Air date: 1964-05-17

Runtime: 50 min

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.

Air date: 1965-02-19

Runtime: 50 min

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. Holmes enlists the assistance of Kitty Winter, a woman whom the Baron used and threw aside, to get access to Gruner's album in which he has catalogued his conquests, to make Violet see him in his true light.

Air date: 1965-02-26

Runtime: 50 min

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.

Air date: 1965-03-05

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 1965-03-12

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 1965-03-19

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 1965-03-26

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 1965-04-02

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 1965-04-09

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 1965-04-16

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 1965-04-23

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 1965-04-30

Runtime: 50 min

Air date: 1965-05-07

Runtime: 50 min