The Return of Sherlock Holmes
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…
Mystery, Crime • Series • 1986 • 1 season
Starring: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke
Created by: John Hawkesworth
S1 E1 - 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.
Jul 9, 1986 • 51m
S1 E2 - 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.
Jul 16, 1986 • 52m
S1 E3 - 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.
Jul 23, 1986 • 51m
S1 E4 - The Musgrave Ritual
An obscure family document containing an enigmatic ritual holds the key to a hidden treasure if Holmes can decipher the mystery.
Jul 30, 1986 • 52m
S1 E5 - 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.
Aug 6, 1986 • 52m
S1 E6 - 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.
Aug 13, 1986 • 52m
S1 E7 - 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.
Aug 20, 1986 • 52m
S1 E8 - 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.
Apr 6, 1988 • 52m
S1 E9 - Silver Blaze
Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.
Apr 13, 1988 • 51m
S1 E10 - 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.
Apr 20, 1988 • 51m
S1 E11 - 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.
Apr 27, 1988 • 52m
S1 E12 - The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on Dartmoor, with his face contorted in terror and the footprints of a huge dog near his body. On arrival in England, Sir Charles's American heir, now Sir Henry Baskerville, engages Holmes to come to Devon and get to the bottom of the age-old legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles - a phantom which kills.From the outset, Holmes is convinced there is a human murderer at work and he lays a deep plan to foil him.
May 4, 1988 • 1h 43m
S1 E13 - The Sign of Four
For years after her father's disappearance, the beautiful Miss Mary Morstan receives anonymously every year one large and valuable pearl. When, finally, an invitation arrives to meet the mysterious pearl-giver, Mary Morstan seeks Holmes's advice, and he begins to unravel some remarkable clues, including a poison dart and a man with a wooden leg. What Holmes finds is an old soldier who is determined to punish those who betrayed him and his friends by stealing their oriental treasure.
May 11, 1988 • 1h 43m
About This Show
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
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.
Mystery, Crime • TV Series • 1986
Details
- Genre
- Mystery, Crime, Drama
- First aired
- Jul 9, 1986
- Last aired
- May 11, 1988
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 13
- Network
- ITV1
- Studio