Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

7 Episodes • 1984

Based on stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originally published in The Strand magazine and in Doyle's first collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories titled "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

6 Episodes • 1985

Based on stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originally published in The Strand magazine and in Doyle's first collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories titled "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

7 Episodes • 1986

The series continues under the name "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". The stories come from Doyle's second collection of short stories titled "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". Edward Hardwicke replaces David Burke as Dr. John Watson.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

6 Episodes • 1987

Adaptations to some of Doyle's short stories from "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", and two feature-length TV movies based on novels written by Doyle: "The Sign of Four" and the ever popular "The Hound of the Baskervilles."

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

6 Episodes • 1991

Adaptations of short stories found in Doyle's book "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes."

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

3 Episodes • 1992

Adaptations into feature length TV movies to three short stories found in Doyle's books "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes", and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

6 Episodes • 1994

The final season of Sherlock Holmes as portrayed by Jeremy Brett. The plan had been to adapt all of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories but Granada decided to end the series when Brett died. The series was first known as "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, after the title of the collected short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.