The Illustrious Client

March 21, 1991

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Sherlock Holmes - S5 - E5

Colonel James Damery calls on Holmes when the rich and beautiful Miss Violet Merville announces her engagement to Baron Gruner, a dangerous Austrian. Gruner has persuaded Violet that he is not a killer, and Holmes has to establish the truth and foil the powerful baron.

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Sherlock Holmes: Season 5 - 6 Episode s

5x1 - The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
February 21, 1991
Watson, on holiday in the Lake District, meets the enigmatic Lady Frances Carfax, who is being haunted by the ghost of a horseman. Holmes decides to come up to join Watson, but by the time he arrives Lady Frances has vanished without trace. Holmes investigates and becomes very curious about the ghost.
5x2 - The Problem of Thor Bridge
February 28, 1991
Maria Gibson, the wife of a gold-mining millionaire, is found shot dead at their country house. Gibson asks Holmes to find his wife's killer and thus to clear the name of his children's governess, Miss Dunbar, who has been charged with the crime. Is Gibson acting as a kindly employer, and what are the hidden depths of the case?
5x3 - Shoscombe Old Place
March 7, 1991
Sir Robert Norberton stakes a huge amount (much of it borrrowed) on his horse Shoscombe Prince winning a race. His trainer thinks Sir Robert has gone mad and consults Holmes. Then one of the many creditors disappears and human bone is found in a furnace...
5x4 - The Boscombe Valley Mystery
March 14, 1991
Alice Turner sends for Holmes when her lifelong friend farmer William McCarthy is killed and police suspicion falls on his son, James. James McCarthy admits quarrelling with his father, but he will not explain what their argument was about.
5x5 - The Illustrious Client
March 21, 1991
Colonel James Damery calls on Holmes when the rich and beautiful Miss Violet Merville announces her engagement to Baron Gruner, a dangerous Austrian. Gruner has persuaded Violet that he is not a killer, and Holmes has to establish the truth and foil the powerful baron.
5x6 - The Creeping Man
March 28, 1991
The daughter of scientist Professor Presbury sees her father's face at her second-storey window; Holmes connects this with recent zoo thefts.

The Illustrious Client

Sherlock Holmes - S5 - E5

Sherlock Holmes: Season 5 - 6 Episode s

5x1 - The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

5x2 - The Problem of Thor Bridge

5x3 - Shoscombe Old Place

5x4 - The Boscombe Valley Mystery

5x5 - The Illustrious Client

5x6 - The Creeping Man

Sherlock Holmes: All seasons

S1: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

S2: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

S3: The Return of Sherlock Holmes

S4: The Return of Sherlock Holmes

S5: The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

S6: The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

S7: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes