First broadcast 11th April 1994.
Susan Cushing asks Holmes' help in solving the disappearance of her sister Mary Browner, but it doesn't seem Holmes' type of case until he is told of a Christmas present's grisly contents.
Jeremy Brett ... Sherlock Holmes
Edward Hardwicke ... Doctor Watson
Rosalie Williams ... Mrs Hudson
Ciarán Hinds ... Jim Browner (as Ciaran Hinds)
Joanna David ... Susan Cushing
Deborah Findlay ... Sarah Cushing
Lucy Whybrow ... Mary Browner
Tom Chadbon ... Inspector Hawkins
Thierry Harcourt ... Marcel Jacottet
Richard Dixon ... Mr Bradbrook
Renny Krupinski ... Murdoch Gull
Andrew Readman ... Postman
Ann Rye ... Mrs Clyde
Rachel Smith ... Lucy
Andy Tomlinson ... Policeman
Hammy Havoc ... Child
