PLOT: After the death of diplomat Henry Gropinger (an obvious parody of Henry Kissinger), the evil Professor Moriarty holds the world hostage with a threat to the end of civilisation as we know it. Representatives from around the world (including Indiana Jones’ actor Denholm Elliott) convene and decide to contact Sherlock Holmes’ grandson (John Cleese) to deal with the problem. Holmes, along with an incredibly dimwitted Watson (Arthur Lowe), come up with a plan to lure Moriarty out of hiding by having a gathering of the world’s greatest detectives.   REVIEW: Scattershot, but occasionally inspired, hour long feature from 1977
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