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13 Episodes 1964 - 0
Episode 1
Sun, May 17, 1964 50 mins
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.
Episode 2
Fri, Feb 19, 1965 50 mins
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.
Episode 3
Fri, Feb 26, 1965 50 mins
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.
Episode 4
Fri, Mar 5, 1965 50 mins
Episode 5
Fri, Mar 12, 1965 50 mins
Episode 6
Fri, Mar 19, 1965 50 mins
Episode 7
Fri, Mar 26, 1965 50 mins
Episode 8
Fri, Apr 2, 1965 50 mins
Episode 9
Fri, Apr 9, 1965 50 mins
Episode 10
Fri, Apr 16, 1965 50 mins
Episode 11
Fri, Apr 23, 1965 50 mins
Episode 12
Fri, Apr 30, 1965 50 mins
Episode 13
Fri, May 7, 1965 50 mins