The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997)

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The Adventures of Shirley Holmes is a Canadian mystery TV series that originally aired from 1997 to 2000. The show was created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher who had produced a successful series of books with Harper Collins, teaming up with Credo and Forefront to develop the TV series. Filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the series follows the life of Shirley Holmes, the great grand-niece of Sherlock Holmes who, with the help of ex-gang member Bo Sawchuk, tackles a variety of mysteries in and around the fictional Canadian city of Redington. On some occasions, she found herself matching wits with archnemesis Molly Hardy. The show has been broadcast in over 80 countries and has been dubbed in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Norwegian, Polish and Turkish. Her performance in the show led to actress Meredith Henderson being nominated for a Gemini Award in 1998 and winning one in 1999. The show itself was twice nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Children's or Youth Program or Series" in 1998 and eventually won it in 1999. In the spring of 1998 Susin Nielsen won a Gemini Award in the category "Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program" for her screenplay of the episode "The Case of the Burning Building". In the same year, Elizabeth Stewart won a WGC Award from the Writers Guild of Canada for her writing of the episode "The Case of the Maestro's Ghost".

IMDb rating: 7.5 (444 votes)
Seasons: 4
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1997)

9.00 avg 13 episodes 8.4 → 8.9

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Case of the Burning Building	8.4	41
2	The Case of the Ruby Ring	8.9	30
3	The Case of the Liberated Beasts	9.3	29
4	The Case of the Precious Cargo	8.7	32
5	The Case of the Alien Abductions	9.6	31
6	The Case of the Blazing Star	9.2	32
7	The Case of the Maestro's Ghost	9.7	26
8	The Case of the Mystery Child	8.6	9
9	The Case of the King of Hearts	8.6	9
10	The Case of the Exact Change	8.5	8
11	The Case of the Cunning Coyote	9.3	31
12	The Case of the Singer's Secret	9.3	26
13	The Case of the Second Sight	8.9	28

Season 2 (1997)

9.05 avg 11 episodes 9.4 → 9.5

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Case of the Wannabe Witch	9.4	30
2	The Case of the Doggone Cats	9.5	26
3	The Case of Babyfingers	8.4	7
4	The Case of the Bouncing Baby	8.6	31
5	The Case of the Rising Moon	9.6	23
6	The Case of the Exploding Puppet	9.5	28
7	The Case of the Cryptic Creature	8.9	29
8	The Case of the Missing Marbles	8.8	30
9	The Case of the Mischievous Poltergeist	7.6	7
11	The Case of the Golden Cave	9.7	27
13	The Case of the Broken Oath	9.5	26

Season 3 (1998)

9.55 avg 8 episodes 9.6 → 9.6

Consistent

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	The Case of the Galloping Ghost	9.6	24
3	The Case of the Crooked Comic	9.2	7
7	The Case of the Code of Silence	9.3	26
9	The Case of the Real Fake	9.6	25
10	The Case of the Open Hand	9.7	28
11	The Case of the Ten Dollar Thief	9.7	27
12	The Case of the Miracle Mine	9.7	26
13	The Case of the Forbidden Mountain	9.6	26

Season 4 (1999)

9.15 avg 11 episodes 9.4 → 9.8

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Case of the Calculated Crime	9.4	29
2	The Case of the Dead Debutante	7.0	8
3	The Case of the Vanishing Virus	9.5	25
4	The Case of the Virtual Zeus	9.4	26
5	The Basket Case	9.0	30
7	The Case of the Perfect Boyfriend	9.3	27
8	The Case of the Falling Star	9.4	26
10	The Case of the Desperate Dancer	9.0	31
11	The Case of the Hidden Heart	9.3	27
12	The Case of the King Arthur's Alibi	9.5	25
13	The Case of the Dragon's Breath	9.8	28