The Copper Beeches

Episode aired Aug 25, 1985
TV-PG
52m

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8.0/10

1.4K

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Joss Ackland and Natasha Richardson in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)

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Violet Hunter has been offered the role of governess at an estate in Hampshire but the employer insists that for the role she will be obliged to cut her hair short. Her perturbation at this ... Read allViolet Hunter has been offered the role of governess at an estate in Hampshire but the employer insists that for the role she will be obliged to cut her hair short. Her perturbation at this causes her to seek Sherlock Holmes's advice.Violet Hunter has been offered the role of governess at an estate in Hampshire but the employer insists that for the role she will be obliged to cut her hair short. Her perturbation at this causes her to seek Sherlock Holmes's advice.

Director
- Paul Annett
Writers
- Bill Craig
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

1.4K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Paul Annett
Writers
- Bill Craig
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Mystery

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Did you know

Trivia
The lecture about Watson's "creative liberties" with writing up cases is from the orginal "The Copper Beeches" short story.

Quotes
Dr. John Watson: What delightful little farms these are, don't you agree? Aren't they fresh and beautiful?
Sherlock Holmes: Do you know, Watson, it is one of the curses of having a mind with a turn like mine that I must look at everything with reference to my own special subject.
Dr. John Watson: Well, it doesn't make the scenery any less admirable, does it?
Sherlock Holmes: You look at these scattered houses, and you are impressed by their beauty. I look at them, and the only thought which comes to me is a feeling of their isolation and of the impunity with which crime may be committed there.
Dr. John Watson: Good heavens, who would associate crime with these dear old homesteads?
Sherlock Holmes: They always fill me with a sudden horror. It is my belief Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.