Episode 1
Some 100 years after the death of Sherlock Holmes, a manuscript is discovered in the vaults of Cox and Co. It recounts a case too shocking to be published in his lifetime.
Derek Jacobi reads the new, page turning Sherlock Holmes mystery by best selling author Anthony Horowitz. It is the first such project to be endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate.
Some hundred years after the death of Sherlock Holmes, a manuscript has been discovered in the vaults of Cox and Co in Charing Cross. It recounts the events of a 'missing' Sherlock Holmes case, a case written up by Dr Watson for the sake of completing the Holmes canon but considered by him to be too shocking to be published in his lifetime. Only now can the full story be told...
Abridged by Jane Marshall
Producer: Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall Production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Mon 7 Nov 201122:45BBC Radio 4
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