The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the name given to the series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company Granada Television between 1984 and 1994, although only the first two series bore that title on screen. The series was broadcast on the ITV network in the UK, and starred Jeremy Brett as the famous detective, a portrayal that many consider to be the definitive screen version of Sherlock Holmes, although this is a much-disputed subject. The role of Holmes's faithful friend and companion Dr. Watson was played in the two Adventures series by David Burke, before he elected to leave the series to be able to spend more time with his wife and young son. He was replaced by Edward Hardwicke, who played Watson for the remainder of the run. Jump to: navigation, search Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes (1854–1957, according to William S. Baring-Gould) is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, created by British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ... Granada TV logo, used from 1956 to 1968. ... Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... Jeremy Brett in the role of Sherlock Holmes. ... Dr. John H. Watson is a fictional character, the sidekick of Sherlock Holmes, the fictional 19th century detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle. ... David Burke (born May 25, 1934) is an British actor, known for playing Watson in the 1980s Sherlock Holmes television series, which starred Jeremy Brett in the title role. ... Edward Hardwicke (born August 7, 1932) is a British actor, the son of Sir Cedric Hardwicke and actress Helena Pickard. ...

Background

The series was initially produced by Michael Cox, with later episodes being produced by June Whydham Davies. It was developed for television by scriptwriter John Hawkesworth, who also wrote many of the episodes. Other writers to contribute included Jeremy Paul, T. R. Bowen and Alan Plater. A full-scale outdoor replica of Baker Street was constructed at Granada's studios in Quay Street, Manchester, which later formed a central part of the Granada Studios Tour tourist attraction, before that venue's closure in 1999. Bishop Michael Patrick OConnor Cox (bor 1945), ordained on the 1 January 1978, consecrated a Palmarian Bishop in 1982. ... Screenwriters, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... John Hawkesworth (c. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Alan Frederick Plater, CBE (born 15 April 1935) is an English playwright and screenwriter, who has worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s. ... Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster, London, England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Manchester Town Hall is an example of the Victorian architecture found in Manchester and is the home of Manchester City Council Manchester is a large conurbation in the North West of England and is home to 2. ... Granada Studios Tour was an entertainment complex in Castlefield, Manchester operating from 1988 to 1999. ...

In addition to Brett, Burke and Hardwicke, other regular cast members included Rosalie Williams as housekeeper Mrs Hudson and Colin Jeavons as Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard. Also appearing in several episodes was Charles Grey as Holmes' brother Mycroft Holmes, while Eric Porter portrayed Holmes' nemesis Professor Moriarty in the second series of Adventures. Colin Jeavons Colin Jeavons is a Welsh character actor, born 20 October 1929 in Newport. ... Inspector Lestrade is a Scotland Yard detective appearing in several of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. ... New Scotland Yard, London New Scotland Yard, often referred to simply as Scotland Yard or The Yard, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London (although not the City of London itself). ... Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, (March 13, 1764 _ July 17, 1845). ... Mycroft Holmes, as depicted by Sidney Paget in the Strand Magazine Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character in the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. ... Eric Porter (8 April 1928 - 15 May 1995) was a distinguished English actor who appeared on stage as well as in cinema and television. ... Professor Moriarty, illustration by Sidney Paget which accompanied the original publication of The Final Problem Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character who is the best known antagonist of the detective Sherlock Holmes. ...

In all, forty-one out of the sixty Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were adapted in the series, across thirty-six one-hour episodes and five feature-length specials. The series came to an end due to the death of Brett at the age of sixty-one from a heart attack in 1995. It has, however, been reported that by that stage he had already decided not to play the role of Holmes again — he had been gravely ill during the making of the final run of the series, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, and even collapsed on set during the making of one episode. Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930) is the British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ...

The series possibly presents the most faithful screen adaptations of many of the of the Holmes stories, although liberties were taken with some plotlines and characters, particularly later in the run during the 1990s episodes. Nonetheless, the series has been highly praised for its central star, its positive characterisation of Watson closer to how he was written by Doyle, and its high production values with close attention to period detail.

As well as being broadcast by ITV in the UK, the series was popular overseas, particularly in the United States, where the episodes initially ran on PBS stations there in the Mystery! strand. Later series gained co-production funding from Boston PBS broadcaster WGBH. The shows have also been shown on cable television station A&E Network in the US. In the UK, the series has often been repeated on Granada Plus, ITV3 and even sold to rival broadcaster BBC Two, who ran the complete series on Saturday afternoons from 2003 to 2005. This makes the series one of the very few major in-house ITV series ever to have been subsequently shown on the BBC. PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... Mystery! (also written MYSTERY!) is a long-running television series that premiered on PBS in 1979 and is produced by WGBH. The show has allowed a large number of detective series and television movies, most of them British productions from the BBC or various ITV companies, to air on American... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ... The TV version of the WGBH drop-shadow logo WGBH is an established public television station for Boston, Massachusetts, affiliated with public radio stations (PBS, and NPR & PRI). ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed optical... The A&E Network is a cable and satellite television network based in New York, New York, USA. The channel, which focused programming on biographies, documentaries, and drama series, and has expanded to include reality television programming, reaches more than 85 million homes in the United States. ... Granada Plus was a satellite channel run by Granada Sky Broadcasting. ... ITV3 is an entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. // History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20 pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts...

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Episodes

Note: although all of the series bear the titles of Conan Doyle short story collections, the adaptations shown in the series do not always correspond to the stories featured in those print anthologies. The dates shown refer to the original UK airdates on the ITV network.

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1984 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, illustrated by Sidney Paget, that were originally published in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. ...

1. A Scandal in Bohemia — April 24 1984.
2. The Dancing Men — May 1 1984.
3. The Naval Treaty — May 8 1984.
4. The Solitary Cyclist — May 15 1984.
5. The Crooked Man — May 22 1984.
6. The Speckled Band — May 29 1984.
7. The Blue Carbuncle — June 5 1984.

1985 Jump to: navigation, search A Scandal in Bohemia was the first of Arthur Conan Doyles 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories to be published in The Strand Magazine. ... Jump to: navigation, search April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... The Adventure of the Dancing Men, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... The Adventure of the Naval Treaty, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... The Adventure of the Crooked Man, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... The Adventure of the Speckled Band, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the eighth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the seventh of the twelve Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ...

1. The Copper Beeches — August 25 1985.
2. The Greek Interpreter — September 1 1985.
3. The Norwood Builder — September 8 1985.
4. The Resident Patient — September 15 1985.
5. The Red-Headed League — September 22 1985.
6. The Final Problem — September 29 1985.

• The Return of Sherlock Holmes

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1. The Empty House — July 9 1986.
2. The Abbey Grange — July 16 1986.
3. The Musgrave Ritual — July 23 1986.
4. The Second Stain — July 30 1986.
5. The Man with the Twisted Lip — August 6 1986.
6. The Priory School — August 13 1986.
7. The Six Napoleons — August 20 1986.

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1. The Sign of Four — December 29 1987. (Feature-length episode).

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1. The Devil's Foot — April 6 1988.
2. Silver Blaze — April 13 1986.
3. Wisteria Lodge — April 20 1986.
4. The Bruce-Partington Plans — April 27 1986.
5. The Hound of the Baskervilles — August 31 1988. (Feature-length episode).

• The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

1991 The Adventure of the Devils Foot, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow. ... Jump to: navigation, search April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... Silver Blaze, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. ... Jump to: navigation, search April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow. ... Jump to: navigation, search April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originally serialised in the Strand Magazine in 1901 and 1902, which is set largely on Dartmoor 1889. ... Jump to: navigation, search August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final collection of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. ...

1. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax — February 21 1991.
2. Thor Bridge — February 28 1991.
3. Shoscombe Old Place — March 7 1991.
4. The Boscombe Valley Mystery — March 14 1991.
5. The Illustrious Client — March 21 1991.
6. The Creeping Man — March 28 1991.

1992 The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow. ... Jump to: navigation, search February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Problem of Thor Bridge is a Sherlock Holmes murder mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle, which appears in the collection The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... The Boscombe Valley Mystery, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fourth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... The Adventure of the Illustrious Client, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... The Adventure of the Creeping Man, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ...

1. The Master Blackmailer — January 2 1992. (Feature-length episode; based on the short story The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton).

1993 Jump to: navigation, search January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. ...

1. The Last Vampyre — January 27 1993. (Feature-length episode; based on the short story The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire).
2. The Eligible Bachelor — February 10 & February 17 1993. (Two-part episode, sometimes shown as one feature-length episode in repeats. Based on the short story The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor).

• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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1. The Three Gables — March 7 1994.
2. The Dying Detective — March 14 1994.
3. The Golden Pince-Nez — March 21 1994. (Does not feature Edward Hardwicke as Watson, as he was busy completing work on the film Shadowlands. Instead, Charles Grey appears as Mycroft Holmes, filling Watson's role in the story).
4. The Red Circle — March 28 1994.
5. The Mazarin Stone — April 4 1994. (Also includes storyline material from The Adventure of the Three Garridebs. Jeremy Brett only appears in a cameo role as Holmes due to ill-health. In his place, Charles Grey appears again as Mycroft Holmes).
6. The Cardboard Box — April 11 1994.

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Other productions

During 1988-89, Brett and Hardwicke appeared in the West End in the play The Secret of Sherlock Holmes, a two-hander written especially for them by the television series scriptwriter Jeremy Paul. In 1992, the pair appeared in a short mini-episode as part of The Four Oaks Mystery, shown as part of the ITV network's Telethon 92 charity telethon. This episode formed one of a four-part sequence of stories featuring the stars of four ITV detective shows of the time all separately working to solve the same mystery, broadcast at two episodes per night across one weekend. The other shows which produced mini-episodes for the special were Taggart, Van der Valk and Inspector Wexford. West End is the name of some places in the world, including: The West End of London, England West End Theatre, is where many of Londons major theatres are located and premier cinema screenings take place. ... A telethon is a fundraising event broadcast on television that lasts many hours or even days, the purpose of which is to raise money for a charitable, political, or other allegedly worthy cause. ... Taggart is a long-running Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes. ... Van der Valk was a UK televison series starring Barry Foster in the title role as a dutch detective. ... Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, (born February 17, 1930), is a British best-selling mystery and psychological crime writer, often called the Queen of Crime. ...

External links

• Episode guide at TV.com
• Interview with producer June Wyndham Davies