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Sherlock Holmes

1984 to 1994 Crime, Drama, Mystery 7 seasons

TMDB rating 8.2/10 Ended

Sherlock Holmes, along with his friend Dr. Watson, uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve.

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Seasons7

  • Based on stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originally published in The Strand magazine and in Doyle's first collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories titled "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."

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    TMDB rating 8.2/10

  • Based on stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originally published in The Strand magazine and in Doyle's first collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories titled "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."

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    TMDB rating 8.4/10

  • The series continues under the name "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". The stories come from Doyle's second collection of short stories titled "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". Edward Hardwicke replaces David Burke as Dr. John Watson.

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    TMDB rating 7.8/10

  • Adaptations to some of Doyle's short stories from "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", and two feature-length TV movies based on novels written by Doyle: "The Sign of Four" and the ever popular "The Hound of the Baskervilles."

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    TMDB rating 7.7/10

  • Adaptations of short stories found in Doyle's book "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes."

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    TMDB rating 7.9/10

  • Adaptations into feature length TV movies to three short stories found in Doyle's books "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes", and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."

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    TMDB rating 7.1/10

  • The final season of Sherlock Holmes as portrayed by Jeremy Brett. The plan had been to adapt all of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories but Granada decided to end the series when Brett died. The series was first known as "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, after the title of the collected short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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    TMDB rating 7.3/10

Cast and details

  • Jeremy BrettSherlock Holmes
  • Rosalie WilliamsMrs. Hudson
  • Edward HardwickeDr. John H. Watson
  • David BurkeDr. John H. Watson
  • Colin JeavonsInspector Lestrade
  • Charles GrayMycroft Holmes
  • Eric PorterProfessor Moriarty
  • Denis LillInspector Bradstreet
  • Will TaceyClergyman
  • Helen RyanMrs McFarlane
  • Michael WynneCommissionaire Jenkins
  • Freddie JonesInspector Baynes
Created by
John Hawkesworth
Network
ITV1
First aired
Apr 24, 1984
Latest episode
Apr 11, 1994

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