The Reichenbach Irregulars

05/10/2026

Our website www.221b.ch got a facelift…

10/05/2026

A report from Reichenbach…!

Immaculately dressed in Victorian costume, Sherlock Holmes devotees gathered at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland to recreate the intrepid detective's fateful duel with his nemesis Professor Moriarty,…

04/05/2026

4th of May, Reichenbach Day!

As you may know, Granada TV's "The Final Problem" episode with Jeremy Brett, David Burke and Eric Porter was filmed on location at the Falls of Reichenbach, Switzerland, in October 1984. For the "death scene", two stuntmen actually jumped into the abyss... At the time, the "Daily Mirror" referred to it as “one of the most frightening television sequences ever made.”

Watch some recently rediscovered footage of the filming of the stunt, including some short interviews with director Alan Grint and Alf Joint (1927-2025), the stunt double for Professor Moriarty. The stunt double for Sherlock Holmes was Marc Boyle.

Schweiz, Meiringen, BE: Dreharbeiten zum Film "The final problem" / Stuntmen Marc Boyle und Alf Joint spielen den Sturz der von Schriftsteller Arthur Conan Doyle geschaffenen Romanfiguren Sherlock Holmes und James Moriarty in die Reichenbachfälle nach

01/04/2026

It was a great honour and pleasure to give His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador to Switzerland, James Squire, a private tour of the Sherlock Holmes Museum. The Game is Always Afoot!



Photo: David Birri

11/02/2026

Great news!

Diesen Frühling beginnen die Dreharbeiten zur historischen Serie «The Death of Sherlock» – mit starkem Schweiz-Bezug.

21/08/2025

„Auf den Spuren von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle und Sherlock Holmes“ - in Meiringen!

ORF Studio 2, 14.8.2025

Der britische Autor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle hat die Schweiz Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts und zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts beruflich und privat mehrfach bereist. Die landschaftliche Schönheit der Schweiz hat ihn so beeindruckt, dass er sogar seinen Romanhelden Sherlock Holmes dort sterben ließ.

23/07/2023

Missed our June outing in the Swiss Alps? Loved our June outing in the Swiss Alps? Read the wonderful account written and illustrated by Alex Katz, BSI, ASH!

20/02/2023

Doings of Doyle‘s latest podcast, by Paul M Chapman and Mark Jones, features „The Final Problem“ - a „must listen“!

Doings of Doyle

A podcast dedicated to the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Professor Challenger, Brigadier Gerard and Sherlock Holmes.

30/05/2022

"Musings on the amusements in the Canon"
A new Reichenbach Irregulars conference in alpine heights!

Hotel Le Bristol, Leukerbad, Switzerland Thursday, 1st June to Sunday, 4th June 2023

The Reichenbach Irregulars of Switzerland are delighted to announce a new conference due to take place from Thursday, 1st June to Sunday, 4th June 2023 in the relaxing alpine spa resort of Leukerbad which is a spectacular 5 minutes’ cable car ride away from the dramatic Gemmi Pass and the “melancholic Daubensee”, both key locations in The Final Problem.

16/05/2022

TV-Tipp für heute Abend - 3sat, 20.15 Uhr.

Die Rosenlauí-Linie von Meiringen nach Grindelwald gilt als eine der spektakulärsten Postauto-Routen der Schweiz.