Miniseries (1986)
In the second series of the widely celebrated ITV detective programme, Dr John Watson finds a mystery in an empty house, while Holmes and he later solve the mysteries of an abbey grange, the Musgrave ritual, a second stain, a man with a twisted lip, the priory school, and a half-dozen plaster busts of Bonaparte.
Episodes: 11
Star Cast: Jeremy Brett , Edward Hardwicke ,
Episodes List
Ep.1 The Empty House
Air Date: 1986-07-09
Believed dead after his fatal encounter with Moriarity three years ago, Holmes returns to England to foil a murder plot against him by a former Moriarity gang member.
Ep.2 The Priory School
Air Date: 1986-07-16
The headmaster of a prestigious prep school calls on Holmes for help when the ten year old only son of powerful but publicity-shy duke disappears.
Ep.3 The Second Stain
Air Date: 1986-07-23
Holmes is asked by the country's Prime Minister to aid in the recovery of a stolen diplomatic letter, which, if published, might lead England into war.
Ep.4 The Musgrave Ritual
Air Date: 1986-07-30
An obscure family document containing an enigmatic ritual holds the key to a hidden treasure if Holmes can decipher the mystery.
Ep.5 The Abbey Grange
Air Date: 1986-08-06
Holmes is called to a manor house to investigate the brutal murder of a country lord with a fireplace poker and reconcile the story of his bruised and battered wife with the facts.
Ep.6 The Man with the Twisted Lip
Air Date: 1986-08-13
Responding to a grieving wife, Holmes investigates the apparent murder of her husband in an apartment above an opium den.
Ep.7 The Six Napoleons
Air Date: 1986-08-20
Lastrade reveals to Holmes that someone has been inexplicably breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small busts of Napoleon.
Ep.8 The Devil's Foot
Air Date: 1988-04-06
While convalescing in Cornwall, a depressive Holmes investigates the apparent death from apoplexy of a local woman and the unexplained sudden dementia of her two brothers.
Ep.9 Silver Blaze
Air Date: 1988-04-13
Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.
Ep.10 Wisteria Lodge
Air Date: 1988-04-20
A bored Holmes eagerly accepts a case involving the disappearance of an amateur Spanish cartographer as well as his servants from his rented country lodge.
Ep.11 The Bruce Partington Plans
Air Date: 1988-04-27
Sherlock's brother Mycroft enlists his younger sibling to locate missing patent plans that pertain to a strategically critical state-of-the-art submarine.
