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Sherlock Holmes
Overview
Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1965 and 1968. This was the second screen adaption of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Television.
Top Cast
Peter Cushing
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Stock
Dr. Watson
Seasons
Season 1 (1964)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Speckled Band
1964-05-17Helen Stoner needs the great man's help. She lives in a country mansion with her flamboyant and sinister guardian Grimesby Raylott, who has travelled abroad and brought home some souvenir livestock. Recently her sister Julia, about to be married and made by Raylott to sleep in a bed that was screwed to the floor, died in mysterious circumstances. Her final words referred to a "speckled band." Helen is fearful for her own safety and Holmes and Watson investigate.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 2: The Illustrious Client
1965-02-19Sir James Damery, acting for a very illustrious client, consults Holmes. Violet Merville is engaged to marry the Austrian Baron Gruner, who has murdered at least one wife and yet the foolish, headstrong Violet will not hear a word against him. The client is fearful for Violet's safety should the marriage go ahead. Holmes enlists the assistance of Kitty Winter, a woman whom the Baron used and threw aside, to get access to Gruner's album in which he has catalogued his conquests, to make Violet see him in his true light.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 3: The Devil's Foot
1965-02-26Whilst in Cornwall Holmes is approached by the local vicar to determine how Brenda Tregennis died whilst sitting in a room, playing cards with her two brothers, who were struck down with dementia as a result. The trail leads to an African adventurer and a deadly root known as the Devil's Foot.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 4: The Copper Beeches
1965-03-05Episode 5: The Red-Headed League
1965-03-12Episode 6: The Abbey Grange
1965-03-19Episode 7: The Six Napoleons
1965-03-26Episode 8: The Man with the Twisted Lip
1965-04-02Episode 9: The Beryl Coronet
1965-04-09Episode 10: The Bruce-Partington Plans
1965-04-16Episode 11: Charles Augustus Milverton
1965-04-23Episode 12: The Retired Colourman
1965-04-30Episode 13: The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
1965-05-07
Season 2 (1968)
No overview available.
16 episodes
