The Speckled Band

Episode aired May 29, 1984
TV-PGTV-PG
52m

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8.3/10

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S1.E6

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Crime

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Mystery

A young woman asks for Holmes' help when her ill-tempered stepfather moves her into the same room where her sister died under mysterious circumstances.A young woman asks for Holmes' help when her ill-tempered stepfather moves her into the same room where her sister died under mysterious circumstances.A young woman asks for Holmes' help when her ill-tempered stepfather moves her into the same room where her sister died under mysterious circumstances.

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8.3/10

1.1K

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Director
- John Bruce
Writers
- John Hawkesworth(developed for television by)
- Jeremy Paul(dramatised by)
- Arthur Conan Doyle(by)
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The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band

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Rosalyn Landor in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)

Jeremy Brett in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)

Jeremy Brett and David Burke in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)

Jeremy Brett and Jeremy Kemp in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)

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Director
- John Bruce
Writers
- John Hawkesworth(developed for television by)
- Jeremy Paul(dramatised by)
- Arthur Conan Doyle(by) (short story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" from volume "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes")
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Trivia
Dr Watson says he practised medicine in India attached to the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers. The Northumberland Fusiliers was formed as the county regiment of Northumberland on 1st July 1881. They fought in the Second Boer War but never in India.

Goofs
Snakes are deaf and sense through eyes, smell (tongue) and in particular in feeling vibration on the ground. Therefore a snake can not be dressed to obey a whistle.

Quotes
Sherlock Holmes: Ah, Watson, it's a wicked world. And when a clever man turns his brain to crime, it's the worst of all.

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Shows an alternative angle of Holmes and the "speckled band."

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Version of The Speckled Band (1923)

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9/10

The most chilling Episode

Of all episodes, this is the most terrifying and chilling story. Because an individual's twisted mind and greed goes to the extent he does not hesitate taking the lives of two innocent step daughters. Jeremy Brett is of course excellent in sensing the danger and empthasies the horror faced by Helen Stoner the part excellently played by the young actor Rosalyn Landor. David Burke as Watson in the first season supplements well with Holmes' characterThe ending is rather horrifying considering 80s.

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