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Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Sherlock

Holmes in the series, which ran from

1984 to 1994, remains very popular.[1]

List of Sherlock HolmesepisodesFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(19841985), TheReturn of Sherlock Holmes(19861988), The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes(19911993) and The

Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes(1994), collectively knownas Sherlock Holmes, are a series of adaptations ofArthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories whichwere produced by Granada Television and originallybroadcast by ITV in the United Kingdom. The seriesstarred Jeremy Brett as Holmes and David Burke (inthe Adventuresseries) and Edward Hardwicke (Return,Case-Book, Memoirs) as Dr. Watson.

The programme adapted 42 of the original stories in 41episodes, with 36 running for 50 minutes (in a one-hourtimeslot), and five being feature-length specials.Adventuresran for two series totalling 13 episodes,from April to June 1984 and August to September1985. Returnran for two series from July to August1986 and April to August 1988, as well as the specials"The Sign of Four" and "The Hound of theBaskervilles", which aired on 29 December 1987 and31 August 1988 respectively. Case-Bookran for oneseries from February to March 1991 and three specials which aired on 2 January 1992 and 27

January and 3 February 1993. Memoirsran for one series from March to April 1994. [2][3] A

short episode was also produced as part of "The Four Oaks Mystery" which aired during theITV Telethon in 1992. Sherlock Holmes appeared in the first part, with the cast of Van derValk, Taggartand Inspector Wexfordappearing in the second, third and fourth parts

respectively.[4]

The series has been released on DVD in Regions 1, 2 and 4, [5][6][7] and has been repeated onITV3 and BBC Two.

Contents

1 Series overview2 Episode list

2.1 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(19841985)2.2 The Return of Sherlock Holmes(19861988)2.3 The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes(19911993)2.4 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes(1994)

3 References

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4 External links

Series overview

Feature-length special

Legend

Title Series/Special EpisodesFirst broadcast

Seriespremiere

Series finale

The Adventures of

Sherlock Holmes

1 7 24 April 1984 5 June 1984

2 625 August

198529 September 1985

The Return of

Sherlock Holmes

3 7 9 July 1986 20 August 1986

"The Sign of Four" 1 29 December 1987

4 4 6 April 1988 27 April 1988

"The Hound of the

Baskervilles"1 31 August 1988

The Case-Book of

Sherlock Holmes

5 621

February1991

28 March 1991

6[2]

"The Master

Blackmailer"

3

2 January 1992

"The Last

Vampyre" 27 January 1993

"The Eligible

Bachelor"3 February 1993

The Memoirs of

Sherlock Holmes7 6

7 March1994

11 April 1994




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Episode list

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(19841985)




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No. Title Based onFirst

broadcastSynopsis

1"A Scandal in

Bohemia""A Scandal in

Bohemia"24 April

1984

The King of Bohemia asks Holmes toretrieve a compromising photographfrom actress and singer Irene Adler, who

proves to be a worthy opponent.[8]

2"The Dancing

Men"

"The Adventureof the Dancing

Men"1 May 1984

Hilton Cubitt employs Holmes whendrawings of dancing stick figures appear

and frighten his American wife.[9]

3"The Naval

Treaty"

"The Adventureof the Naval

Treaty"8 May 1984

Holmes must find a naval treaty whichwas stolen from a Foreign Office clerk

and prevent an international scandal.[10]

4"The Solitary

Cyclist"

"The Adventureof the Solitary

Cyclist"

15 May1984

Violet Smith, a young music teacher,contacts Holmes when she is followedby a mysterious cyclist; Holmesconnects this with her employer's

proposal.[11]

5"The Crooked

Man"

"The Adventureof the Crooked

Man"

22 May1984

A missing key helps Holmes proveColonel Barclay's wife innocent after he

is found dead.[12]

6"The Speckled

Band"

"The Adventureof the Speckled

Band"

29 May1984

Helen Stoner seeks help from Holmeswhen her stepfather moves her into the

room her sister died in.[13]

7"The Blue

Carbuncle"

"The Adventureof the BlueCarbuncle"

5 June1984

Holmes and Watson investigate when aunique blue carbuncle ends up in a

goose's gullet.[14]

8"The Copper

Beeches"

"The Adventureof the Copper

Beeches"

25 August1985

Violet Hunter contacts Holmes about heremployer's strange requests for her tocut her hair and wear a particular dress.[15]

9"The GreekInterpreter"

"The Adventureof the GreekInterpreter"

1September

1985

Holmes, Watson and Holmes's brotherMycroft learn of a Greek interpreter whowas kidnapped and forced to

communicate with an abductee.[16]

10"The Norwood

Builder"

"The Adventure

of the NorwoodBuilder"

8

September1985

A solicitor who was asked by a man hehad never met to draw up a will leavingthe man's fortune to himself consults

Holmes after the man is killed.[17]

11"The Resident

Patient"

"The Adventureof the Resident

Patient"

15September

1985

A doctor asks Holmes about the strangebehavior of the man who set him up witha prestigious practice in return for a

percentage of his income.[18]




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12"The Red-HeadedLeague"

"The Adventureof the Red-

HeadedLeague"

22September

1985

Jabez Wilson consults Holmes when hisemployers, who paid him to copy out anencyclopedia, mysteriously vanish, and

their true goal is soon uncovered.[19]

13"The Final

Problem"

"The Final

Problem"

29September

1985

After Holmes is nearly killed by Moriartyafter foiling his plan to steal the Mona

Lisa, the two encounter each other atthe Reichenbach Falls.[20]




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The Return of Sherlock Holmes(19861988)




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broadcastSynopsis

14"The Empty

House"

"The Adventureof the Empty

House"9 July 1986

Holmes returns to England, to Watson'ssurprise, and must stop a member ofMoriarty's gang who is trying to kill him.[21]

15"The Abbey

Grange"

"The Adventureof the Abbey

Grange"

16 July1986

Lord Brackenstall has been murdered,and his battered wife says that a thiefand his sons were the culprits: wine

glasses convince Holmes otherwise.[22]

16"The Musgrave

Ritual"

"The Adventureof the Musgrave

Ritual"

23 July1986

Holmes is called when a butler isdiscovered reading an old documentabout a mysterious family ritual and

disappears.[23]

17"The Second

Stain"

"The Adventureof the Second

Stain"

30 July

1986

The Prime Minister asks Holmes to helprecover a stolen letter which could lead

to war if released.[24]

18"The Man with

the Twisted Lip""The Man with

the Twisted Lip"6 August

1986

Watson finds Holmes in an opium den,where he has been sent to look forNeville St Clair, who is suspected to

have been killed by a beggar.[25]

19"The Priory

School"

"The Adventureof the Priory

School"

12 August1986

A rich duke reluctantly allows Holmes tosearch for his missing ten-year-old sonwho went missing along with a German

tutor.[26]

20"The Six

Napoleons"

"The Adventureof the Six

Napoleons"

20 August1986

Holmes is contacted by Inspector

Lestrade after the police are baffled by aseries of burglaries serving only to stealand smash identical busts of Napoleon.[27]

21"The Sign of

Four"The Sign of the

Four

29December

1987

Mary Morstan has received a pearl inthe post every year since her father'sdisappearance; this leads Holmes andWatson to a secret pact between fourconvicts during the Indian Rebellion of

1857.[28]

22"The Devil's

Foot"

"The Adventureof the Devil's

Foot"6 April 1988

In Cornwall, Holmes investigates when asister mysteriously dies with a horrifiedlook on her face and her two brothers

suffer dementia.[29]

23 "Silver Blaze" "Silver Blaze"13 April

1988

Holmes investigates when a prizedracehorse goes missing and his trainer

is found bludgeoned to death.[30]




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24"WisteriaLodge"

"The Adventureof Wisteria

Lodge"

20 April1988

An amateur cartographer who stayedwith another map enthusiast seeks helpwhen his host vanishes in the middle of

the night.[31]

25"The Bruce-Partington

Plans"

"The Adventureof the Bruce-

PartingtonPlans"

27 April

1988

Holmes helps Mycroft when blueprintsfor a submarine are missing from the

body of a civil servant found dead on thetracks of the Underground.[32]

26"The Hound of

the

Baskervilles"

The Hound ofthe Baskervilles

31 August1988

Sherlock Holmes is consulted by theAmerican heir to the Baskerville estate,which is shrouded in rumours of a

demonic family curse.[33]




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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes(19911993)


broadcastSynopsis

27

"TheDisappearance

of Lady FrancesCarfax"

"TheDisappearance

of Lady FrancesCarfax"

21

February1991

Holmes must save a suffragette afterWatson meets her and notices she is

troubled by a mysterious bearded man.[34]

28"The Problem of

Thor Bridge""The Problem of

Thor Bridge"

28February

1991

When a governess is arrested forshooting Maria Gibson, the deadwoman's husband needs Holmes's help

to prove her innocent.[35]

29"ShoscombeOld Place"

"The Adventureof Shoscombe

Old Place"

7 March1991

The horse trainer of a debt-riddenaristocrat consults Holmes about his

employer's behaviour.[36]

30 "The BoscombeValley Mystery"

"The BoscombeValley Mystery"

14 March1991

Holmes must help James McCarthy

when his father is killed after anargument, the subject of which he will

not reveal.[37]

31"The Illustrious

Client"

"The Adventureof the Illustrious

Client"

21 March1991

Sir James Damery asks Holmes to stopa general's daughter from marrying a

philandering murderer.[38]

32"The Creeping

Man"

"The Adventureof the Creeping

Man"

28 March1991

The daughter of scientist ProfessorPresbury sees her father's face at hersecond-storey window; Holmes

connects this with recent zoo thefts.[39]

33"The Master

Blackmailer"

"The Adventureof CharlesAugustusMilverton"

2 January1992

Holmes must stop the art dealer andinfamous blackmailer Charles AugustusMilverton by infiltrating his household in

the guise of a plumber.[40]

34"The Last

Vampyre"

"The Adventureof the Sussex

Vampire"

27 January1993

Sherlock Holmes is called upon toinvestigate a series of deaths whichseem to be related to John Stockton,who is rumoured to be descended from

a family of vampires.[41]

35 "The EligibleBachelor"

"The Adventure

of the NobleBachelor"

3 February1993

Holmes suffers from disturbing dreams

as he helps to find the missing wife ofLord Robert St. Simon.[42]




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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes(1994)


broadcastSynopsis

36

"The Three

Gables"

"The Adventure

of the ThreeGables"

7 March

1994

After her grandson's death, an oldwoman consults Holmes after refusing

an offer to sell her house withoutremoving her possessions.[43]

37"The DyingDetective"

"The Adventureof the DyingDetective"

14 March1994

When Victor Savage begins using opiumand behaving strangely, his wifeconsults Holmes. Victor dies, andHolmes suspects his cousin,

knowledgeble in rare disease.[44]

38"The GoldenPince-Nez"

"The Adventureof the GoldenPince-Nez"

21 March1994

Holmes and Mycroft investigate themurder of a professor's assistant who

died clutching a woman's pince-nez.[45]

39"The Red

Circle"

"The Adventureof the Red

Circle"

28 March1994

Mrs Hudson asks Holmes to help herfriend with a lodger who insists onnobody entering his room, and his secret

past is uncovered.[46]

40"The Mazarin

Stone"

"The Adventureof the Mazarin

Stone""The Adventure

of the ThreeGarridebs"

4 April 1994

Mycroft investigates when the MazarinStone is stolen from a museum, andWatson deals with the promise of a largeinheritance if a third person with the

surname of Garrideb can be found.[47]

41"The Cardboard

Box""The Adventure

of theCardboard Box"

11 April1994

When Susan Cushing is sent twosevered ears, Holmes connects the case

with her missing sister.[48]

References

^ "Jeremy Brett (19331995)" (http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/world/jbrett.php) . The wideworld of Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes Society of London. http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/world/jbrett.php. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

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^ abSherlock Holmes(http://epguides.com/SherlockHolmes_1984) at epguides.com2.^ Campbell, Mark (2007). Sherlock Holmes. Harpenden, Herts.: Pocket Essentials. pp. 118119.

ISBN 1842432338.

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^ "The Four Oaks Mystery" (http://inspectorwexford.info/archive/articles/the-four-oaks-mystery/) .The Daily Mirror. 7 May 1992. http://inspectorwexford.info/archive/articles/the-four-oaks-mystery/.Retrieved 15 September 2012.

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^ "Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Granada Television Series(2007)" (http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Complete-Granada-Television/dp/B000RPCJB6) . Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Complete-Granada-Television/dp/B000RPCJB6. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

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^ "Sherlock Holmes Complete Collection [DVD]" (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Holmes-Complete-Collection-DVD/dp/B002EAKWEI) . Amazon.co.uk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Holmes-Complete-Collection-DVD/dp/B002EAKWEI. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

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^ "Sherlock Holmes Collectors Ed: Vol 1" (http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/dvd/dvd-genres/tv/sherlock-holmes-collectors-ed-vol-1/664833) . JB Hi-Fi.http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/dvd/dvd-genres/tv/sherlock-holmes-collectors-ed-vol-1/664833.Retrieved 21 September 2012.

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^ "A Scandal in Bohemia" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/a-scandal-in-bohemia-126081/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

8.

^ "The Dancing Men" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-dancing-men-126082/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

9.

^ "The Naval Treaty" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-naval-treaty-126083/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

10.

^ "The Solitary Cyclist" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-solitary-cyclist-126084/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

11.

^ "The Crooked Man" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-crooked-man-126085/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

12.

^ "The Speckled Band" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-speckled-band-126086/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

13.

^ "The Blue Carbuncle" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-blue-carbuncle-126087/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

14.

^ "The Copper Beeches" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-copper-beeches-126088/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

15.

^ "The Greek Interpreter" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-greek-interpreter-126089/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.16.

^ "The Norwood Builder" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-norwood-builder-126090/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

17.

^ "The Resident Patient" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-resident-patient-126091/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

18.

^ "The Red Headed League" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-red-headed-league-126092/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

19.

^ "The Final Problem" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-final-problem-126093/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

20.

^ "The Empty House" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-empty-house-126094/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

21.

^ "The Abbey Grange" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-

abbey-grange-126095/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

22.

^ "The Musgrave Ritual" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-musgrave-ritual-126096/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

23.

^ "The Second Stain" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-second-stain-126097/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

24.

^ "The Man with the Twisted Lip" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-man-with-the-twisted-lip-126098/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

25.

^ "The Priory School" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-priory-school-126099/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

26.

^ "The Six Napoleons" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-six-napoleons-126100/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

27.

^ "The Sign of Four" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-sign-of-four-126101/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

28.

^ "The Devil's Foot" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-devils-foot-126103/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

29.

^ "Silver Blaze" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/silver-blaze-126104/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

30.

^ "Wisteria Lodge" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/wisteria-lodge-126105/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

31.

^ "The Bruce Partington Plans" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-bruce-partington-plans-126106/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

32.

^ "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-130143/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

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^ "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-disappearance-of-lady-frances-carfax-126107/) at TV.com . Retrieved23 September 2012.

34.

^ "The Problem of Thor Bridge" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-problem-of-thor-bridge-126108/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

35.

^ "Shoscombe Old Place" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/shoscombe-old-place-126109/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

36.

^ "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-boscombe-valley-mystery-126110/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

37.

^ "The Illustrious Client" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-illustrious-client-126111/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

38.

^ "The Creeping Man" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-creeping-man-126112/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

39.

^ "The Master Blackmailer" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-master-blackmailer-126113/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

40.

^ "The Last Vampyre" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-last-vampyre-126115/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

41.

^ "The Eligible Bachelor" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-eligible-bachelor-126117/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

42.

^ "The Three Gables" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-three

-gables-126119/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

43.

^ "The Dying Detective" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-dying-detective-126120/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

44.

^ "The Golden Pince-Nez" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-golden-pince-nez-126121/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

45.

^ "The Red Circle" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-red-circle-126122/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

46.

^ "The Mazarin Stone" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-mazarin-stone-126123/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

47.

^ "The Cardboard-Box" (http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1984/the-cardboard-box-126124/) at TV.com . Retrieved 23 September 2012.

48.

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