1 9 8 6 (UK)
7 x 60 minute episodes
1 9 8 8 (UK)
4 x 60 minute episodes
Believed dead after his fatal encounter with Professor Moriarity at the Reichenbach Falls three years earlier (in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) returns to England to foil a plot to murder him by a former Moriarity gang member.
This time around, Dr Watson was played by Edward Hardwicke. Returning cast members included Rosalie Williams as Mrs Hudson, Colin Jeavons as Inspector Lestrade and Charles Gray as Mycroft Holmes.
This superb Granada TV series debuted on Wednesday 9 July 1986. Four further episodes were aired in April 1988.
Sherlock Holmes
Jeremy Brett
Dr John Watson
Edward Hardwicke
Mrs Hudson
Rosalie Williams
Inspector Lestrade
Colin Jeavons
Mycroft Holmes
Charles Gray
Professor Moriarty
Eric Porter
Episodes
The Empty House | The Priory School | The Second Stain | The Musgrave Ritual | The Abbey Grange | The Man with the Twisted Lip | The Six Napoleons || The Devil’s Foot | Silver Blaze | Wisteria Lodge | The Bruce Partington Plans