Good Night, Mr. Holmes

Goodnight, Mr. Holmes is a podcast about the Grenada Sherlock Holmes, which ran on ITV in the UK between 1984 and 1994, and ran on Masterpiece Mystery in the US around the same time. Two opinionated Sherlock Holmes fans discuss the Granada Sherlock Holmes series starring Jeremy Brett. Side discussions include, but are not limited to: feminism, colonialism, the ambiguity of war wound locations, continuity or the lack thereof (mostly lack), Harry & Meghan, and Cobra Kai.

Episodes

The Abbey Grange

Jun 17, 2025

Jun 17, 2025

1 hr 5 min

Sir Eustace Brackenstall has been murdered, and Holmes and Watson rush to the crime scene. But all is not as it seems. A bell-pull, some empty glasses of port, and a "multiplex" tool (who knew they had Swiss army knives back in the day) with a corkscrew in it prove to be the deciding factors in what would be a locked room mystery...were it not for the open window.

Jun 17, 2025

1 hr 5 min

Jun 2, 2025

1 hr 12 min

Holmes - somewhat reluctantly, and incidentally on drugs - takes Watson to visit his old school acquaintance Reginald Musgrave, the scion of one of the oldest families in Sussex. Musgrave's butler has been acting very strangely, and there's an ancient document - a ritual - that has haunted the family since the 17th Century. Can Holmes and Watson solve the case? Of course they can - that's a given. But what else is entailed? That's the fun part.

Jun 2, 2025

1 hr 12 min

The Second Stain

May 27, 2025

May 27, 2025

1 hr 4 min

Holmes and Watson are visited by none other than the Prime Minister, whose Foreign Secretary has somehow lost a very important diplomatic letter. Is it a plot, of international intrigue? Or something a little closer to home? A bloodstained rug that doesn't quite line up provides Holmes with the key to the mystery.

May 27, 2025

1 hr 4 min

The Priory School

May 19, 2025

May 19, 2025

1 hr 4 min

The heir to the Duke of Holdernesse has disappeared from his posh school. Eton jackets, bicycle tires, and a search around the moors of Yorkshire leads to the limestone caves of the Hellfire Club - a site of debauchery so appealing, Benjamin Franklin visited more than once.

May 19, 2025

1 hr 4 min

The Empty House

May 8, 2025

May 8, 2025

51 min

Sherlock Holmes's remarkable return to Baker Street, as he eliminates the last of Moriarty's gang and Watson, for some inexplicable reason, dons a fez.

May 8, 2025

51 min

The Final Problem

Apr 29, 2025

Apr 29, 2025

52 min

In the heartbreaking finale of the first season of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Watson writes of Holmes's final showdown with his nemesis Moriarty.

Apr 29, 2025

52 min

Apr 21, 2025

51 min

A red-haired shop-owner is presented with an amazing opportunity, meant only for red-haired men - come to an office and copy out the A volume of the Encyclopedia Britannica. But suddenly, he reports for work and the office is shut down. What’s going on? 

Apr 21, 2025

51 min

Apr 15, 2025

49 min

A young, successful doctor comes to Holmes because his benefactor, Mr. Blessington, is freaking out - terrible dreams, night sweats, hallucinations. Soon after, Blessington hangs himself. Or does he? Holmes and Watson uncover the real story.

Apr 15, 2025

49 min

Apr 10, 2025

56 min

A young lawyer is in peril - he'd just drawn up a will for a new client, who had made the young lawyer his sole heir. But the client - a builder in Lower Norwood - appears to be dead. The lawyer is being pursued by the police for murdering the builder. Can Holmes and Watson clear the lawyer's name?

Apr 10, 2025

56 min

Apr 7, 2025

59 min

We are introduced to Mycroft Holmes! He asks Holmes and Watson to investigate the case of a Greek translator who's been abducted and forced to translate for nefarious characters.

Apr 7, 2025

59 min

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