The Retired Colourman
A simple case of adultery and theft turns sinister for the detective and Dr Watson. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thriller from 1964.
"Burglary has always been an alternative profession and I have little doubt that I should have come to the front."
A simple case of adultery and theft turns sinister for Sherlock Holmes.
Starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective tale first published in 1926.
Adapted by Michael Hardwick
Josiah Amberle ...... John Ruddock
Reverend Elman ...... Garard Green
Inspector MacKinnon ...... Michael Kilgarriff
Mrs Hudson ...... Janet Morrison
Barker ...... Denis Goacher
Producer Graham Gauld
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1964.
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