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A doctor asks the detective to investigate the odd behaviour of his business partner. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thriller from 1961.

Who are Dr Trevelyan's mysterious visitors and why do they seem less interested in his consultation than in his resident patient in the front room?

Another case for the great detective...

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
Dr Trevelyan …. Hamilton Dyce
Blessington …. Anthony Vicars
Ivan …. John Bryning
Count Egrovitch …. Earle Grey
Inspector Lanner …. Godfrey Kenton

Producer: Robin Midgley.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1961.

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30 minutes

Last on

Tue 5 Apr 202201:30
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