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* AmbiguouslyGay: In "The Thirteen Watches", [[spoiler: Harkness, while he can't bring himself to say so, clearly believes that his brother Ted and Ted's partner-in-crime Sam are also partners in other ways. They call each other "Sammy" and "Teddy" and Sam is so distraught about accidentally killing Ted that he commits suicide, but the truth is never revealed. (There's also a bit of AmbiguousGenderIdentity; Ted insists he's only DisguisedAsDrag as part of the con, but his brother isn't convinced.)]]
* AnalogyBackfire: In "The Thirteen Watches", Athelney Jones insists he might not have Holmes's deductive abilities, but he has good instincts, asking Holmes "Remember the Sholto brothers?" Holmes sardonically replies "Vividly," but doesn't bother to point out that in ''Literature/TheSignOfFour'', Jones's instincts were wrong every step of the way.
* AnalogyBackfire: In "The Thirteen Watches", Athelney Jones insists he might not have Holmes's deductive abilities, but he has good instincts, asking Holmes "Remember the Sholto brothers?" Holmes sardonically replies "Vividly," but doesn't bother to point out that in ''Literature/TheSignOfFour'', Jones's instincts were wrong every step of the way.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: In "The Thirteen Watches", [[spoiler: Harkness, while he can't bring himself to say so, clearly believes that his brother Ted and Ted's partner-in-crime Sam are also partners in other ways. They call each other "Sammy" and "Teddy" and Sam is so distraught about accidentally killing Ted that he commits suicide, but the truth is never revealed. (There's also a bit of AmbiguousGenderIdentity; Ted insists he's only DisguisedAsDrag as part of the con, but his brother isn't convinced.)]]
* AnalogyBackfire: In "The Thirteen Watches", Athelney Jones insists he might not have Holmes's deductive abilities, but he has good instincts, asking Holmes "Remember the Sholto brothers?" Holmes sardonically replies "Vividly," but doesn't bother to point out that in ''Literature/TheSignOfFour'', Jones's instincts were wrong every step of the way.
* AnalogyBackfire: In "The Thirteen Watches", Athelney Jones insists he might not have Holmes's deductive abilities, but he has good instincts, asking Holmes "Remember the Sholto brothers?" Holmes sardonically replies "Vividly," but doesn't bother to point out that in ''Literature/TheSignOfFour'', Jones's instincts were wrong every step of the way.
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* MythologyGag: In "The Star of the Adelphi", when Holmes learns Terris was appearing in a play by the American writer William Gillette, he responds with a dismissive "[[Theatre/SherlockHolmes Never heard of him.]]"
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* BottleEpisode: "The Abernetty Murder" is set entirely in 221B and apart from a few muttered (but significant) words from the AlmostDeadGuy, the only characters are Holmes and Watson.
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* DolledUpInstallment: "The Thirteen Watches" is based on "The Man With the Watches", a non-Holmes mystery by Doyle. (Although it does have a reference to "a well-known criminal investigator" who believes in scientific deduction and accepting the improbable if the alternative is impossible ... and who comes up with same completely wrong theory that the radio version attributes to Athelney Jones.)
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* AmbiguouslyGay: In "The Thirteen Watches", [[spoiler: Harkness, while he can't bring himself to say so, clearly believes that his brother Ted and Ted's partner-in-crime Sam are also partners in other ways. They call each other "Sammy" and "Teddy" and Sam is so distraught about accidentally killing Ted that he commits suicide, but the truth is never revealed.]]
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* AmbiguouslyGay: In "The Thirteen Watches", [[spoiler: Harkness, while he can't bring himself to say so, clearly believes that his brother Ted and Ted's partner-in-crime Sam are also partners in other ways. They call each other "Sammy" and "Teddy" and Sam is so distraught about accidentally killing Ted that he commits suicide, but the truth is never revealed.]] (There's also a bit of AmbiguousGenderIdentity; Ted insists he's only DisguisedAsDrag as part of the con, but his brother isn't convinced.)]]
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* AmbigouslyGay: In "The Thirteen Watches", [[spoiler: Harkness, while he can't bring himself to say so, clearly believes that his brother Ted and Ted's partner-in-crime Sam are also partners in other ways. They call each other "Sammy" and "Teddy" and Sam is so distraught about accidentally killing Ted that he commits suicide, but the truth is never revealed.]]
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* AmbigouslyGay: AmbiguouslyGay: In "The Thirteen Watches", [[spoiler: Harkness, while he can't bring himself to say so, clearly believes that his brother Ted and Ted's partner-in-crime Sam are also partners in other ways. They call each other "Sammy" and "Teddy" and Sam is so distraught about accidentally killing Ted that he commits suicide, but the truth is never revealed.]]
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* AmbigouslyGay: In "The Thirteen Watches", [[spoiler: Harkness, while he can't bring himself to say so, clearly believes that his brother Ted and Ted's partner-in-crime Sam are also partners in other ways. They call each other "Sammy" and "Teddy" and Sam is so distraught about accidentally killing Ted that he commits suicide, but the truth is never revealed.]]
* AnalogyBackfire: In "The Thirteen Watches", Athelney Jones insists he might not have Holmes's deductive abilities, but he has good instincts, asking Holmes "Remember the Sholto brothers?" Holmes sardonically replies "Vividly," but doesn't bother to point out that in ''Literature/TheSignOfFour'', Jones's instincts were wrong every step of the way.
* AnalogyBackfire: In "The Thirteen Watches", Athelney Jones insists he might not have Holmes's deductive abilities, but he has good instincts, asking Holmes "Remember the Sholto brothers?" Holmes sardonically replies "Vividly," but doesn't bother to point out that in ''Literature/TheSignOfFour'', Jones's instincts were wrong every step of the way.
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* VerbalBackspace: In "The Thirteen Watches", when Sir Gregory Backwater is discussing Holmes with Watson:
-->'''Sir Gregory''': I wasn't expecting him to be quite so ... abrupt.\\
'''Watson''': It's just his way. One gets used to it. In time.\\
'''Holmes''': Watson! Come here!\\
'''Watson''': ...More or less.
-->'''Sir Gregory''': I wasn't expecting him to be quite so ... abrupt.\\
'''Watson''': It's just his way. One gets used to it. In time.\\
'''Holmes''': Watson! Come here!\\
'''Watson''': ...More or less.
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* LoopholeAbuse: In "The Remarkable Performance of Mr Frederick Merridew", Watson believes there's something odd about a murder he witnessed, even though the police believe it to be an open and shut case. Holmes sympathises, but points out he can't go investigating based on Watson's feelings when he doesn't even have a client. So Watson hires him.
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* LoopholeAbuse: In "The Remarkable Performance of Mr Frederick Merridew", Watson believes there's something odd about a murder he witnessed, even though the police believe it to be an open and shut case.OpenAndShutCase. Holmes sympathises, but points out he can't go investigating based on Watson's feelings when he doesn't even have a client. So Watson hires him.
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There have been many adaptations of Literature/SherlockHolmes over the years, on [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes film, TV, and radio]]. But the series of dramatizations done by Creator/TheBBC for Radio 4 between 1989 and 1998 are unique in that the Beeb managed to do what nobody has done before or since -- they adapted '''every one of the fifty-six short stories and four novels''' by Sir Creator/ArthurConanDoyle and each production featured the same actors playing Holmes and Watson -- Clive Merrison and the late Michael Williams (Creator/JudiDench's husband). The series was produced and chiefly adapted by Bert Coules.
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There have been many adaptations of Literature/SherlockHolmes over the years, on [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes film, TV, and radio]]. But the series of dramatizations done by Creator/TheBBC for Radio 4 between 1989 and 1998 are unique in that the Beeb managed to do what nobody has done before or since -- and only one decades later production has done since-- they adapted '''every one of the fifty-six short stories and four novels''' by Sir Creator/ArthurConanDoyle and each production featured the same actors playing Holmes and Watson -- Clive Merrison and the late Michael Williams (Creator/JudiDench's husband). The series was produced and chiefly adapted by Bert Coules.
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* KarmaHoudini: In "The Remarkable Performance of Mr Frederick Merridew", Holmes deduces the truth of the matter, but can't prove it. His only consolation is the thought that the murderer, believing himself untouchable, might act again. The episode ends with [[spoiler: Merridew working a gloating "confession" into his stage act, where nobody will take it seriously.]]
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* LoopholeAbuse: In "The Remarkable Performance of Mr Frederick Merridew", Watson believes there's something odd about a murder he witnessed, even though the police believe it to be an open and shut case. Holmes sympathises, but points out he can't go investigating based on Watson's feelings when he doesn't even have a client. So Watson hires him.
