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The detective goes to convalesce in Surrey but his skills are soon put to the test. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thriller from 1961.

The great detective has been ill so Dr Watson arranges for him to have a few days in the country to convalesce.

But even on holiday, Holmes cannot resist solving a mystery...

Starring Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tale originally appeared in ‘The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes' published 1893.

Adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson …. Norman Shelley
Ivan Samson as Colonel Hayter
The Butler …. Philip Leaver
Inspector Forrester …. Anthony Woodruff
Cunningham …. Wilfred Babbage
Alec Cunningham …. Malcolm Hayes
Acton …. Martin Lewis

Producer: Robin Midgley.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1961.

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30 minutes

Last on

Sat 2 Apr 202201:30
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