The Best Episodes of Sherlock Holmes Season 1
Every episode of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sherlock Holmes Season 1!
Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1965 and 1968. This was the second screen adaption of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Television.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Sherlock Holmes" season 1 is "The Speckled Band", rated 7.3/10 from 51 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The Speckled Band" aired on 5/17/1964 and is rated 0.6 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Illustrious Client".
7.3/10 51 votes#1 - The Speckled Band
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/17/1964
Helen Stoner needs the great man's help. She lives in a country mansion with her flamboyant and sinister guardian Grimesby Raylott, who has travelled abroad and brought home some souvenir livestock. Recently her sister Julia, about to be married and made by Raylott to sleep in a bed that was screwed to the floor, died in mysterious circumstances. Her final words referred to a "speckled band." Helen is fearful for her own safety and Holmes and Watson investigate.
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7.9/10 44 votes#2 - The Illustrious Client
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/1965
Sir James Damery, acting for a very illustrious client, consults Holmes. Violet Merville is engaged to marry the Austrian Baron Gruner, who has murdered at least one wife and yet the foolish, headstrong Violet will not hear a word against him. The client is fearful for Violet's safety should the marriage go ahead. Holmes enlists the assistance of Kitty Winter, a woman whom the Baron used and threw aside, to get access to Gruner's album in which he has catalogued his conquests, to make Violet see him in his true light.
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7.4/10 43 votes#3 - The Devil's Foot
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/26/1965
Whilst in Cornwall Holmes is approached by the local vicar to determine how Brenda Tregennis died whilst sitting in a room, playing cards with her two brothers, who were struck down with dementia as a result. The trail leads to an African adventurer and a deadly root known as the Devil's Foot.
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7.9/10 36 votes#4 - The Copper Beeches
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/5/1965
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6.9/10 20 votes#5 - The Red-Headed League
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/12/1965
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7.8/10 39 votes#6 - The Abbey Grange
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/19/1965
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- 7.6/10 42 votes
#7 - The Six Napoleons
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/26/1965
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- 7.7/10 37 votes
#8 - The Man with the Twisted Lip
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/2/1965
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- 6.7/10 19 votes
#9 - The Beryl Coronet
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/9/1965
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- 7.7/10 41 votes
#10 - The Bruce-Partington Plans
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/16/1965
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- 7.2/10 33 votes
#11 - Charles Augustus Milverton
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/23/1965
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- 7.6/10 34 votes
#12 - The Retired Colourman
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/30/1965
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- NaN/10 0 votes
#13 - The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/7/1965
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