The Last Wetch

Another case for the Baker Street detective. At the end of the 18th century, Lamberley aristocrat Mrs St Clair was burned alive in her mansion by locals who blamed her for the bloody murder of local Boy Arnold Burrows. One hundred years later, Mrs St Clair's descendant John Stockton (Roy Marsden) dines with new village resident Bob Ferguson (Keith Barron), and when Ferguson's baby daughter dies suddenly afterwards, the old rumours begin to circulate again. Holmes (Jeremy Brett) and Watson (Edward Hardwicke) become involved when they hear the story from Lamberley's parish vicar (Maurice Denham), who neglects to inform them that the Mrs St Clairs are believed to be Witches!