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Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
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Sherlock Holmes

“Jeremy Brett is Sherlock Holmes.”

8.2 / 10
1984
7 seasons
41 episodes
CrimeDramaMystery

Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.

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Trailer

7 May 1984 - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes trailer

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Cast

Jeremy Brett

Jeremy Brett

Rosalie Williams

Rosalie Williams

Edward Hardwicke

Edward Hardwicke

David Burke

David Burke

Colin Jeavons

Colin Jeavons

Charles Gray

Charles Gray

Eric Porter

Eric Porter

Denis Lill

Denis Lill

Will Tacey

Will Tacey

Helen Ryan

Helen Ryan

M

Michael Wynne

Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones

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Seasons

All episodes for Season 1 are based on stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originally published in The Strand magazine and in Doyle's first collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories titled "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."

  • A Scandal in Bohemia

    1.A Scandal in Bohemia

    8.1
    24-04-198451m

    A masked man calls, on confidential business, and Holmes quickly recognizes the visitor as the King of Bohemia. The King is planning for himself a dynastic marriage and is worried...

  • The Dancing Men

    2.The Dancing Men

    8.4
    01-05-198451m

    Hilton Cubitt, from Derbyshire, consults Holmes about a series of dancing men picture-messages his wife is receiving. On their wedding-day, she had made Cubitt promise he would ask...

  • The Naval Treaty

    3.The Naval Treaty

    8.1
    08-05-198451m

    Holmes is approached by Percy Phelps, of the Foreign Office, to recover a document which has been stolen - before it can cause an international scandal and ruin Phelps's career. It...

  • The Solitary Cyclist

    4.The Solitary Cyclist

    8.2
    15-05-198451m

    Violet Smith has recently started a new job as music teacher to Robert Carruthers, staying during the week at his house in the country. She consults Holmes because she is worried a...

  • The Crooked Man

    5.The Crooked Man

    8.1
    22-05-198451m

    An unhappy wife learns that her husband, Colonel Barclay, cheated her earlier fiance, leaving him disabled and in exile. After a fierce argument between them, the Colonel's dead bo...

  • The Speckled Band

    6.The Speckled Band

    8.8
    29-05-198452m

    Holmes is approached by Helen Stoner, who feels threatened by her domineering step-father, Dr Grimesby Roylott. Her sister died mysteriously just before her planned wedding, and He...

  • The Blue Carbuncle

    7.The Blue Carbuncle

    8.4
    05-06-198451m

    A plumber, John Horner, is arrested just before Christmas and charged with stealing a famous jewel, the Blue Carbuncle, from Lady Morcar. He denies the theft - but he has a crimina...