The Return of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode release dates & where to watch
Premiered
Wednesday, July 9, 1986
Ended: Wednesday, May 11, 1988
When does The Return of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 come out?
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 premiered Wednesday, July 9, 1986 on ITV1 and ended Wednesday, May 11, 1988. The season has 13 episodes.
In the second series of the widely celebrated ITV detective programme, Dr John Watson finds a mystery in an empty house, while Holmes and he later solve the mysteries of an abbey grange, the Musgrave ritual, a second stain, a man with a twisted lip, the priory school, and a half-dozen plaster busts of Bonaparte.
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 release schedule
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1. The Empty House Believed dead after his fatal encounter with Moriarity three years ago, Holmes returns to England to foil a murder plot against him by a former Moriarity gang member. |
Wednesday · 40 years ago |
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2. The Priory School The headmaster of a prestigious prep school calls on Holmes for help when the ten year old only son of powerful but publicity-shy duke disappears. |
Wednesday · 40 years ago |
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3. The Second Stain Holmes is asked by the country's Prime Minister to aid in the recovery of a stolen diplomatic letter, which, if published, might lead England into war. |
Wednesday · 40 years ago |
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4. The Musgrave Ritual An obscure family document containing an enigmatic ritual holds the key to a hidden treasure if Holmes can decipher the mystery. |
Wednesday · 40 years ago |
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5. The Abbey Grange Holmes is called to a manor house to investigate the brutal murder of a country lord with a fireplace poker and reconcile the story of his bruised and battered wife with the facts. |
Wednesday · 40 years ago |
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6. The Man with the Twisted Lip Responding to a grieving wife, Holmes investigates the apparent murder of her husband in an apartment above an opium den. |
Wednesday · 40 years ago |
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7. The Six Napoleons Mid-season finale Lastrade reveals to Holmes that someone has been inexplicably breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small busts of Napoleon. |
Wednesday · 40 years ago |
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8. The Devil's Foot While convalescing in Cornwall, a depressive Holmes investigates the apparent death from apoplexy of a local woman and the unexplained sudden dementia of her two brothers. |
Wednesday · 38 years ago |
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9. Silver Blaze Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor. |
Wednesday · 38 years ago |
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10. Wisteria Lodge A bored Holmes eagerly accepts a case involving the disappearance of an amateur Spanish cartographer as well as his servants from his rented country lodge. |
Wednesday · 38 years ago |
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11. The Bruce Partington Plans Sherlock's brother Mycroft enlists his younger sibling to locate missing patent plans that pertain to a strategically critical state-of-the-art submarine. |
Wednesday · 38 years ago |
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12. Episode 12 |
Wednesday · 38 years ago |
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13. Episode 13 Finale |
Wednesday · 38 years ago |
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 guest stars
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Rosalie Williams
Mrs Hudson
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Colin Jeavons
Inspector Lestrade
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Denis Lill
Inspector Bradstreet
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Eric Porter
Professor Moriarty
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Patrick Allen
Colonel Sebastian Moran
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Richard Bebb
Sir John Hardy
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Robert Addie
Mr Murray
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Naomi Buch
The Countess of Maynooth
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Paul Lacoux
The Honourable Ronald Adair
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Elizabeth Ritson
Ivy
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Roger Rowland
Butler
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John Palmer
Policeman
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James Bree
Coroner
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Alan Howard
The Duke of Holdernesse
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Christopher Benjamin
Dr Huxtable
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Nicholas Gecks
James Wilder
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 FAQ
When does The Return of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 come out?
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 premiered Wednesday, July 9, 1986 on ITV1.
How many episodes are in The Return of Sherlock Holmes Season 1?
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 has 13 episodes.
Are new episodes of The Return of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 released weekly?
New episodes are released weekly.
When is the The Return of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 finale?
The The Return of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 finale (Episode 13) aired Wednesday, May 11, 1988.
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