

The final of seven programmes starring Jeremy Brett as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'consulting detective' Sherlock Holmes, primarily due to Brett's declining health. Adapts six short stories: The Three Gables, The Dying Detective, The Golden Pince-Nez, The Red Circle, The Mazarin Stone, and The Cardboard Box.
After her grandson's death, an old woman consults Holmes, after refusing a strange offer to buy her house including all its contents.
Aired: 3/7/1994When Victor Savage begins using opium and behaving strangely, his wife consults Holmes. Victor dies, and Holmes suspects his cousin, knowledgeable in rare diseases.