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The detective probes strange duties required of a new governess. With Norman Shelley. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thriller from 1959.

When a young governess feels threatened by unknown dangers in a remote country house, the great detective and Watson are quick to fly to her aid...

Starring Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale originally appeared in 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' published in the Strand Magazine in 1891.

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Doctor Watson …. Norman Shelley
Violet Hunter …. Hilda Schroder
Miss Stoper/Mrs Rucastle …. Eva Stuart
Mr Rucastle …. Frederick Treves
Mrs Toller …. Fanny Carby

Adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Producer: Frederick Bradnum

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1959.

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30 minutes

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