Antony Kearey
Director
Sherlock Holmes (1964)
Series 1
Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1965 and 1968. This was the second screen adaption of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Television.
Released May 17, 1964
Episode 50 min
None+
Genres: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
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Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Speckled Band
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.
May 17, 1964, midnight
S1E2 - The Illustrious Client
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.
Feb. 19, 1965, midnight
S1E3 - The Devil's Foot
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.
Feb. 26, 1965, midnight
S1E4 - The Copper Beeches
None
March 5, 1965, midnight
S1E5 - The Red-Headed League
None
March 12, 1965, midnight
S1E6 - The Abbey Grange
None
March 19, 1965, midnight
S1E7 - The Six Napoleons
None
March 26, 1965, midnight
S1E8 - The Man with the Twisted Lip
None
April 2, 1965, midnight
S1E9 - The Beryl Coronet
None
April 9, 1965, midnight
S1E10 - The Bruce-Partington Plans
None
April 16, 1965, midnight
S1E11 - Charles Augustus Milverton
None
April 23, 1965, midnight
S1E12 - The Retired Colourman
None
April 30, 1965, midnight
S1E13 - The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
None
May 7, 1965, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 1450 min.
Released: May 17, 1964
Last Air Date: Dec. 22, 1968, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: 16+
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