Sherlock Holmes: Season 3

1986 · 7 episodes · ★ 7.8

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

What Season 3 of Sherlock Holmes

Season 3 is titled "The Return of Sherlock Holmes," a reference to the second collection of Doyle stories on which its episodes are based. Three years after being presumed dead, Holmes returns to England and must thwart a murder plot hatched by a man working for the late Professor Moriarty. Edward Hardwicke replaces David Burke as Dr. Watson. Cases come from a preparatory school, from the prime minister and from families with secrets, including a missing boy and a stolen diplomatic letter. Holmes needs constant challenges to avoid falling into depression or drug use, and Jeremy Brett plays the detective in each of them.

7episodes

Jul 9, 1986premiered

Aug 20, 1986final episode

5.9 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 The Empty House
Jul 9, 1986 · 50 min · ★ 8.1
Three years on from the tragedy at the Reichenbach Falls, Watson wrestles with a murder case under his own steam.
Directing: Howard Baker · Starring: Eric Porter, Colin Jeavons, Patrick Allen, James Bree
3x02 The Priory School
Jul 16, 1986 · 51 min · ★ 7.5
A man seeks Holmes's help when his son is kidnapped from school.
Directing: John Madden · Starring: Alan Howard, Christopher Benjamin, Nicholas Gecks, Nissar Modi
3x03 The Second Stain
Jul 23, 1986 · 50 min · ★ 8.4
Holmes is asked by the Prime Minister to aid in the recovery of a stolen diplomatic letter, which, if published, might lead England into war.
Directing: John Bruce · Starring: Colin Jeavons, Patricia Hodge, Harry Andrews, Stuart Wilson
3x04 The Musgrave Ritual
Jul 30, 1986 · 51 min · ★ 8.1
An obscure family document containing an enigmatic ritual holds the key to a hidden treasure if Holmes can decipher the mystery.
Directed by: David Carson · Starring: Johanna Kirby, Teresa Banham, Michael Culver, James Hazeldine
3x05 The Abbey Grange
Aug 6, 1986 · 51 min · ★ 7.4
Holmes is called in to investigate a murder, but on Holmes's arrival the case seems to have been solved.
Directing: Peter Hammond · Starring: Conrad Phillips, Anne-Louise Lambert, Zulema Dene, Oliver Tobias
3x06 The Man with the Twisted Lip
Aug 13, 1986 · 51 min · ★ 7.1
A respectable man is seen in an opiun den by his wife; that evening, he disappears.
Directing: Patrick Lau · Starring: Eleanor David, Patricia Garwood, Clive Francis, Terence Longdon
3x07 The Six Napoleons Season Finale
Aug 20, 1986 · 51 min · ★ 8.1
Holmes is curious about a series of attacks arround London on figures of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
Directed by: David Carson · Starring: Colin Jeavons, Eric Sykes, Gerald Campion, Vincenzo Nicoli