claim: Riz Ahmed is not an award nominated actor.
evidence: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes -LRB- 1984 -- 1985 -RRB- , The Return of Sherlock Holmes -LRB- 1986 -- 1988 -RRB- , The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes -LRB- 1991 -- 1993 -RRB- and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , collectively known as Sherlock Holmes , are a series of adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle 's Sherlock Holmes stories which were produced by Granada Television and originally broadcast by ITV in the United Kingdom .. Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. Arthur Conan Doyle. Granada Television. Granada Television. ITV. ITV Network. The series starred Jeremy Brett as Holmes and David Burke -LRB- in the Adventures series -RRB- and Edward Hardwicke -LRB- Return , Case-Book , Memoirs -RRB- as Dr. Watson .. Jeremy Brett. Jeremy Brett. David Burke. David Burke ( British actor ). Edward Hardwicke. Edward Hardwicke. Dr. Watson. Dr. Watson. The programme adapted 42 of the original stories in 41 episodes , with 36 running for 50 minutes -LRB- in a one-hour timeslot -RRB- , and five being feature-length specials .. Adventures ran for two series totalling 13 episodes , from April to June 1984 and August to September 1985 .. Return ran for two series from July to August 1986 and April to August 1988 , as well as the specials `` The Sign of Four '' and `` The Hound of the Baskervilles '' , which aired on 29 December 1987 and 31 August 1988 respectively .. Case-Book ran for one series from February to March 1991 and three specials which aired on 2 January 1992 and 27 January and 3 February 1993 .. Memoirs ran for one series from March to April 1994 .. A short episode was also produced as part of `` The Four Oaks Mystery '' which aired during the ITV Telethon in 1992 .. ITV. ITV Network. ITV Telethon. ITV Telethon. Sherlock Holmes appeared in the first part , with the casts of Van der Valk , Taggart and Inspector Wexford appearing in the second , third and fourth parts respectively .. Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes. Van der Valk. Van der Valk ( TV series ). Taggart. Taggart. Inspector Wexford. Inspector Wexford. The series has been released on DVD in Regions 1 , 2 and 4 , and has been repeated on ITV3 and BBC Two .. DVD. DVD. Regions. DVD region code. ITV3. ITV3. BBC Two. BBC Two