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vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><i>Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Murder_Rooms.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0c/Murder_Rooms.jpg/220px-Murder_Rooms.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/Murder_Rooms.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="359" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Crime_drama" class="mw-redirect" title="Crime drama">Crime drama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Pirie" title="David Pirie">David Pirie</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Richardson" title="Ian Richardson">Ian Richardson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robin_Laing" title="Robin Laing">Robin Laing</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Charles_Edwards_(actor)" title="Charles Edwards (actor)">Charles Edwards</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Simon_Chandler" title="Simon Chandler">Simon Chandler</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mossie_Smith" title="Mossie Smith">Mossie Smith</a><br />Ben Macleod<br /><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Wells" title="Dolly Wells">Dolly Wells</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Charles_Dance" title="Charles Dance">Charles Dance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Lunn" title="John Lunn">John Lunn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">6 <span class="nowrap">(<a href="#Episodes">list of episodes</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Eaton" title="Rebecca Eaton">Rebecca Eaton</a><br />Jim Reeve</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producers</th><td class="infobox-data">Alison Jackson<br />Ian Madden</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">90 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WGBH-TV" title="WGBH-TV">WGBH Boston</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a><br /><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">4 January 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-01-04</span>)</span> –<br />2 October 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2001-10-02</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> <a href="/wiki/Crime_drama" class="mw-redirect" title="Crime drama">crime drama</a> series created by <a href="/wiki/David_Pirie" title="David Pirie">David Pirie</a>, and co-produced by the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> and <a href="/wiki/WGBH-TV" title="WGBH-TV">WGBH Boston</a>, a PBS station.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six episodes were made and were first broadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a>, the first two on 4 and 5 January 2000, and the other four from 4 September to 2 October 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-screenonline_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-screenonline-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_Rooms:_Mysteries_of_the_Real_Sherlock_Holmes&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The series follows <a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Conan_Doyle" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Arthur Conan Doyle">Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</a>'s time as a general practitioner in <a href="/wiki/Southsea" title="Southsea">Southsea</a>, solving mysteries with the help of his mentor, Dr Joseph Bell, who is based in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>. The series stars <a href="/wiki/Ian_Richardson" title="Ian Richardson">Ian Richardson</a> as <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bell" title="Joseph Bell">Dr Joseph Bell</a>, alongside <a href="/wiki/Robin_Laing" title="Robin Laing">Robin Laing</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Charles_Edwards_(actor)" title="Charles Edwards (actor)">Charles Edwards</a> as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_Rooms:_Mysteries_of_the_Real_Sherlock_Holmes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Laing" title="Robin Laing">Robin Laing</a> as <a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Conan_Doyle" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Arthur Conan Doyle">Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</a> (in "The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes" only)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Edwards_(actor)" title="Charles Edwards (actor)">Charles Edwards</a> as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (in the remaining four episodes)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Richardson" title="Ian Richardson">Ian Richardson</a> as <a href="/wiki/Dr_Joseph_Bell" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr Joseph Bell">Dr Joseph Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Chandler" title="Simon Chandler">Simon Chandler</a> as Inspector Warner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mossie_Smith" title="Mossie Smith">Mossie Smith</a> as Mrs Williams</li> <li>Ben Macleod as Innes Doyle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Wells" title="Dolly Wells">Dolly Wells</a> as Elspeth Scott</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Dance" title="Charles Dance">Charles Dance</a> as Sir Henry Carlyle</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_Rooms:_Mysteries_of_the_Real_Sherlock_Holmes&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_Rooms:_Mysteries_of_the_Real_Sherlock_Holmes&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The series was inspired by Sir <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle" title="Arthur Conan Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>'s choice to base the character of <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> on Dr <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bell" title="Joseph Bell">Joseph Bell</a>, who had been his tutor at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a> and occasionally worked as a <a href="/wiki/Forensic" class="mw-redirect" title="Forensic">forensic</a> expert for the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> Police. The series exaggerated the similarities between Bell and Holmes for dramatic effect, with Doyle acting much as <a href="/wiki/Doctor_Watson" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor Watson">Doctor Watson</a> acts in Doyle's stories, and included several scenes from the books, the implication being that these inspire Doyle's fiction.<sup id="cite_ref-screenonline_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-screenonline-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing">Writing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_Rooms:_Mysteries_of_the_Real_Sherlock_Holmes&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the most notable references to Sherlock Holmes is a version of a scene in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sign_of_the_Four" title="The Sign of the Four">The Sign of Four</a></i> in which Holmes deduces that a pocket watch provided by Watson was formerly owned by a drunkard, upon which a furious Watson believes that Holmes has callously acquired information about his unfortunate brother, to whom the watch had belonged, for the sake of a cheap trick. The series' version of the scene has Bell deduce the mental state of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Altamont_Doyle" title="Charles Altamont Doyle">Doyle's father</a>, inspiring much the same reaction. (This scene also appears in the otherwise unrelated drama <i>The Strange Case of Arthur Conan Doyle</i>, also by <a href="/wiki/David_Pirie" title="David Pirie">David Pirie</a>.) </p><p>David Pirie also wrote three novels related to the series: <i>The Patient's Eyes</i>, <i>The Night Calls</i> and <i>The Dark Water</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filming">Filming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_Rooms:_Mysteries_of_the_Real_Sherlock_Holmes&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The series was filmed in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cromer" title="Cromer">Cromer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casting">Casting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_Rooms:_Mysteries_of_the_Real_Sherlock_Holmes&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Casting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ian Richardson had earlier played <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> in television adaptations of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1983_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sign_of_Four_(1983_film)" title="The Sign of Four (1983 film)">The Sign of Four</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_Rooms:_Mysteries_of_the_Real_Sherlock_Holmes&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pilot_(2000)"><span id="Pilot_.282000.29"></span>Pilot (2000)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_Rooms:_Mysteries_of_the_Real_Sherlock_Holmes&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pilot (2000)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The pilot, also sometimes referred to as a "Christmas Special", was first broadcast in two parts on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 March 2003 the pilot was released on a DVD on which the two parts were edited into a single 100-minute film, removing more than 20 minutes of footage from the original broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. release of the DVD, for which the series was retitled <i>Dr. Bell and Mr. Doyle</i>, followed in 2006. It retains the original two-part format.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#FF5F5F;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="background:#FF5F5F;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FF5F5F;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FF5F5F;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FF5F5F;color:black">Original air date</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FF5F5F;width:10%;color:black"> Viewers<br />(millions) <span style="color:black;background-color:white;padding:1px;display:inline-block;line-height:50%"><sup id="cite_ref-barb.co.uk_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barb.co.uk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep1" style="text-align:center">1</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="The_Dark_Beginnings_of_Sherlock_Holmes:_Part_1"></span><span class="vanchor-text">The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes: Part 1</span></span>"<br />"Dr. Bell and Mr. Doyle: Part 1 <small>(U.S. Title)</small><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Seed" title="Paul Seed">Paul Seed</a></td><td style="text-align:center">David Pirie</td><td style="text-align:center">4 January 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-01-04</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">4.31</td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #FF5F5F"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Following the "death" of Sherlock Holmes Doyle finds himself reflecting on his friendship with Dr Joseph Bell, as well as his long-ago romance with a fellow student, Elspeth Scott (<a href="/wiki/Dolly_Wells" title="Dolly Wells">Dolly Wells</a>), the victim of <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Neill_Cream" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Thomas Neill Cream">a killer</a> whom he and Bell failed to capture.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep2" style="text-align:center">2</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="The_Dark_Beginnings_of_Sherlock_Holmes:_Part_2"></span><span class="vanchor-text">The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes: Part 2</span></span>"<br />"Dr. Bell and Mr. Doyle: Part 2 <small>(U.S. Title)</small>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Paul Seed</td><td style="text-align:center">David Pirie</td><td style="text-align:center">5 January 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-01-05</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">4.27</td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #FF5F5F"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> When Elpseth's sister Lady Sarah Carlisle falls ill Doyle comes to believe that her husband, Sir Henry Carlisle, who is a Member of Parliament, may be behind some of the killings.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237879425">.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent,.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent th{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable .summary{text-align:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_(2001)"><span id="Series_.282001.29"></span>Series (2001)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_Rooms:_Mysteries_of_the_Real_Sherlock_Holmes&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Series (2001)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the pilot was critically acclaimed a series of four episodes was commissioned for <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>. Although the response was initially positive, viewing figures quickly declined and the final episode of the series drew fewer than three million viewers. These episodes were released on DVD on 16 January 2012, but many fans criticised the decision to reduce the original <a href="/wiki/16:9" class="mw-redirect" title="16:9">16:9</a> picture ratio to <a href="/wiki/4:3" class="mw-redirect" title="4:3">4:3</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. release, which first circulated in 2006, retains the original 16:9 picture format.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#FF623B;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="background:#FF623B;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FF623B;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FF623B;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FF623B;color:black">Original air date</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FF623B;width:10%;color:black"> Viewers<br />(millions) <span style="color:black;background-color:white;padding:1px;display:inline-block;line-height:50%"><sup id="cite_ref-barb.co.uk_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barb.co.uk-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep3" style="text-align:center">3</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="The_Patient's_Eyes"></span><span class="vanchor-text">The Patient's Eyes</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Fywell" title="Tim Fywell">Tim Fywell</a></td><td style="text-align:center">David Pirie</td><td style="text-align:center">4 September 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-09-04</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">5.29</td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #FF623B"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Doyle and Bell investigate the case of a woman who believes that she is being followed by an apparition of the man who killed her parents some years before, but Bell assures her that the killer was hanged many years ago and that there has to be another explanation.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep4" style="text-align:center">4</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="The_Photographer's_Chair"></span><span class="vanchor-text">The Photographer's Chair</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Marcus" title="Paul Marcus">Paul Marcus</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Paul Billing</td><td style="text-align:center">18 September 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-09-18</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="N/A">N/A</small></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #FF623B"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Doyle and Bell investigate the deaths by strangling of two people whose bodies are found floating in a river. While Doyle finds himself captivated by spiritualism, Bell's suspicions lead him to a photographer who believes that he saw his wife's soul leave her body at the moment of death.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep5" style="text-align:center">5</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="The_Kingdom_of_Bones"></span><span class="vanchor-text">The Kingdom of Bones</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Langton_(television_director)" title="Simon Langton (television director)">Simon Langton</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Gallagher" title="Stephen Gallagher">Stephen Gallagher</a></td><td style="text-align:center">25 September 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-09-25</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="N/A">N/A</small></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #FF623B"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> A museum curator hires Bell and Doyle to unwrap an Egyptian mummy, but they are surprised to discover that the body is that of a man who has been dead for only three weeks. The subsequent investigation uncovers a group of expatriate rebels plotting to create havoc.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep6" style="text-align:center">6</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="The_White_Knight_Stratagem"></span><span class="vanchor-text">The White Knight Stratagem</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Paul Marcus</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Boyle_(writer)" title="Daniel Boyle (writer)">Daniel Boyle</a></td><td style="text-align:center">2 October 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-10-02</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="N/A">N/A</small></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #FF623B"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Bell helps the police to investigate the murder of a moneylender, but an old animosity between him and the officer in charge leads to conflict. Matters become worse when Doyle sees merit in the lieutenant's theories rather than in Bell's.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception_and_cancellation">Reception and cancellation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murder_Rooms:_Mysteries_of_the_Real_Sherlock_Holmes&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Reception and cancellation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The series was produced by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Films" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Films">BBC Films</a>, rather than the drama division. Following the conclusion of the four-episode series the decision was made not to recommission the series despite the critical acclaim for it. 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style="width:1%">Silent</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_Baffled" title="Sherlock Holmes Baffled">Sherlock Holmes Baffled</a></i> (1900)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes;_or,_Held_for_Ransom" title="Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom">Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom</a></i> (1905)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_in_the_Great_Murder_Mystery" title="Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery">Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery</a></i> (1908)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Lupin_contra_Sherlock_Holmes" title="Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes">Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(%C3%89clair_film_series)" title="Sherlock Holmes (Éclair film series)">Éclair film series</a> (1912–1913)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Der_Hund_von_Baskerville" title="Der Hund von Baskerville">Der Hund von Baskerville</a></i> (1914)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Detektiv_Braun" title="Detektiv Braun">Detektiv Braun</a></i> (1914)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Study_in_Scarlet_(1914_British_film)" title="A Study in Scarlet (1914 British film)">A Study in Scarlet</a></i> (1914 British film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Study_in_Scarlet_(1914_American_film)" title="A Study in Scarlet (1914 American film)">A Study in Scarlet</a></i> (1914 US film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Valley_of_Fear_(film)" title="The Valley of Fear (film)">The Valley of Fear</a></i> (1916)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1916_film)" title="Sherlock Holmes (1916 film)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1916)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1922_film)" title="Sherlock Holmes (1922 film)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1922)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1929_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (1929)</li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Stoll_series" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(Stoll_film_series)" title="Sherlock Holmes (Stoll film series)">Stoll series</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dying_Detective_(film)" title="The Dying Detective (film)">The Dying Detective</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Foot_(film)" title="The Devil's Foot (film)">The Devil's Foot</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_with_the_Twisted_Lip_(film)" title="The Man with the Twisted Lip (film)">The Man with the Twisted Lip</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1921_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (1921)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sign_of_Four_(1923_film)" title="The Sign of Four (1923 film)">The Sign of Four</a></i> (1923)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1931_film_series)" title="Sherlock Holmes (1931 film series)">Wontner series</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sleeping_Cardinal" title="The Sleeping Cardinal">The Sleeping Cardinal</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Missing_Rembrandt" title="The Missing Rembrandt">The Missing Rembrandt</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sign_of_Four_(1932_film)" title="The Sign of Four (1932 film)">The Sign of Four</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Triumph_of_Sherlock_Holmes" title="The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes">The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Blaze_(1937_film)" title="Silver Blaze (1937 film)">Silver Blaze</a></i> (1937)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1939_film_series)" title="Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series)">Rathbone–Bruce <br /> series</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1939_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes_(film)" title="The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film)">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Voice_of_Terror" title="Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror">Voice of Terror</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Secret_Weapon" title="Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon">Secret Weapon</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_in_Washington" title="Sherlock Holmes in Washington">Sherlock Holmes in Washington</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_Faces_Death" title="Sherlock Holmes Faces Death">Sherlock Holmes Faces Death</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spider_Woman" title="The Spider Woman">The Spider Woman</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Scarlet_Claw" title="The Scarlet Claw">The Scarlet Claw</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pearl_of_Death" title="The Pearl of Death">The Pearl of Death</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_House_of_Fear_(1945_film)" title="The House of Fear (1945 film)">The House of Fear</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Woman_in_Green" title="The Woman in Green">The Woman in Green</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pursuit_to_Algiers" title="Pursuit to Algiers">Pursuit to Algiers</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Terror_by_Night" title="Terror by Night">Terror by Night</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dressed_to_Kill_(1946_film)" title="Dressed to Kill (1946 film)">Dressed to Kill</a></i> (1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Downey series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(2009_film)" title="Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes:_A_Game_of_Shadows" title="Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows">A Game of Shadows</a></i> (2011)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Sherlock_Holmes_(1929_film)" title="The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929 film)">The Return of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1929)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Limejuice_Mystery_or_Who_Spat_in_Grandfather%27s_Porridge%3F" title="The Limejuice Mystery or Who Spat in Grandfather's Porridge?">The Limejuice Mystery</a></i> (1930)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Speckled_Band_(1931_film)" title="The Speckled Band (1931 film)">The Speckled Band</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lel%C3%AD%C4%8Dek_in_the_Services_of_Sherlock_Holmes" title="Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes">Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmese</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1932_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1932_film)" title="Sherlock Holmes (1932 film)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Study_in_Scarlet_(1933_film)" title="A Study in Scarlet (1933 film)">A Study in Scarlet</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1937_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Grey_Lady_(film)" title="The Grey Lady (film)">The Grey Lady</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Was_Sherlock_Holmes" title="The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes">The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deduce,_You_Say!" title="Deduce, You Say!">Deduce, You Say!</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1959_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Deadly_Necklace" title="Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace">The Deadly Necklace</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Study_in_Terror" title="A Study in Terror">A Study in Terror</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Sherlock_Holmes" title="The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes">The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/They_Might_Be_Giants_(film)" title="They Might Be Giants (film)">They Might Be Giants</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventure_of_Sherlock_Holmes%27_Smarter_Brother" title="The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother">The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Seven-Per-Cent_Solution_(film)" title="The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (film)">The Seven-Per-Cent Solution</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1978_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_by_Decree" title="Murder by Decree">Murder by Decree</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Case_of_Marcel_Duchamp" title="The Case of Marcel Duchamp">The Case of Marcel Duchamp</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Sherlock_Holmes" title="Young Sherlock Holmes">Young Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Mouse_Detective" title="The Great Mouse Detective">The Great Mouse Detective</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Without_a_Clue" title="Without a Clue">Without a Clue</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zero_Effect" title="Zero Effect">Zero Effect</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Samba_for_Sherlock" title="A Samba for Sherlock">A Samba for Sherlock</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Case_Closed:_The_Phantom_of_Baker_Street" title="Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street">Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Holmes_%26_Watson._Madrid_Days" title="Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days">Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Holmes" title="Mr. Holmes">Mr. Holmes</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Empire_of_Corpses" title="The Empire of Corpses">The Empire of Corpses</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Gnomes" title="Sherlock Gnomes">Sherlock Gnomes</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Holmes_%26_Watson" title="Holmes & Watson">Holmes & Watson</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Great_Escape" title="Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape">Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television/<br /> streaming/<br />direct-to-video</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ian Richardson</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sign_of_Four_(1983_film)" title="The Sign of Four (1983 film)">The Sign of Four</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1983_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (1983)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Peter O'Toole<br /> <span style="font-size:85%;">(animated)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet</i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Baskerville_Curse" title="Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse">Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four</i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Valley_of_Fear" title="Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear">Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear</a></i> (1983)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes_and_Dr._Watson" title="The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson">Vasily Livanov <br /> series</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_Dr._Watson" title="Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson">Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes_and_Dr._Watson_(film)" title="The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (film)">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1981_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Treasures_of_Agra" title="The Treasures of Agra">The Treasures of Agra</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Twentieth_Century_Approaches" title="The Twentieth Century Approaches">The Twentieth Century Approaches</a></i> (1986)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Christopher Lee</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Leading_Lady" title="Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady">The Leading Lady</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Incident_at_Victoria_Falls" title="Incident at Victoria Falls">Incident at Victoria Falls</a></i> (1992)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Matt Frewer</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(2000_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sign_of_Four_(2001_film)" title="The Sign of Four (2001 film)">The Sign of Four</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Scandal" title="The Royal Scandal">The Royal Scandal</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Case_of_the_Whitechapel_Vampire" title="The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire">The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire</a></i> (2002)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ian Hart <span style="font-size:85%;">(as Watson)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(2002_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Case_of_the_Silk_Stocking" title="Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking">The Case of the Silk Stocking</a></i> (2004)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Garridebs" title="The Three Garridebs">The Three Garridebs</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Disappeared_(1951_film)" title="The Man Who Disappeared (1951 film)">The Man Who Disappeared</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1972_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Longing_of_Sherlock_Holmes" title="The Longing of Sherlock Holmes">The Longing of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Watson_and_the_Darkwater_Hall_Mystery" title="Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery">Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_the_World%27s_Greatest_Detective" title="The Return of the World's Greatest Detective">The Return of the World's Greatest Detective</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_in_New_York" title="Sherlock Holmes in New York">Sherlock Holmes in New York</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Blaze_(1977_film)" title="Silver Blaze (1977 film)">Silver Blaze</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Strange_Case_of_the_End_of_Civilisation_as_We_Know_It" title="The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It">The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(TV_serial)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV serial)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Masks_of_Death" title="The Masks of Death">The Masks of Death</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Sherlock_Holmes_(1987_film)" title="The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987 film)">The Return of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hands_of_a_Murderer" title="Hands of a Murderer">Hands of a Murderer</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crucifer_of_Blood" title="The Crucifer of Blood">The Crucifer of Blood</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1994_Baker_Street:_Sherlock_Holmes_Returns" title="1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns">1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_London" title="The Hound of London">The Hound of London</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock:_Case_of_Evil" title="Sherlock: Case of Evil">Sherlock: Case of Evil</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Baker_Street_Irregulars" title="Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars">Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(2010_film)" title="Sherlock Holmes (2010 film)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry_Meet_Sherlock_Holmes" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes">Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1951_TV_series)" title="Sherlock Holmes (1951 TV series)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1954_TV_series)" title="Sherlock Holmes (1954 TV series)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1965_TV_series)" title="Sherlock Holmes (1965 TV series)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1965–1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1967_TV_series)" title="Sherlock Holmes (1967 TV series)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1967–1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1968_TV_series)" title="Sherlock Holmes (1968 TV series)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_Doctor_Watson" title="Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson">Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson</a></i> (1979–1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Sherlock:_The_Mystery_of_the_Manor_House" title="Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House">Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Baker_Street_Boys" title="The Baker Street Boys">The Baker Street Boys</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Hound" title="Sherlock Hound">Sherlock Hound</a></i> (1984–1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1984_TV_series)" title="Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1984–1994) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sherlock_Holmes_episodes" title="List of Sherlock Holmes episodes">episodes</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Shirley_Holmes" title="The Adventures of Shirley Holmes">The Adventures of Shirley Holmes</a></i> (1997–2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_in_the_22nd_Century" title="Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century">Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century</a></i> (1999–2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)" title="Sherlock (TV series)">Sherlock</a></i> (2010–2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tantei_Opera_Milky_Holmes" title="Tantei Opera Milky Holmes">Tantei Opera Milky Holmes</a></i> (2010–2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aria_the_Scarlet_Ammo" title="Aria the Scarlet Ammo">Aria the Scarlet Ammo</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elementary_(TV_series)" title="Elementary (TV series)">Elementary</a></i> (2012–2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(2013_TV_series)" title="Sherlock Holmes (2013 TV series)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(2014_TV_series)" title="Sherlock Holmes (2014 TV series)">Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (2014–2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Sherlock" title="Miss Sherlock">Miss Sherlock</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock:_Untold_Stories" title="Sherlock: Untold Stories">Sherlock: Untold Stories</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Case_File_n%C2%BA221:_Kabukicho" title="Case File nº221: Kabukicho">Case File nº221: Kabukicho</a></i> (2019–2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moriarty_the_Patriot" title="Moriarty the Patriot">Moriarty the Patriot</a></i> (2020–2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_in_Russia" title="Sherlock in Russia">Sherlock in Russia</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Irregulars" title="The Irregulars">The Irregulars</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mademoiselle_Holmes" title="Mademoiselle Holmes">Mademoiselle Holmes</a></i> (2024)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherlock_%26_Daughter" title="Sherlock & Daughter">Sherlock & Daughter</a></i> (2025; upcoming)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Watson_(TV_series)" title="Watson (TV series)">Watson</a></i> (2025; upcoming)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Sherlock_(British_TV_series)" title="Young Sherlock (British TV series)">Young Sherlock</a></i> (2025; upcoming)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Actors by role</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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