The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Season 1)

The Empty House (Episode 1)

Writer: John Hawkesworth

Air date: 1986-07-09

Runtime: 51 min

Overview: 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.

The Priory School (Episode 2)

Writer: T.R. Bowen

Air date: 1986-07-16

Overview: 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.

The Second Stain (Episode 3)

Writer: John Hawkesworth

Air date: 1986-07-23

Overview: 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.

The Musgrave Ritual (Episode 4)

Writer: Jeremy Paul

Air date: 1986-07-30

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

The Abbey Grange (Episode 5)

Writer: T.R. Bowen

Air date: 1986-08-06

Overview: 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.

The Man with the Twisted Lip (Episode 6)

Writer: Alan Plater

Air date: 1986-08-13

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

The Six Napoleons (Episode 7)

Writer: John Kane

Air date: 1986-08-20

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

The Devil's Foot (Episode 8)

Writer: Gary Hopkins

Air date: 1988-04-06

Overview: 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.

Silver Blaze (Episode 9)

Writer: John Hawkesworth

Air date: 1988-04-13

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

Wisteria Lodge (Episode 10)

Writer: Jeremy Paul

Air date: 1988-04-20

Overview: 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.

The Bruce Partington Plans (Episode 11)

Writer: John Hawkesworth

Air date: 1988-04-27

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