The Best Episodes Directed By John Bruce

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.8/10(10 votes)

   #1 - The Red-Headed League

   S2:E59/22/1985

   A notice in a newspaper seeks red-headed men, inviting them to join a league which will pay them well - and Jabez Wilson, a pawnbroker who responds, finds he is hired and paid generously for spending four hours a day copying an encyclopedia in long hand. When the league is suddenly dissolved, Holmes is asked to find out what has been going on, and he quickly suspects crime. Indeed, behind this curious arrangement lurks Holmes's arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty.

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   8.8/10(12 votes)

   #2 - The Speckled Band

   S1:E65/29/1984

   Holmes is approached by Helen Stoner, who feels threatened by her domineering step-father, Dr Grimesby Roylott. Her sister died mysteriously just before her planned wedding, and Helen has heard again the curious whistle she first heard on the night of her sister's death.Holmes perceives great danger and lays a complicated plan to defeat the threat to the beautiful Helen.

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   8.6/10(8 votes)

   #3 - The Second Stain

   S3:E37/23/1986

   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.

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   8.4/10(15 votes)

   #4 - The Dancing Men

   S1:E25/1/1984

   Hilton Cubitt, from Derbyshire, consults Holmes about a series of dancing men picture-messages his wife is receiving. On their wedding-day, she had made Cubitt promise he would ask her nothing about her past, but she now seems to be terrified. Holmes has to decipher the code of the matchstick men and get to the bottom of a dreadful murder which lies behind it.

   Director:John Bruce

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   7.7/10(20 votes)

   #5 - The Case of the Missing Will

   S5:E42/7/1993

   Poirot has to execute the final wishes of an old friend who has been killed.

   Director:John Bruce

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   7.4/10(17 votes)

   #6 - The Underdog

   S5:E21/24/1993

   A wealthy industrialist is found dead in his study. Is his death related to a discovery made at his chemical factory? And is his wife all she seems?

   Director:John Bruce

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #7 - Parson's Pleasure

   S3:E611/30/1980

   Cyril makes a profitable living as a rogue antiques dealer, but when he buys a farmer’s valuable furniture item, his luck may be about to run out.

   Director:John Bruce

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   6.5/10(2 votes)

   #8 - The Best of Everything

   S4:E44/26/1981

   Desperate to win the affections of his boss’s daughter, Arthur accepts the help of his friend Charlie. But is he ready to count the true cost of love?

   Director:John Bruce

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