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In May 2012 The Guinness Book of World Records announced that
Having been depicted on screen 254 times… Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective, has been awarded a world record for the most portrayed literary human character in film & TV…Through a combination of films, television series, dramas and documentaries, Sherlock’s appearances beat the character of Shakespeare’s Hamlet by 48 portrayals to claim the record.
(see “Sherlock Holmes Awarded Title”, 2012)
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Pearson, R. (2015). Sherlock Holmes, the De Facto Franchise. In: Geraghty, L. (eds) Popular Media Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137350374_10
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