Sherlock Holmes (Soviet TV series)
Shares rank 52 of 60 TV series by recommenders
Commenters recommend this Soviet adaptation starring Vasily Livanov as the most accurate version of Doyle's stories and some of the best TV they have watched. No complaints recur.
Commenters recommend this Soviet adaptation starring Vasily Livanov as the most accurate version of Doyle's stories and some of the best TV they have watched. No complaints recur.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Commenters simply love it
“Because I love that TV series”
Comment from 12 Jun 2026 in “Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2002) [pdf]” “Sherlock Holmes is great.”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Lost Doctor Who Episodes Found” “Also - Sherlock Holmes :)”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better”
Other TV series people recommend
The four most recommended other TV series, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halt and Catch Fire | 166 | 20 | 89% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Babylon 5 | 86 | 21 | 80% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Silicon Valley (TV series) | 52 | 1 | 98% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Andor | 52 | 5 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Sherlock Holmes (Soviet TV series)This page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Because I love that TV series”
“Also - Sherlock Holmes :)”
“There is a Soviet version of Sherlock Holmes which is surprisingly good”
“by far, in my opinion, the most accurate representation of the stories”
“Sherlock Holmes is great.”
“some of the best stuff I have ever watched”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.