# who was the better sherlock holmes - jeremy brett or basil rathbone?

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**Created:** [May 29, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-better-sherlock-holmes-jeremy-brett-or-basil-rathbone/358652 "2006-05-29T19:49:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-better-sherlock-holmes-jeremy-brett-or-basil-rathbone/358652/61 "2020-04-22T16:59:11Z")

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Just fourteen years after this thread started, and it looks like everyone has started getting it wrong. This is truly the Age of Trump.

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