Overview
The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr. Watson suspects something more and goes to his old friend Holmes, now retired and at very loose ends.
Production
BBC
Cast & Characters
Rupert Everett
Sherlock Holmes
Ian Hart
Dr. Watson
Nicholas Palliser
Dr. Dunwoody
Neil Dudgeon
Lestrade
Anne Carroll
Mrs Hudson
Tamsin Egerton
Miranda Helhoughton
Perdita Weeks
Roberta Massingham
Michael Fassbender
Charles Allen
Helen McCrory
Mrs. Vandeleur
Julian Wadham
Hugo Massingham
Guy Henry
Mr. Bilney
Jennifer Moule
Georgina Massingham
Directors & Crew
Simon Cellan Jones
Director
Allan Cubitt
Writer
Elinor Day
Producer
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