Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Granada Television Series
MPI (2007)
TV Series  /  Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, TV Classics
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43 hr 0 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Jeremy Brett
David Burke
Edward Hardwicke
Rosalie Williams Mrs. Hudson
Colin Jeavons Inspector Lestrade
Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes
David Burke Dr Watson
Rosalie Williams Mrs Hudson
Fiona Shaw Miss Morrison
Wolf Kahler King of Bohemia
Betsy Brantley Elsie Cubitt
Michael Carter Godfrey Norton
Eugene Lipinski Abe Slaney
Tom Watt 1st Loafer
John Castle Carruthers
Norman Jones Henry Wood
Jeremy Kemp Dr Grimesby Roylott
James Wilby Young Barclay
Ken Campbell James Ryder
Frank Middlemass Henry Baker
Director
Paul Annett
David Carson
Producer Michael Cox
Stuart Doughty
Writer Alan Plater
Arthur Conan Doyle
Cinematography Mike Popley
Ray Goode
Musician Patrick Gowers

This listing takes in several series (all made by Granada, between 1984 and 1994) in which the late Jeremy Brett played the great detective :- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four, and The Hound of the Baskervilles. Granada Television had set themselves the task of filming every one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. A number of the mysteries were still waiting to be filmed at Jeremy Brett's death in 1995, but Granada decided not to continue without him.
Episodes
Disc 01
 1 hr 0 mins    4/24/1984  1.  A Scandal in Bohemia
Sherlock Holmes finds himself evenly matched when he is employed by the King of Bohemia to retrieve an indiscreet photograph from the American actress and singer, Irene Adler.
Director:  Paul Annett  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Alexander Baron  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    5/1/1984  2.  The Dancing Men
A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why.
Director:  John Bruce  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Anthony Skene  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    5/8/1984  3.  The Naval Treaty
An unknown thief steals an important naval treaty from a Foreign Office clerk; Sherlock Holmes sets out to find it.
Director:  Alan Grint  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Jeremy Paul  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    5/15/1984  4.  The Solitary Cyclist
A strange man on a bicycle follows a young music teacher as she bicycles on a lonely road to and from the city.
Director:  Paul Annett  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Alan Plater  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Disc 02
 1 hr 0 mins    5/22/1984  5.  The Crooked Man
Col. Barclay is found dead and his wife is arrested for the murder, but Holmes is convinced a missing door key will reveal the true killer.
Director:  Alan Grint  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Alfred Shaughnessy  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    5/29/1984  6.  The Speckled Band
A young woman asks for Holmes' help when her ill-tempered stepfather moves her into the same room where her sister died under mysterious circumstances.
Director:  John Bruce  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Jeremy Paul  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    6/5/1984  7.  The Blue Carbuncle
When the Countess of Morcar's priceless blue carbuncle is stolen, a reformed thief is charged with the crime.
Director:  David Carson  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Paul Finney  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    8/25/1985  8.  The Copper Beeches
Mr. Rucastle's odd requirements for governess Violet Hunter, such as cutting her hair and wearing certain dresses, alarm her so she seeks Holmes' advice.
Director:  Paul Annett  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Bill Craig  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Disc 03
 1 hr 0 mins    9/1/1985  9.  The Greek Interpreter
An unsavory gang kidnaps a Greek interpreter and forces him to relate their demands to an abductee who knows only the Greek tongue.
Director:  Alan Grint  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Derek Marlowe  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    9/8/1985  10.  The Norwood Builder
When a notorious retired builder is found dead, his recently-named heir is the prime suspect.
Director:  Ken Grieve  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Richard Harris  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    9/15/1985  11.  The Resident Patient
A mysterious man sets up a new doctor in a posh practice for a percentage of his fees.
Director:  David Carson  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Derek Marlowe  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    9/22/1985  12.  The Red Headed League
What seems at first to be a harmless prank played upon a red-headed man is soon revealed to be much more: a sinister scheme devised by the Napoleon of Crime.
Director:  John Bruce  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  John Hawkesworth  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Disc 04
 1 hr 0 mins    9/29/1985  13.  The Final Problem
What seems at first to be a harmless prank played upon a red-headed man is soon revealed to be much more: a sinister scheme devised by the Napoleon of Crime.
Director:  Alan Grint  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  John Hawkesworth  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    7/9/1986  14.  The Empty House
Believed dead after his fatal encounter with Prefessor Moriarity three years earlier, Sherlock Holmes returns to England to foil a plot to murder him by a former Moriarity gang member.
Director:  Howard Baker  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  John Hawkesworth  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Guest starring:  Patrick AllenColin JeavonsRosalie Williams, Paul Lacoux, James Bree, Naomi Buch
 1 hr 0 mins    7/16/1986  15.  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.
Director:  Peter Hammond  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Trevor Bowen  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Guest starring:  Anne Louise Lambert, Paul Williamson, Zulema Dene, Conrad Phillips,  Oliver Tobias, Nicolas Chagrin
 1 hr 0 mins    7/23/1986  16.  The Musgrave Ritual
An obscure family document containing an enigmatic ritual holds the key to a hidden treasure if Holmes can decipher the mystery.
Director:  David Carson  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Jeremy Paul  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Guest starring:  Michael Culver, James Hazeldine, Johanna Kirby
Disc 05
 1 hr 0 mins    7/30/1986  17.  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.
Director:  John Bruce  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  John Hawkesworth  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Guest starring:  Harry AndrewsStuart Wilson, Patricia Hodge,  Colin Jeavons, Yves Beneyton,  Rosalie Williams
 1 hr 0 mins    8/6/1986  18.  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.
Director:  Patrick Lau  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Alan Plater  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Guest starring:  Clive FrancisEleanor David, Terence Longdon, Patricia Garwood,  Rosalie WilliamsDenis Lill, Albert Moses
 1 hr 0 mins    8/13/1986  19.  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.
Director:  John Madden  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  T.R. Bowen  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Guest starring:  Christopher Benjamin, Alan Howard, Nicholas Gecks,  Michael BertenshawRosalie Williams, Jack Carr
 1 hr 0 mins    8/20/1986  20.  The Six Napoleons
Inspector Lastrade reveals to Holmes that someone has been inexplicably breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small busts of Napoleon.
Director:  David Carson  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  / John Kane 
Guest starring:  Colin Jeavons, Eric Sykes,  Marina Sirtis, Steve Plytas, Emile Wolk,  Gerald CampionVernon DobtcheffVincenzo Nicoli, Jeffrey Gardiner
Disc 06
 1 hr 0 mins    4/6/1988  21.  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.
Director:  Peter Hammond  / Ken Hannam  Writer:  John Hawkesworth  / Gary Hopkins  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Guest starring:  Michael Aitken,  Damien Thomas, Denis Quilley, Christine Collins,  Freda Dowie
 1 hr 0 mins    4/13/1988  22.  Silver Blaze
Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.
Director:  Brian Mills  / Ken Hannam  Writer:  John Hawkesworth  / Gary Hopkins  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Guest starring:  Peter BarkworthMalcolm Storry, Rosalie Wiliams, Barry Lowe,  Sally Faulkner, Amanda Jayne Beard, David John,  Russell HunterJonathan Coy
 1 hr 0 mins    4/20/1988  23.  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.
Director:  Peter Hammond  / Brian Mills  Writer:  Jeremy Paul  / John Hawkesworth  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Guest starring:  Donald Churchill,  Freddie JonesKika Markham, Basil Hoskins, Trader Faulkner, Arturo Venegas
 1 hr 0 mins    4/27/1988  24.  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.
Director:  John Gorrie  / Peter Hammond  Writer:  Jeremy Paul  / John Hawkesworth  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Guest starring:  Charles GrayDenis Lill, Jonathan Newth, Amanda Waring,  Rosalie Williams, Sebastian Stride,  Geoffrey Bayldon
Disc 07
 1 hr 0 mins    4/27/1988  25.  The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
A headstrong but titled suffragette slips into the power of a murderous con artist.
Director:  John Gorrie  Writer:  John Hawkesworth 
Guest starring:  Amanda Waring,  Charles GrayDenis LillGeoffrey Bayldon, Jonathan Newth,  Rosalie Williams, Sebastian Stride
 1 hr 0 mins    8/31/1988  26.  The Sign of Four
A young lady, Miss Mary Morstan, contact Sherlock Holmes for his help regarding her father, captain Morstan, who disappeared 10 years ago. Since his disappearance she annually receives a valuable pearl by post from an unknown person. The mystery leads Holmes and doctor Watson into an intricate plot regarding a lost treasure belonging to four convicts on the Andaman Islands.
Director:  Brian Mills  Writer:  John Hawkesworth 
Guest starring:  Jenny Seagrove,  John Thaw
Disc 08
 1 hr 0 mins    2/21/1991  27.  The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Charles Baskerville dies on the moor under mysterious circumstances and rumors abound about a demonic hound. When the American heir arrives to take charge, a family friend calls in Holmes and Watson to get to the heart of the mystery.
Director:  John Madden  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  T.R. Bowen  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    2/28/1991  28.  The Problem of Thor Bridge
A governess is arrested for the murder of her employer's wife.
Director:  Michael Simpson  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Jeremy Paul  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    3/7/1991  29.  The Boscombe Valley Mystery
When William McCarthy is found dead, the son with whom he had just quarreled is charged with murder.
Director:  Patrick Lau  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Gary Hopkins  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Disc 09
 1 hr 0 mins    3/14/1991  30.  The Illustrious Client
Violet Merville is determined to marry the man she loves, who Holmes knows has already murdered one wife.
Director:  June Howson  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  John Hawkesworth  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    3/21/1991  31.  Shoscombe Old Place
A debt-ridden aristocrat may be having a mental breakdown, and his servants are concerned.
Director:  Tim Sullivan  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Robin Chapman  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    3/28/1991  32.  The Master Blackmailer
Holmes and Watson attempt to break the grip of a ruthless blackmailer of their clients.
Director:  Tim Sullivan  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Robin Chapman  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Disc 10
 1 hr 0 mins    1/2/1992  33.  The Last Vampyre
Sherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village that appear linked to a man who seems to be like a vampire.
Director:  Peter Hammond  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Jeremy Paul  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    1/2/1992  34.  The Eligible Bachelor
Sherlock Holmes' problem with disturbing dreams proves to be both an impediment and an aid in the search for a missing woman.
Director:  Peter Hammond  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Jeremy Paul  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Disc 11
 1 hr 0 mins    1/27/1993  35.  The Three Gables
A dead young man's affair with a beautiful widow brings odd, dangerous events to his grandmother's house.
Writer:  Jeremy Paul  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    1/27/1993  36.  The Creeping Man
Holmes thinks a woman's claim to have seen a man at her upstairs bedroom window is related to the theft of several apes.
Director:  Tim Sullivan  Writer:  Jeremy Paul  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    2/10/1993  37.  The Dying Detective
A man dies of a mysterious tropical disease on which his cousin, his heir, is the sole authority.
Director:  Peter Hammond  Writer:  T.R. Bowen  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    2/17/1993  38.  The Golden Pince-Nez
Sherlock Holmes and his brother Mycroft investigate the murder of an amanuensis who clutches a pince-nez and whose last words were, "The professor--it was she."
Director:  Peter Hammond  Writer:  T.R. Bowen  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Disc 12
 1 hr 0 mins    3/7/1994  39.  The Red Circle
A nervous landlady brings a mysterious boarder to Holmes' attention, leading to a secret society and the efforts of a young couple to escape their past.
Director:  Peter Hammond  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Jeremy Paul  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    3/14/1994  40.  The Mazarin Stone
Sherlock Holmes has disappeared into the Highlands, while Mycroft investigates the theft of the Mazarin diamond and Watson suspects a trap in an offer of $5 million to a former professor if he can find a third man surnamed Garrideb.
Director:  Sarah Hellings  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  T.R. Bowen  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
 1 hr 0 mins    3/21/1994  41.  The Cardboard Box
Susan Cushing asks Holmes' help in solving the disappearance of her sister Mary Browner, but it doesn't seem Holmes' type of case until he is told of a Christmas present's grisly contents.
Director:  Peter Hammond  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Gary Hopkins  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    3/28/1994  42.  The Red Circle
Mrs Warren, a London lodging-house keeper, comes to Holmes with a curious story of a reclusive and eccentric tenant. Mrs Warren's husband has been abducted and then quickly released again, perhaps a case of mistaken identity. Holmes decides the case is more important than it appears.
Director:  Sarah Hellings  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Jeremy Paul  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    4/4/1994  43.  The Mazarin Stone
The Mazarin Stone, a famous jewel, acts as a magnet for crime. Holmes investigates the latest and perhaps most curious episode in its adventures.
Director:  Peter Hammond  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  Gary Hopkins  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    4/11/1994  44.  The Cardboard Box
When Susan Cushing first consults Holmes about the disappearance of her sister Mary, he shows little interest in the case. But then, at Christmas, Susan receives an alarming present in a cardboard box, and Holmes is quickly on the trail of a dangerous criminal.
Director:  Sarah Hellings  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Writer:  T.R. Bowen  / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Edition Details
Series Sherlock Holmes
Distributor MPI Home Entertainment
Release Date 9/25/2007
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
No. of Discs/Tapes 12

Features
Disc 01 Sherlock Series Promo 3 Audio Commentary Tracks Daytime Live (interview with Brett and Hardwicke) Elementary My Dear Watson: An Interview with Edward Hardwicke An Interview with Adrian Conan Doyle Sherlock Museum Short Production Notes
Disc 12 Series Promo
Commentaries
Daytime Live
Elementary My Dear Watson: Interview with Hardwicke
Interview with Adrian Conan Doyle
Sherlock Museum Short
User Defined
User Lookup 1 Sherlock Holmes