# Poirot or Sherlock, which will I like best?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 28, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poirot-or-sherlock-which-will-i-like-best/664746 "2013-07-28T19:30:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poirot-or-sherlock-which-will-i-like-best/664746/21 "2013-07-30T00:57:10Z")

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> [@teela\_brown](#):
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> the old Granada Television series starring Jeremy Brett.

This is a great series, and Jeremy Brett is as good at being Sherlock as David Suchet is at being Poirot.

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poirot-or-sherlock-which-will-i-like-best/664746/22 "2013-07-30T01:02:15Z")

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> [@DMark](#):
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> The new Sherlock series is more like watching a damned good action film…

I mean no disrespect at all, but I feel compelled to note that I think the above comment gives a completely wrong impression. I wouldn’t use the word “action” to describe _Sherlock_ by any means. There is, of course, a bit of action in it. But it’s very, very far from the focus of the series.

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