Miniseries

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.

1. 1. The Empty House

   1986-07-09 · 51m

   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.

2. 2. The Priory School

   1986-07-16

   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.

3. 3. The Second Stain

   1986-07-23

   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.

4. 4. The Musgrave Ritual

   1986-07-30

   An obscure family document containing an enigmatic ritual holds the key to a hidden treasure if Holmes can decipher the mystery.

5. 5. The Abbey Grange

   1986-08-06

   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.

6. 6. The Man with the Twisted Lip

   1986-08-13

   Responding to a grieving wife, Holmes investigates the apparent murder of her husband in an apartment above an opium den.

7. 7. The Six Napoleons

   1986-08-20

   Lastrade reveals to Holmes that someone has been inexplicably breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small busts of Napoleon.

8. 8. The Devil's Foot

   1988-04-06

   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.

9. 9. Silver Blaze

   1988-04-13

   Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.

10. 10. Wisteria Lodge

    1988-04-20

    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.

11. 11. The Bruce Partington Plans

    1988-04-27

    Sherlock's brother Mycroft enlists his younger sibling to locate missing patent plans that pertain to a strategically critical state-of-the-art submarine.