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  • 1965-02-20T00:00:00Z
  • 50m
  • 23h 20m (28 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Mystery, Crime, Drama
Sherlock Holmes (alternately Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes) was a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1965 and 1968. In 1964, an adaptation of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" was commissioned as a pilot for a twelve part series of Sherlock Holmes stories. Douglas Wilmer was cast as Holmes and Nigel Stock as Watson. Peter Cushing was approached to take over the role of Sherlock Holmes for the 1968 series. Only 6 Episodes survived.

30 episodes

Special 1 The Speckled Band (Pilot)

  • 1964-05-17T23:00:00Z50m

Helen 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.

Series Premiere

1965-02-20T00:00:00Z

1x01 The Illustrious Client

Series Premiere

1x01 The Illustrious Client

  • 1965-02-20T00:00:00Z50m

Helen 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.

1965-02-27T00:00:00Z

1x02 The Devil's Foot

1x02 The Devil's Foot

  • 1965-02-27T00:00:00Z50m

Sir 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.

1965-03-06T00:00:00Z

1x03 The Copper Beeches

1x03 The Copper Beeches

  • 1965-03-06T00:00:00Z50m

Whilst 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.

1965-03-13T00:00:00Z

1x04 The Red-Headed League

1x04 The Red-Headed League

  • 1965-03-13T00:00:00Z50m

1965-03-20T00:00:00Z

1x05 The Abbey Grange

1x05 The Abbey Grange

  • 1965-03-20T00:00:00Z50m

1965-03-26T23:00:00Z

1x06 The Six Napoleons

1x06 The Six Napoleons

  • 1965-03-26T23:00:00Z50m

A respectable businessman disappears from an opium den in London's East End.

1965-04-09T23:00:00Z

1x08 The Beryl Coronet

1x08 The Beryl Coronet

  • 1965-04-09T23:00:00Z50m

1x09 The Bruce-Partington Plans

  • 1965-04-16T23:00:00Z50m

1x10 Charles Augustus Milverton

  • 1965-04-23T23:00:00Z50m

1965-04-30T23:00:00Z

1x11 The Retired Colourman

1x11 The Retired Colourman

  • 1965-04-30T23:00:00Z50m

Season Premiere

1968-09-08T23:00:00Z

2x01 The Second Stain

Season Premiere

2x01 The Second Stain

  • 1968-09-08T23:00:00Z50m

1968-09-15T23:00:00Z

2x02 The Dancing Men

2x02 The Dancing Men

  • 1968-09-15T23:00:00Z50m

Holmes and Watson are called to help when sinister cartoons of dancing men appear across a house in Derbyshire and scare the life out of one of the inhabitants, Mrs Elsie Cubitt. As Holmes begins to think twice about the meaning of the doodles, a sinister lurker dwells nearby...

1968-09-22T23:00:00Z

2x03 A Study in Scarlet

2x03 A Study in Scarlet

  • 1968-09-22T23:00:00Z50m

Holmes and Watson are called to investigate the murder of a man in an abandoned building. Finding that the body is found close to a wedding ring and the German word 'Rache' written in blood on the walls, Holmes realizes this could be his most dangerous case yet...

Holmes is asked to solve the mystery of the death of Sir Baskerville and protect the heir to his estate Sir Henry Baskerville. Staying in London and sending Watson to protect Sir Henry, Holmes' trust sidekick ends up on the moors of Dartmoor, where the legendary Hound of The Baskervilles is said to roam...

As Watson begins to suspect the mysterious Hound of The Baskervilles is not so fictitious as it is said, Watson finds his life in danger when an escaped convict is found on the moors. Troubles arise as Watson has to protect himself and Sir Henry from the beast whilst being observed by a mysterious figure roaming the landscape...

2x06 The Boscombe Valley Mystery

  • 1968-10-13T23:00:00Z50m

A young man stands on trial for murdering his own father in cold blood but he protests that he is innocent, which attracts Sherlock Holmes to investigate his case. Immersing himself in the strange goings-on. Holmes unearths an old quarrel that has a sinister tie to Austrailia...

1968-10-20T23:00:00Z

2x07 The Greek Interpreter

2x07 The Greek Interpreter

  • 1968-10-20T23:00:00Z50m

Sherlock becomes entwined with the life of his older brother Moycroft, and he and Watson soon find themselves confronting a most mysterious case. A Greek interpreter seeks their help to uncover the identity of a Greek hostage for whom he was anonymously forced to interpret. A girl is also involved and Holmes is given very little time to solve the case until the Grecian is killed...

1968-10-27T23:00:00Z

2x08 The Naval Treaty

2x08 The Naval Treaty

  • 1968-10-27T23:00:00Z50m

Holmes and Watson face their most dangerous case yet when they are called to help find a stolen Naval Treaty between France and England. Worlds peace is at stake and Holmes' actions may determine the future of the country...

1968-11-03T23:00:00Z

2x09 Thor Bridge

2x09 Thor Bridge

  • 1968-11-03T23:00:00Z50m

1968-11-10T23:00:00Z

2x10 The Musgrave Ritual

2x10 The Musgrave Ritual

  • 1968-11-10T23:00:00Z50m

1968-11-17T23:00:00Z

2x11 Black Peter

2x11 Black Peter

  • 1968-11-17T23:00:00Z50m

1968-11-24T23:00:00Z

2x12 Wisteria Lodge

2x12 Wisteria Lodge

  • 1968-11-24T23:00:00Z50m

1968-12-01T23:00:00Z

2x13 Shoscombe Old Place

2x13 Shoscombe Old Place

  • 1968-12-01T23:00:00Z50m

1968-12-08T23:00:00Z

2x14 The Solitary Cyclist

2x14 The Solitary Cyclist

  • 1968-12-08T23:00:00Z50m

Holmes and Watson are called to help Miss Violet Smith, who believes she is being stalked by a masked man who follows her along a lonely road when she regularly travels by bicycle. Holmes realizes a life may be at stake and begins to investigate the case, and finds himself caught up in a hidden agreement, to which Miss Smith is the unwilling subject...

1968-12-15T23:00:00Z

2x15 The Sign of Four

2x15 The Sign of Four

  • 1968-12-15T23:00:00Z50m

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are asked by a young lady to accompany her to a strange location after a letter asks her to travel to a place where an anonymous figure plans to unveil the true fate of her long-lost father. Holmes and Watson find themselves in a sordid tale of murder, hidden treasure and cannibalism where the only suspect is a man with a wooden leg...

Season Finale

1968-12-22T23:00:00Z

2x16 The Blue Carbuncle

Season Finale

2x16 The Blue Carbuncle

  • 1968-12-22T23:00:00Z50m

It is Christmas time and Holmes and Watson are drawn into a case of theft when a missing jewel is found in the crop of a Christmas goose. Trailing around London trying to find the whereabouts of the goose's owner, The duo find that the criminal they seek is close to the victim of the theft...

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