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The Return Of Sherlock Holmes: Season 2

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Return Of Sherlock Holmes: Season 2

Dec 29, 1987
TV Series | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery
USA | English | Color | 35:00
Digital
1 disc
Region 1

This listing takes in several series (all made by Granada, between 1984 and 1994) in which the late Jeremy Brett played the great detective :- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four, and The Hound of the Baskervilles. Granada Television had set themselves the task of filming every one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. A number of the mysteries were still waiting to be filmed at Jeremy Brett's death in 1995, but Granada decided not to continue without him.


Cast View all

Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes
David Burke Dr. Watson (1984-1985)
Edward Hardwicke Dr. Watson
Eric Porter Professor Moriarty
Colin Jeavons Inspector Lestrade
Charles Gray Mycroft Holmes
Rosalie Williams Mrs Hudson

Crew View all

Director Peter Hammond
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer John Hawkesworth, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Episodes View details

1 The Sign of Four 60 min | Apr 06, 1988

Reluctantly, after an illness, Holmes takes a holiday in Cornwall, with Watson for company. Then one day he finds himself investigating a mysterious death... after a quiet evening at home playing cards, three local inhabitants have been found in the morning in a terrible way: the two brothers overtaken by sudden mental illness, babbling incoherently, and their sister dead, with her face twisted into a look of terror. Holmes is delighted with the chance to bury his holiday boredom by taking on the case.

Director: Peter Hammond, Ken Hannam
Writer: John Hawkesworth, Gary Hopkins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Guest stars: Michael Aitken, Damien Thomas, Denis Quilley, Christine Collins, Freda Dowie
2 The Devil's Foot 60 min | Apr 13, 1988

In a remote area of Dartmoor, The Silver Blaze, England's most famous and valuable racehorse, goes missing, the dead body of the horse's trainer is found, and sheep are savaged. The Police seem bewildered, but then they charge Fitzroy Stephen, a famous figure in the racing world, with the murder. Holmes is called in to trace the missing horse and finds he has to separate fact from fiction.

Director: Brian Mills, Ken Hannam
Writer: John Hawkesworth, Gary Hopkins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Guest stars: Peter BArkworth, Malcolm Storry, Rosalie Wiliams, Barry Lowe, Sally Faulkner, Amanda Jayne Beard, David John, Russell Hunter, Jonathan Coy
3 Silver Blaze 60 min | Apr 20, 1988

On a visit to Wisteria Lodge, Scott Eccles gets a strange reception. A mysterious note arrives for his host, Garcia, and the next morning Garcia and his servants have vanished without trace. Eccles consults Holmes, who decides to treat the case as a murder investigation, but it appears that Holmes and Watson are on a wild goose chase.

Director: Peter Hammond, Brian Mills
Writer: Jeremy Paul, John Hawkesworth, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Guest stars: Donald Churchill, Freddie Jones, Kika Markham, Basil Hoskins, Trader Faulkner, Arturo Venegas
4 Wisteria Lodge 60 min | Apr 27, 1988

The body of one Cadogan West is found in an underground tunnel near Aldgate Station, with his skull smashed, and Holmes is puzzled by the interest his brother Mycroft is showing in the case. Mycroft explains that the top secret plans for a new submarine were in the dead man's pocket, but three of the ten pages were missing when the body was found. Mycroft, on behalf of the British Government, asks his brother to find the missing pages.

Director: John Gorrie, Peter Hammond
Writer: Jeremy Paul, John Hawkesworth, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Guest stars: Charles Gray, Denis Lill, Jonathan Newth, Amanda Waring, Rosalie Williams, Sebastian Stride, Geoffrey Bayldon
5 The Bruce Partington Plans 60 min | Apr 27, 1988

The body of one Cadogan West is found in an underground tunnel near Aldgate Station, with his skull smashed, and Holmes is puzzled by the interest his brother Mycroft is showing in the case. Mycroft explains that the top secret plans for a new submarine were in the dead man's pocket, but three of the ten pages were missing when the body was found. Mycroft, on behalf of the British Government, asks his brother to find the missing pages.

Director: John Gorrie
Writer: John Hawkesworth
Guest stars: Amanda Waring, Charles Gray, Denis Lill, Geoffrey Bayldon, Jonathan Newth, Rosalie Williams, Sebastian Stride
6 The Hound of the Baskervilles 60 min | Aug 31, 1988

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.

Director: Brian Mills
Writer: John Hawkesworth
Guest stars: Jenny Seagrove, John Thaw