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1. The Stockbroker's Clerk

Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 2
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Can the sleuth help a man who has received a rather curious offer? With Norman Shelley. From February 1960.

The Baker Street sleuth is consulted by a young stockbroker's clerk.

After months of unemployment, Hall Pycroft has been offered the biggest chance of his lifetime, but something curious seems to be going on.

Starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective tale first published in 1893.

Adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson …. Norman Shelley
Hall Pycroft …. Desmond Carrington
The Landlady …. Kathleen Helme
Arthur Pinner/Harry Pinner …. Hugh Manning

Carleton Hobbs played the Baker Street sleuth in 80 radio dramas between 1952 and 1969.

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1960.

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