured, cheerful atmosphere. The Blue Carbuncle is a delightful Christmas story.

The episode is an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's short story : The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (1892). 7) is the 7th episode of season 1 of the Granada series: Sherlock Holmes (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and David Burke as Dr.

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short... by Arthur Conan Doyle