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A Case of Identity

Sherlock HolmesThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Episode 3 of 12

The detective agrees to help locate a missing husband, but can he do so without leaving 221B Baker Street? Stars Clive Merrison.

What has happened to the bridegroom who vanished at the church door on the morning of his wedding?

One of a collection of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about the immortal Baker Street detective - first published in 1891.

Starring Clive Merrison and Michael Williams

Dramatised by Bert Coules.

Sherlock Holmes .... Clive Merrison
Dr Watson .... Michael Williams
Mary Sutherland .... Susannah Corbett
Windibank .... Ralph Bates
Mrs Windibank .... Auriol Smith
Cabbie .... Ian Lindsay

Violinists: Leonard Friedman and Alexander Balanescu

Director: Enyd Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1990.

45 minutes

Last on

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