Another case for the Baker Street detective. At the end of the 18th century, Lamberley aristocrat Lord St Clair was burned alive in his mansion by locals who blamed him for the bloody murder of local girl Janet Burrows. One hundred years later, St Clair's descendant John Stockton (Roy Marsden) dines with new village resident Bob Ferguson (Keith Barron), and when Ferguson's baby son dies suddenly afterwards, the old rumours begin to circulate again. Holmes (Jeremy Brett) and Watson (Edward Hardwicke) become involved when they hear the story from Lamberley's parish vicar (Maurice Denham), who neglects to inform them that the St Clairs are believed to be vampires!
Director: Tim Sullivan
Producer: June Wyndham-Davis
Executive Producer: Sally Head
Writer: Jeremy Paul
Music: Patrick Gowers
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Actor: Jeremy Brett
Actor: Edward Hardwicke
Actor: Roy Marsden
Actor: Keith Barron
Actor: Maurice Denham
Actor: Elizabeth Spriggs
Actor: Freddie Jones
Actor: Hilary Mason
Actor: Stephen Tomlin
Actor: Yolanda Vasquez
Actor: Richard Dempsey
Actor: Juliet Aubrey
Actor: Jason Hetherington
Actor: Eileen O'Brien