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Sherlock Holmes

1984TV-PG7 seasons8.2 / 10

Jeremy Brett is Sherlock Holmes.

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.

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Synopsis

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.

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Episode 1

A Scandal in Bohemia

Apr 24, 198451m8.0 / 10

A masked man calls, on confidential business, and Holmes quickly recognizes the visitor as the King of Bohemia. The King is planning for himself a dynastic marriage and is worried about a compromising photograph in the possession of his American former mistress. He wants Holmes to get it back for him.In outwitting the lady, Irene Adler, Holmes goes to great lengths - and at the end of the affair Watson comes to the conclusion that his friend is himself smitten.

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Directed by Paul AnnettGuest stars Gayle Hunnicutt, Wolf Kahler, Michael Carter, Max Faulkner, Tim Pearce, Tessa Worsley, Will Tacey, Tom Watt

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Episode 2

The Dancing Men

May 1, 198451m8.4 / 10

Hilton Cubitt, from Derbyshire, consults Holmes about a series of dancing men picture-messages his wife is receiving. On their wedding-day, she had made Cubitt promise he would ask her nothing about her past, but she now seems to be terrified. Holmes has to decipher the code of the matchstick men and get to the bottom of a dreadful murder which lies behind it.

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Directed by John BruceGuest stars Tenniel Evans, Betsy Brantley, Eugene Lipinski, Lorraine Peters, Wendy Jane Walker, Paul Jaynes, Bernard Atha, David Ross

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Episode 3

The Naval Treaty

May 8, 198451m8.1 / 10

Holmes is approached by Percy Phelps, of the Foreign Office, to recover a document which has been stolen - before it can cause an international scandal and ruin Phelps's career. It seems the British Empire and the Kingdom of Italy have entered into a secret and embarrassing treaty.

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Directed by Alan GrintGuest stars David Gwillim, Gareth Thomas, Alison Skilbeck, Ronald Russell, Nicholas Geake, Pamela Pitchford, David Rodigan, Eve Matheson

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Episode 4

The Solitary Cyclist

May 15, 198451m8.4 / 10

Violet Smith has recently started a new job as music teacher to Robert Carruthers, staying during the week at his house in the country. She consults Holmes because she is worried about being followed once a week on her way to the railway station by a man on a bicycle. Carruthers asks Miss Smith to marry him, but Holmes sees a sinister connection between him and the stalker.

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Directed by Paul AnnettGuest stars Barbara Wilshere, John Castle, Michael Siberry, Ellis Dale, Sarah Aitchison, Simon Bleakley, Penny Gowling, Stafford Gordon

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Episode 5

The Crooked Man

May 22, 198451m7.9 / 10

An unhappy wife learns that her husband, Colonel Barclay, cheated her earlier fiance, leaving him disabled and in exile. After a fierce argument between them, the Colonel's dead body is found next to his unconscious wife in a locked room with no key, and with curious animal tracks outside the window. Nancy Barclay remains in a coma.Holmes investigates and finds a story of betrayal and a mystery worthy of his powers.

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Directed by Alan GrintGuest stars Norman Jones, Lisa Daniely, Denys Hawthorne, Fiona Shaw, Paul Chapman, Shelagh Stephenson, Michael Lumsden, Catherine Rabett

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Episode 6

The Speckled Band

May 29, 198452m8.8 / 10

Holmes is approached by Helen Stoner, who feels threatened by her domineering step-father, Dr Grimesby Roylott. Her sister died mysteriously just before her planned wedding, and Helen has heard again the curious whistle she first heard on the night of her sister's death.Holmes perceives great danger and lays a complicated plan to defeat the threat to the beautiful Helen.

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Directed by John BruceGuest stars Rosalyn Landor, Denise Armon, Jeremy Kemp, John Gill, Tim Condren, Stephen Mallatratt

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Episode 7

The Blue Carbuncle

Jun 5, 198451m8.4 / 10finale

A plumber, John Horner, is arrested just before Christmas and charged with stealing a famous jewel, the Blue Carbuncle, from Lady Morcar. He denies the theft - but he has a criminal record, and all the evidence is against him. After Holmes's doorman finds the Carbuncle in a Christmas goose, Holmes uses an old hat to track the goose to a poultry dealer, then traps the servant who stole the jewel and framed the plumber. The Blue Carbuncle has a dark history, and the stone features in the programme's opening credits with turbulent scenes from its past.

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Directed by David CarsonGuest stars Frank Middlemass, Rosalind Knight, Ros Simmons, Ken Campbell, Desmond McNamara, Amelda Brown, Brian Miller, Frank Mills

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More about Sherlock Holmes

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Cast

Jeremy BrettSherlock Holmes

David BurkeDr. John H. Watson

Edward HardwickeDr. John H. Watson

Rosalie WilliamsMrs. Hudson

Eric PorterProfessor Moriarty

Colin JeavonsInspector Lestrade

Roger HammondJabez Wilson

Tim McInnernyJohn Clay

Credits

Created by: John Hawkesworth
Written by: T.R. Bowen, Jeremy Paul, Gary Hopkins, Arthur Conan Doyle

Production details

Status: Ended
Series type: Scripted
Episodes: 41
Original language: English

Networks & production

ITV1United Kingdom
Granada TelevisionUnited Kingdom

Themes

based on novel or bookcrimesdetectivemysteriesperiod dramaprivate detectiveprivate investigatorsherlock holmes

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