Lestrade (1985–1992). He also played Moriarty in The Baker Street Boys (1982) Eric Porter as Professor Moriarty (1985–1986). He appeared in "The Red-Headed League", "The Final Problem" and "The Empty House". Archive footage was also used for "The Devil's Foot" and "The Eligible Bachelor". Charles Gray as Mycroft Holmes (1985, 1988, 1994). Played the same character in the 1976 film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution Brian Miller as Inspector Bradstreet on "The Blue Carbuncle" (1984), Denis Lill as Inspector Bradstreet (1986, 1988, 1994) on "The Man with the Twisted Lip", "The Bruce-Partington Plans" and "The Mazarin Stone" John Labonowski as Inspector Athelney Jones in "The Red-Headed League" (1985) Emrys James as Inspector Athelney Jones in "The Sign of Four" (1987) Paul Williamson as Inspector Stanley Hopkins in "The Abbey Grange" (1986) Nigel Planer as Inspector Stanley Hopkins in "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" (1994) Tom Chadbon as Inspector Hawkins in "The Red Circle" and "The Cardboard Box" (1994) The role of the servant Joe Barnes who impersonates Lady Beatrice in the 1991 episode "Shoscombe Old Place" was played by Jude Law, who later played Dr. Watson in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes and its 2011 sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Freddie Jones made two guest appearances in the show as different characters, appearing in "Wisteria Lodge" as Inspector Baynes and "The Last Vampyre" as a pedlar. Michael Wynne also made two guest appearances in the show as different characters, appearing in "Shoscombe Old Place" as Josiah Barnes and "The Mazarin Stone" as Commissionare Jenkins. Helen Ryan also made two guest appearances in the show as different characters, appearing in "The Norwood Builder" as Mrs McFarlane, and in "The Mazarin Stone" as the Princess of Wales (a role she previously played in Edward the Seventh). Episodes The programme ran for four series and 41 episodes: 36 ran for 50 minutes, and 5 were feature-length specials. Production The series was initially produced by Michael Cox, with later episodes produced by June Wyndham Davies. It was developed for television by screenwriter John Hawkesworth, who also wrote many of the episodes (all based on individual Doyle stories). Other writers to adapt Doyle's short stories in the series included Alexander Baron, Jeremy Paul, T. R. Bowen, and Alan Plater. Brett had been approached in February 1982 by Granada to play Holmes. The idea was to make a totally authentic and faithful adaptation of the