The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 1986-07-09
Last Air Date: 1988-04-27
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 11
Created By: John Hawkesworth
Networks: ITV1
Top Cast
- Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes
- Edward Hardwicke as Dr John Watson
- Rosalie Williams as Mrs Hudson
- Colin Jeavons as Inspector Lestrade
- Denis Lill as Inspector Bradstreet
- Eric Porter as Professor Moriarty
- Patrick Allen as Colonel Sebastian Moran
- Richard Bebb as Sir John Hardy
- Robert Addie as Mr Murray
- Naomi Buch as The Countess of Maynooth
Seasons
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:
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Ep. 1: The Empty House
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.
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Ep. 2: The Priory School
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.
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Ep. 3: The Second Stain
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.
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Ep. 4: The Musgrave Ritual
An obscure family document containing an enigmatic ritual holds the key to a hidden treasure if Holmes can decipher the mystery.
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Ep. 5: The Abbey Grange
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.
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Ep. 6: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Responding to a grieving wife, Holmes investigates the apparent murder of her husband in an apartment above an opium den.
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Ep. 7: The Six Napoleons
Lastrade reveals to Holmes that someone has been inexplicably breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small busts of Napoleon.
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Ep. 8: The Devil's Foot
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.
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Ep. 9: Silver Blaze
Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.
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Ep. 10: Wisteria Lodge
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.
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Ep. 11: The Bruce Partington Plans
Sherlock's brother Mycroft enlists his younger sibling to locate missing patent plans that pertain to a strategically critical state-of-the-art submarine.
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