The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Season 7 (1994 - 2004)

  • Season 7 Episode 6: The Cardboard Box

    Two sisters receive unwanted gifts at Christmas - severed human ears. Holmes is enlisted to discover where they came from - and uncovers a disturbing tale of deceit and infidelity. Jeremy Brett stars in his curtain-call as the famous detective

  • Season 7 Episode 5: The Mazarin Stone

    A priceless French diamond is stolen from its London display. However, with Holmes missing, Watson and Mycroft are forced to pursue the investigation themselves. Detective drama, guest starring Charles Gray, with Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke

  • Season 7 Episode 4: The Red Circle

    A reclusive lodger's strange behaviour sends his landlady running to Holmes for advice - and what initially seems to be a simple matter turns into a mystery involving an Italian secret society and murder in New York. Drama, starring Jeremy Brett

  • Season 7 Episode 3: The Golden Pince-Nez

    Mycroft Holmes joins his brother to investigate the murder of a professor's secretary. The only clue is the pair of golden pince-nez glasses clenched in the hand of the victim. Charles Gray guest stars

  • Season 7 Episode 2: The Dying Detective

    A man dies suddenly of a mysterious fever and Holmes suspects murder, but a malign influence takes its toll on the detective as he delves into the underworld of London's docklands. Jeremy Brett stars

  • Season 7 Episode 1: The Three Gables

    An elderly widow enlists Holmes' help to ascertain why a mystery purchaser should want to buy not just her house, but also all its contents. Drama, starring Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke and Peter Wyngarde

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Season 6 (1993 - 2004)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Season 5 (2000 - 2004)

  • Season 5 Episode 6: The Adventure of the Creeping Man

    The daughter of a prominent professor is terrified by a mysterious prowler who haunts the grounds of her home by night and seems able to scale sheer walls with ease. Guest starring Charles Kay, Sarah Woodward, Adrian Lukis and Alice Morphy. Last in series

  • Season 5 Episode 5: The Illustrious Client

    The Baker Street sleuth faces a dangerous assignment when he attempts to stop the marriage of Violet Merville to Baron Gruner - a wealthy art collector who Holmes knows to be a murderer. Jeremy Brett stars

  • Season 5 Episode 4: The Boscombe Valley Mystery

    A desperate girl contacts Holmes and asks him to clear her boyfriend of killing his father, a farmer found bludgeoned to death beside a lake. Period drama, starring Jeremy Brett , Peter Vaughan and James Purefoy

  • Season 5 Episode 3: The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place

    A racehorse trainer asks Holmes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of one of his cash-strapped employer's many creditors. Victorian whodunit, starring Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke, with a young Jude Law in an early supporting role

  • Season 5 Episode 2: The Problem of Thor Bridge

    A governess is accused of shooting dead her millionaire employer's wife on a remote bridge - but Holmes' deductive powers suggest an alternative explanation to the mystery. Period detective drama, guest starring Daniel Massey, with Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke

    Tomorrow at 10:30pm EST - GPTV (PBS)
  • Season 5 Episode 1: The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

    The Baker Street sleuth is summoned to the Lake District to investigate the mysterious disappearance of an enigmatic woman. Period detective drama, guest starring Michael Jayston and Cheryl Campbell with Jeremy Brett

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Season 4 (2001 - 2004)

  • Season 4 Episode 6: The Bruce Partington Plans

    Crusty senior diplomat Mycroft Holmes enlists the help of his more famous younger brother Sherlock to recover missing submarine plans vital to national security. Guest starring Charles Gray

  • Season 4 Episode 5: Wisteria Lodge

    A houseguest wakes up in dilapidated Wisteria Lodge to find that his host and all the household servants have vanished. Understandably perplexed, he heads straight for Baker Street and asks Holmes to solve the mystery of their disappearance. Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke star

  • Season 4 Episode 4: Silver Blaze

    The mystery surrounding a legendary racehorse's disappearance is solved with the help of one of the most famous clues in the Holmes canon - 'the curious incident of the dog in the night-time'. Victorian detective drama, starring Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke

  • Season 4 Episode 3: The Devil's Foot

    Suffering from nervous exhaustion, Holmes sets off for a break on the wild Cornish peninsula, where he hopes the peace and quiet will help him convalesce. Unfortunately, several murders ensure his holiday is far from relaxing. Period detective drama, guest-starring Denis Quilley

  • Season 4 Episode 2: Sherlock Holmes: Sign of Four
  • Season 4 Episode 1: Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four

    Arthur Conan Doyle's celebrated creation leaves his Baker Street lair to solve the mystery surrounding a woman's unknown benefactor - and uncovers a story of hidden treasure, implacable vengeance and sudden death. Feature-length drama, starring Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, John Thaw and Jenny Seagrove

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Season 3 (2000 - 2004)

  • Season 3 Episode 7: The Six Napoleons

    An intruder begins breaking into people's homes and destroying their plaster statuettes of Napoleon, but leaving more valuable items untouched. Holmes resolves to find out why, eventually uncovering a twisted tale of theft and murder, Starring Jeremy Brett

  • Season 3 Episode 6: The Priory School

    The youthful heir to a fortune disappears from boarding school in the dead of night - but his aristocratic father's aversion to publicity makes the case particularly difficult to investigate. Period drama, starring Jeremy Brett

  • Season 3 Episode 5: The Man With the Twisted Lip

    The Baker Street detective searches for a missing businessman who was last seen peering from the window of an opium den in London's notorious Limehouse area. Suspicion falls on a well-known local beggar - but his innocence is eventually proved in bizarre fashion. Period drama, starring Jeremy Brett

  • Season 3 Episode 4: The Second Stain

    The prime minister asks Holmes to investigate the disappearance of a letter which could lead to a major European catastrophe. Unfortunately, completion of the task requires him to jeopardise a titled lady's reputation - something he is naturally reluctant to do. Victorian detective drama, starring Jeremy Brett

  • Season 3 Episode 3: The Musgrave Ritual

    The mysterious disappearance of an aristocrat's butler, whose erudition seems strangely at odds with his lowly occupation, presents Holmes with a fresh mystery to solve. The key to the case lies in an ancient family ritual - and points the way to an historic treasure. Victorian detective drama, starring Jeremy Brett

  • Season 3 Episode 2: The Abbey Grange

    Oliver Tobias guests as Captain Jack Crocker, a robust seafaring man implicated in the murder of a beautiful aristocrat Lady Brackenstall's abusive husband. Drama, with Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwick and Anne Louise Lambert

    Today at 7:00pm EST - WLIW (PBS)
  • Season 3 Episode 1: The Empty House

    The great detective reveals to a startled Watson how he defeated Moriarty and cheated death beneath the waters of the Reichenbach Falls. Period drama, marking Edward Hardwick's debut as Holmes' indefatigable chronicler

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Season 2 (1985)

  • Season 2 Episode 6: The Final Problem

    David Burke, considered by many aficionados to be the definitive Watson, makes his farewell appearance in this adventure, which sees Moriarty and Holmes fight their final battle at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. Also starring Eric Porter, with Jeremy Brett as the titular hero. Last in the series

    Today at 9:00pm EST - KRMA (PBS)
  • Season 2 Episode 5: The Red-Headed League

    The sleuth investigates the case of a man who has acquired a well-paid but mysterious job - seemingly on account of his red hair. Period detective drama, starring Jeremy Brett and David Burke, with Eric Porter as Moriarty

  • Season 2 Episode 4: The Resident Patient

    A doctor visits Holmes on behalf of his friend and sponsor Blessington, a nervous invalid whose fragile peace of mind has been thrown into complete turmoil by a series of mysterious events. Drama, guest starring Patrick Newell and Nicholas Clay, with Jeremy Brett and David Burke

  • Season 2 Episode 3: The Norwood Builder

    A solicitor enlists Holmes to help clear him of murdering eccentric builder Jonas Oldacre, whose considerable personal fortune he stood to inherit. Drama, starring Jeremy Brett as the famed Victorian detective

  • Season 2 Episode 2: The Greek Interpreter

    An interpreter claims to have been abducted by two villains who forced him to interrogate a badly bruised and obviously distressed Greek captive unable to speak English. Period detective drama, starring Jeremy Brett

  • Season 2 Episode 1: The Copper Beeches

    A governess takes up a new position, but feels constrained to consult Holmes about some of the bizarre conditions stipulated by her employer. Period crime drama, guest starring Natasha Richardson, Joss Ackland and Patience Collier, with Jeremy Brett and David Burke

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Season 1 (1984)

  • Season 1 Episode 7: The Blue Carbuncle

    A valuable gem is stolen from the Countess of Morcar, leading the famous detective into a bizarre investigation involving a recovered Christmas goose. Last in the series, starring Jeremy Brett, David Burke and Ken Campbell

  • Season 1 Episode 6: The Speckled Band

    A woman hires Holmes and Watson to investigate the strange death of her sister, whose enigmatic final words seemingly hold the key to the case. Period drama, starring Jeremy Brett and David Burke

  • Season 1 Episode 5: The Crooked Man

    A distinguished Army colonel is found dead in mysterious circumstances and the finger of suspicion points to his widow. Holmes has to solve a murder involving a locked room with no key, a domestic quarrel and odd animal-like tracks outside the window. Drama, starring Jeremy Brett and David Burke

  • Season 1 Episode 4: The Solitary Cyclist

    A music teacher asks Holmes to discover the identity of a mysterious bearded cyclist who often follows at a distance as she makes her way to work. Period crime drama, guest starring Barbara Wilshere, Michael Siberry and John Castle

  • Season 1 Episode 3: The Naval Treaty

    An ailing diplomat asks Holmes to retrieve a document about a highly sensitive treaty between Britain and Italy, which an opportunistic thief has stolen from his desk at the Foreign Office. Drama, starring Jeremy Brett, David Burke and David Gwillim

  • Season 1 Episode 2: The Dancing Men

    Strange, seemingly malevolent encoded messages sour a wealthy man's wedded bliss, prompting him to seek Holmes's expertise. Victorian mystery, starring Jeremy Brett and David Burke

  • Season 1 Episode 1: A Scandal in Bohemia

    A huge scandal threatens Bohemia and Holmes is outwitted by a bewitching woman's blackmail of a European royal. Period drama, guest starring Gayle Hunnicutt, with Jeremy Brett and David Burke

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Special (2000)

  • Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson protect the last remaining member of the aristocratic Baskervilles, who believes his family is being persecuted by a monstrous spectral hound roaming the remote Devon moors. Feature-length mystery based on Conan Doyle's classic story, starring Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Ronald Pickup and Kristoffer Tabori