"Sherlock Holmes" was a British television series produced by Granada Television and broadcast from 1984 to 1994. Some episodes were broadcast under the title "The Return of Sherlock Holmes."
The series starred Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. Watson.
This episode is titled "The Man with the Twisted Lip" and was first broadcast on August 13, 1986. Sherlock Holmes is asked by a woman to find her husband who has disappeared. The story is set around 1889. One of the characters is a street beggar who is given small change. Several times British penny and halfpenny coins are shown.

A street beggar named Boone appears.

Boone has a twisted lip and other facial deformities. He recites Shakespeare quotations while holding out his hat and asking for money

The coins appear to be British bronze pennies.

A British penny of Queen Victoria:

Bronze, 30.8 mm, 9.45 gm

Obverse: Queen Victoria facing left
Reverse: Britannia seated with shield and holding spear, date below

A Mrs. St. Clair appears at 221B Baker Street, the residence of Holmes and Watson. Only Dr. Watson is there.

She explains that her husband Neville St. Clair left for work two days ago and has not returned. Holmes later appears and the pair visit Mrs. St. Clair's house.

Mrs. St. Clair shows Holmes a letter she received from her husband telling her not to worry. Holmes mentions that Neville might be visiting an opium den in a bad neighborhood.

Mrs. St. Clair visits the neighborhood and is accosted by beggars and children. She gives some money to a beggar.

The coins again appear to be British pennies. Mrs. St. Clair looks at a window and is shocked to see her husband.

She runs into the building but two men tell her that there is no one living upstairs. She later tells Holmes and Watson and they bring Inspector Bradstreet and some policemen to the building where Mrs. St. Clair sees some of her husband's clothes. The Inspector finds Boone the Beggar there and arrests Boone as a suspect in the murder of Neville St. Clair. At a nearby waterway Neville's coat is found and the pockets are full of British pennies and halfpennies.

The coins are again British pennies and halfpennies, some with Queen Victoria on them. Holmes, Watson, and Mrs. St. Clair return to her house and Holmes has an idea. Holmes and Watson visit the jail and Holmes uses a sponge to remove Boone's makeup revealing the face of Mr. St. Clair.

Neville explains that he discovered that he could make several hundred pounds a year as a beggar, more than he could make at a regular job, by using makeup and his knowledge of English literature.

Inspector Bradstreet releases Mr. St. Clair but warns him that Boone the Beggar is to disappear.

Mr. St. Clare quotes Shakespeare's Hamlet, "Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."

Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes
Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson
Clive Francis as Neville St. Clair
Eleanor David as Mrs. St. Clair
Denis Lill as Inspector Bradstreet
Director: Patrick Lau
Writers: Arthur Conan Doyle, John Hawkesworth, Alan Plater