Video Tutorials TV: Remember The Laughter Of Jeremy Brett :) Videos

Added: Nov 18, 2008

From: rebeccawilde

Duration: 2:9

Hope this brings some smiles! :)After daring to read "The Man Who Became Sherlock Homes" by Terry Manners, I became seriously depressed last week, really awful and I'm sure the book set me off. The book even though it paints Jeremy in a very good light still (the bits about his big love of animals were delightful), it focus heavily on the sad, and distressing moments of his life. As well as this the author clearly tried to fill in gaps in information with his own ideas. Things he couldn't possibly know unless he was a fly on Jeremy's wall and at the same time a world famous physic and time traveller (silly reporter!). The reporter tried and failed by his own admission to find anything bad to write about Jeremy (to jazz up his book). As we know that is rare with a celibately (they always seem to disappoint the more you know).I know Jeremy wouldn't want to make people who love him sad, he tried very hard not to when he was here in person as Jeremy Brett. So I feel it's important to remember the good times, as there were lots over the years as well. He wasn't always crying, even if he did shed too many tears after his wife died of cancer. He shouldn't have had to have one sad moment.Some things to read: "There was one Christmas in particular when Jeremy had organised a treasure hunt around the house. On Christmas Eve thirty or forty grown men and women searched for a collection of mundane household objects For example, there was a nail in a chandelier and a toothbrush in an arrangement of dried flowers. While all this feverish activity was going on, Jeremy stood in the middle of the room with a glass of champagne in one hand and a big smile on his face, refusing to tell us where he had hidden the lavatory brush.' - Penelope Keith `Jeremy's favourite outfit in which one usually found him was a black cashmere sweater and white cotton trousers. One day I was arriving at the studio and Jeremy was getting out of a taxi. As he leant forward to pay the cabby, the waistband of this particular much-laundered pair of white cotton trousers parted company with the legs, which fell to the floor. Jeremy then struggled into Wardrobe where his laughter could have been heard in Liverpool. Whenever I think of him - I think of him laughing. I cannot pay him a greater compliment than that.'- Edward HardwickeFor over a decade, Jeremy kept millions of ITV viewers on the edge of their seats, as Holmes used his peerless deductive powers to crack case after case. The programme has also become one of British television's most successful exports, with tens of millions of viewers in more than 80 countries savouring Jeremy's performances.Jeremy's achievements were all the more remarkable when you recall that he had long suffered from heart disease and clinical depression. But Jeremy never allowed his own problems to prevent him from giving his time to others - through his career and also his tireless work for charity. He supported numerous charities.Some people can go through life and not cast a shadow - Jeremy was not one of those people. He has left an indelible impression and touched the lives of millions. - Charles L. Allen, Chairman, Granada Television.(Forward taken from A Pictorial Tribute To Jeremy Brett by Linda Pritchard)

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