Since the goal of this article is to expand your Holmesian horizons, I’m going to skip the best-known versions (sorry, RDJ fans!) and focus instead on some more obscure Sherlock Holmes adaptations, including a few that provide a more diverse take on the detective and the doctor. By the time you click away from this page, you will be as well-versed on international Holmeses as Holmes himself is on tobacco ash!
International Sherlock Holmes Adaptations
UNITED STATES: WATSON AND HOLMES
SCOTLAND: SHERLOCK HOLMES IN THE 22ND CENTURY
JAPAN: MISS SHERLOCK
The latest addition to the family of Sherlock Holmes adaptations, Miss Sherlock relocates the characters to Tokyo. And, as you may have guessed, both Holmes and Watson are women in this version. Dr. Wato Tachibana (“Wato-san”) is a surgeon who volunteered in Syria. She meets consulting detective Sara Shelly Futaba upon returning home. Together, they solve crimes, fight about take-out, and plant GPS devices on each other. Well, okay, only one of them does that last one. Available on HBO Asia.
POLAND: SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DOCTOR WATSON
SOVIET UNION: THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DOCTOR WATSON
CANADA: THE ADVENTURES OF SHIRLEY HOLMES
