7.3/1051 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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7.9/1044 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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7.4/1043 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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7.9/1036 votes#4 - The Copper Beeches
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/5/1965
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6.9/1020 votes#5 - The Red-Headed League
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/12/1965
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7.8/1039 votes#6 - The Abbey Grange
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/19/1965
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- 7.6/1042 votes
#7 - The Six Napoleons
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/26/1965
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- 7.7/1037 votes
#8 - The Man with the Twisted Lip
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/2/1965
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- 6.7/1019 votes
#9 - The Beryl Coronet
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/9/1965
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- 7.7/1041 votes
#10 - The Bruce-Partington Plans
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/16/1965
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- 7.2/1033 votes
#11 - Charles Augustus Milverton
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/23/1965
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- 7.6/1034 votes
#12 - The Retired Colourman
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/30/1965
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- NaN/100 votes
#13 - The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/7/1965
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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...
Genres:MysteryCrimeDrama
Network:BBC One
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Speckled Band" is the best rated episode of "Sherlock Holmes" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 51 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/17/1964. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Illustrious Client".