Miniseries

The Return of Sherlock HolmesMiniseries

1986
11 Episodes

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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S01E01

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.

09 Jul 198651m
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S01E02

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.

16 Jul 1986
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S01E03

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.

23 Jul 1986
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S01E04

The Musgrave Ritual

An obscure family document containing an enigmatic ritual holds the key to a hidden treasure if Holmes can decipher the mystery.

30 Jul 1986
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S01E05

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.

06 Aug 1986
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S01E06

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.

13 Aug 1986
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S01E07

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.

20 Aug 1986
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S01E08

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.

06 Apr 1988
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S01E09

Silver Blaze

Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.

13 Apr 1988
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S01E10

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.

20 Apr 1988
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S01E11

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.

27 Apr 1988