The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

A young woman reaches out to Sherlock Holmes for assistance. She wants him to exonerate her boyfriend, who has been accused of murdering his father, a farmer whose body was discovered bludgeoned beside the nearby lake in the quiet countryside.

The Boscombe Valley Mystery is a programme presented as an episode‑style entry in the Sherlock Holmes canon. It is billed simply as a mystery‑drama, with the familiar detective at its centre, and is listed under the genre “episode”. In this instalment a young woman reaches out to Holmes, pleading for his assistance in proving her boyfriend’s innocence. She claims that he has been charged with the murder of his own father – a farmer whose body was discovered beside a lake, the victim having suffered a fatal blow to the head. The case hinges on the circumstances of that bludgeoning, and she hopes Holmes’s reputation for uncovering hidden truths will clear her partner’s name. The narrative centres on the grim scene by the water, where the farmer’s lifeless form was found, and on the desperate appeal from the girl who believes the accusation is a miscarriage of justice. Holmes is drawn into the investigation, tasked with untangling the facts surrounding the violent death and determining whether the boyfriend truly bears responsibility. Ultimately, the episode follows Holmes as he scrutinises the evidence, interrogates the claims, and works to establish whether the young man can be exonerated from the charge of killing his father. The story remains focused on that single, urgent request for help and the mystery it creates.