Produced by Sheldon Reynolds, filmed and scored in France, 39 specially written thirty-minute TV films were made starring Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Watson. Ronald Howard (b. 7 April 1918, d. 19 December 1996) was the son of the actor Leslie Howard, with whom he appeared in "Pimpernel Smith". Howard Marion-Crawford (b. 17 January 1914, d. 24 November 1969) is one of those rare Holmes-Watson actors. He was Holmes to Finlay Currie's Watson in a 1948 BBC radio production of The Speckled Band.
Review: "…from interesting and adequate dramas, through standard television fodder to the downright silly. In The Texas Cowgirl, for example, a Red Indian Chief in full dress, a fugitive from a traveling Wild West show, erected a tepee inside the Baker Street consulting room…" Michael Pointer, The Pictorial History of Sherlock Holmes
Bob Byrne has based his short story The Case of the Cursed Tower, on The Case of the Exhumed Client from the series. Some of the episodes are available on video and DVD. A full list, together with original broadcast dates, is below.
Broadcast Date | Episode |
18 October 1954 | The Case of the Cunningham Heritage |
25 October 1954 | The Case of Lady Beryl |
1 November 1954 | The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun |
8 November 1954 | The Case of the Texas Cowgirl |
15 November 1954 | The Case of the Belligerent Ghost |
22 November 1954 | The Case of the Shy Ballerina |
29 November 1954 | The Case of the Winthrop Legend |
6 December 1954 | The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff |
13 December 1954 | The Case of Harry Croker |
20 December 1954 | The Mother Hubbard Case |
27 December 1954 | The Case of the Red Headed League |
3 January 1955 | The Case of the Shoeless Engineer |
10 January 1955 | The Case of the Split Ticket |
17 January 1955 | The Case of the French Interpreter |
24 January 1955 | The Case of the Singing Violin |
31 January 1955 | The Case of the Greystone Inscription |
7 February 1955 | The Case of the Laughing Mummy |
14 February 1955 | The Case of the Thistle Killer |
21 February 1955 | The Case of the Vanished Detective |
28 February 1955 | The Case of the Careless Suffragette |
7 March 1955 | The Case of the Reluctant Carpenter |
14 March 1955 | The Case of the Deadly Prophecy |
4 April 1955 | The Christmas Pudding |
11 April 1955 | The Night Train Riddle |
18 April 1955 | The Case of the Violent Suitor |
25 April 1955 | The Case of the Baker Street Nursemaids |
2 May 1955 | The Case of the Perfect Husband |
9 May 1955 | The Case of the Jolly Hangman |
16 May 1955 | The Case of the Impostor Mystery |
23 May 1955 | The Case of the Eiffel Tower |
30 May 1955 | The Case of the Exhumed Client |
6 June 1955 | The Case of the Impromptu Performance |
20 June 1955 | The Case of the Baker Street Bachelors |
27 June 1955 | The Case of the Royal Murder |
4 July 1955 | The Case of the Haunted Gainsborough |
11 July 1955 | The Case of the Neurotic Detective |
18 July 1955 | The Case of the Unlucky Gambler |
19 September 1955 | The Case of the Diamond Tooth |
17 October 1955 | The Case of the Tyrant's Daughter |