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   The Elusive Pimpernel

   Same creator

   1969 · 50 min · Action & Adventure · Drama

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   Foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, who secretly leads a double life as the daring rescuer of French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution, fights to save his brother-in-law while his wife is manipulated by the villainous Chauvelin into helping capture him, unaware of her husband's true identity.

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   • the same creator
   • substantial genre overlap
   • shared network: BBC One

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   By the Sword Divided

   Same creator

   1983 · 50 min · Drama

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   This classic period drama series follows the fortunes of the aristocratic Lacey family, living peacefully in Arnescote Castle until the onset of the English Civil War in 1640. Sir Martin Lacey, the head of the family, is steadfastly loyal to the King. However the family is torn apart when his eldest daughter Anne weds John Fletcher - son of a merchant family who support the forces of Cromwell.

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   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Sherlock Holmes

   Same creator

   1984 · 52 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • shared themes: period drama and victorian england
   • similar audience response

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   The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

   Same creator

   1984 · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   In Victorian London, consulting detective Sherlock Holmes wields not only powers of observation and deduction but also vast knowledge on anything relevant to solve mysteries, including crimes. Cases that would stump most detectives are merely short work for Holmes, who is ably assisted by his friend and colleague Dr John H. Watson.

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   • the same creator
   • shared themes: london, england and victorian england

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   The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

   Same creator

   1991 · Drama

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   The third series featuring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and Edward Hardwicke as Dr Watson follows the mysteries of the disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, the Boscombe Valley, an illustrious client, and a creeping man.

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   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   The Return of Sherlock Holmes

   Same creator

   1986 · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   In the second series of the widely celebrated ITV detective programme, Dr John Watson finds a mystery in an empty house, while Holmes and he later solve the mysteries of an abbey grange, the Musgrave ritual, a second stain, a man with a twisted lip, the priory school, and a half-dozen plaster busts of Bonaparte.

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   • the same creator

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   Late Night Horror

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   1968 · 25 min · Drama

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   A short-lived horror anthology broadcast in the United Kingdom weekly from 11 April until 16 May 1968 on BBC Two. However, following viewer complaints of its unsuitability, it was pulled, with four of six episodes believed lost (the third episode resurfaced as a 16mm black-and-white film telerecording in 2016, and the first in 2026).

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared network: BBC One

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   Chelworth

   Shared cast

   1989 · Drama

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   A new Earl, Michael Anstey, returns to England from Hong Kong to restore his family's estate.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • a principal cast member
   • shared network: BBC One

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   The Flame Trees of Thika

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   1981 · 60 min · Drama

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   Elspeth and her unconventional parents decide to settle down in Kenya and begin a coffee plantation. This is a time of discovery for Elspeth, as she encounters the incredible beauty and cruelty of nature, and new friendships with both Africans and British expatriates. A side plot involves the beautiful and bored British Lettice Palmer who enters into an affair with a handsome safari guide. Eventually, however, the excitement of Elspeth's life is disrupted by the onset of WW I, and the changes it brings.

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   • shared themes: 1910s and world war i

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    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

    Same creator

    1994 · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    In this thrilling final series starring Jeremy Brett as the famous 'consulting detective' Sherlock Holmes, six of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories are adapted: The Three Gables, The Dying Detective, The Golden Pince-Nez, The Red Circle, The Mazarin Stone, and The Cardboard Box.

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    • the same creator
    • shared themes: period drama and victorian england

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