

The final of seven programmes starring Jeremy Brett as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'consulting detective' Sherlock Holmes, primarily due to Brett's declining health. Adapts six short stories: The Three Gables, The Dying Detective, The Golden Pince-Nez, The Red Circle, The Mazarin Stone, and The Cardboard Box.


Mar 7, 1994 - 51m
After her grandson's death, an old woman consults Holmes, after refusing a strange offer to buy her house including all its contents.

Mar 14, 1994 - 51m
When Victor Savage begins using opium and behaving strangely, his wife consults Holmes. Victor dies, and Holmes suspects his cousin, knowledgeable in rare diseases.

Mar 21, 1994 - 51m
Holmes and Mycroft investigate the murder of a professor's assistant who died clutching a woman's pince-nez.

Mar 28, 1994 - 51m
Mrs. Hudson asks Holmes to help her friend with a lodger who insists on nobody entering his room, and his secret past is uncovered.

Apr 4, 1994 - 51m
Mycroft investigates when the Mazarin Stone is stolen from a museum, and Watson deals with the promise of a large inheritance if a third person with the surname of Garrideb can be found.

Apr 11, 1994 - 51m
When Susan Cushing is sent two severed ears, Holmes connects the case with her missing sister.