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A Scandal in Bohemia

Directed by: Paul Annett

Screenplay: John Hawkesworth
                    Alexander Baron

Cast: Jeremy Brett
          David Burke
          Michael Carter
          Rosalie Williams

Release Date: April 24, 1984

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Sherlock Holmes is hired by the King of Bohemia to retrieve a compromising photograph from a certain lady. The King has tried to purchase the photo and even hired burglars to retrieve it, but without success. The woman in question is the very beautiful Irene Adler, an opera singer. She has made no demands of the King so it does not seem that blackmail is her intent. Using various disguises, Holmes learns as much about the woman as he can and is surprised when, after following her to a church, finds that she has married a barrister. Holmes stages a bit of theatre to get her to divulge the location of the photo but he finds he has met his match in both daring and intellect.
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The Dancing Men

Directed by: John Bruce

Screenplay: Anthony Skene
                    John Hawkesworth

Cast: Jeremy Brett
          David Burke
          Tenniel Evans
          Betsy Brantley

Release Date: May 1, 1984

IMDB Storyline:

Hilton Cubitt seeks Sherlock Holmes' assistance in determining why a series of hieroglyphs - little pictures of dancing men - has so terrified his American wife Elsie. He knows little of his wife's background having met her in London during the Queen's Golden Jubilee but has now been very happily married for three years. The problems started a few months before when she received a letter from Chicago and more recently, when the drawings of the dancing men had been chalked on a garden wall. Holmes realizes that the symbols are a code of some sort and Mrs. Cubitt continues to receive similar messages. He also knows however that to unravel the mystery, he will have to learn more about the woman's past and her history in America.
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The Naval Treaty

Directed by: Alan Grint

Screenplay by: Michael Cox
                         Stuart Doughty

Cast: Jeremy Brett
          David Burke
          Rosalie Williams
          David Gwillim

Release Date: May 8, 1984

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An unknown thief steals an important naval treaty from the office of Mr. Percy Phelps, a Foreign Office clerk. Phelps's distress gives him a brain fever that lasts for nine weeks. As he begins to recover, he writes to his old schoolmate, Dr. Watson, begging him to invite Sherlock Holmes to investigate the matter and find the treaty. Otherwise, his honor and happiness are gone forever. Holmes takes up the case with zest, but gives Phelps no false hopes. The mystery is as dark and tangled as any he has known.
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The Solitary Cyclist

Directed by: Paul Annett

Screenplay by: Alan Plater
                         John Hawkesworth

Cast: Jeremy Brett
          David Burke
          Rosalie Williams
          Barbara Wilshere

Release Date: May 15, 1984

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Holmes is approached by Miss Violet Smith with a most peculiar problem. She has recently accepted a position with Mr. Carruthers as a music teacher for his 10 year old daughter. On Saturdays, she returns to her home to he with her mother and returns to Chilton Grange Manor on Mondays. She cycles the several miles to the train station and recently she has noticed a man, also on a bicycle, following her. He is quite blatantly there, stopping when she stops and always keeping the same distance from her but making no attempt to to hide his presence. She is worried at least in part because she recently rejected the advances of a Mr. Woodley who became upset and violent at the rejection. As Holmes soon deduces, she has good reason to be fearful, though not necessarily from the cyclist.
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The Crooked Man

Directed by: Alan Grint

Screenplay by: Michael Cox
                         Stuart Doughty

Cast: Jeremy Brett
          David Burke
          Norman Jones
          Lisa Daniely

Release Date: May 22, 1984

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Egged on by his friend Dr. Watson, Holmes agrees to investigate the murder of Col. James Barclay who rose from the ranks to command his Regiment. After returning home from her monthly evening out helping the poor, the dead man's wife Nancy had a flaming row with her husband. After hearing a scream, the servants try to enter the room only to find locked from the inside. When they do manage to enter, they find the Colonel dead from what appears to be a blow to the head and Nancy in a feint. Holmes learns that at her charity work, she had reacted in shock when she approached a new arrival, an old man with a bent back and crooked legs.
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The Speckled Band

Directed by: John Bruce

Screenplay by: Jeremy Paul
                         John Hawkesworth

Cast: Jeremy Brett
          David Burke
          Jeremy Kemp
          Rosalyn Landor

Release Date: May 29, 1984

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As she fears for her life, Helen Stoner seeks Sherlock Holmes' assistance. She lives with her step-father Dr. Grimesby Roylott, a difficult man who is prone to bouts of temper. She tells Homes that some years previously, her older sister Julia had died in unexpected circumstances. She had asked Helen if she ever heard the sound of a whistle at night. Helen admitted that she had not. Just a few weeks before she was to marry, Julia came tumbling out of her room, screaming; she died within minutes. Now Helen, who is also soon to be married, finds that her step-father has moved her into her late sister's room. During her first night there, she hears the whistle that her sister had asked about.
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The Blue Carbuncle

Directed by: David Carson

Screenplay by: Paul Finney
                         John Hawkesworth

Cast: Jeremy Brett
          David Burke
          Rosalind Knight
          Ros Simmons

Release Date: June 5, 1984

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On Christmas Eve, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson try to determine how a fabulous blue carbuncle found its way down the gullet of a goose. It all starts that morning when the Commissioner who lives across the way asks Holmes' advice. On his way home, he came across a group of ruffians taking advantage of an elderly gentleman. His uniform scared them all off with the elderly gentleman leaving behind the goose. Holmes suggests that he simply keep it but he is soon back with the precious stone. Newspaper reports have reported the theft of the unique blue stone from a local hotel, but Holmes can't resist solving the mystery of how it got to its final destination.

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