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Holmes investigates murders where the victims receive pips in the mail. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thriller from 1966.

The great detective investigates murders presaged by the victims receiving dried orange pips through the mail.

Starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley.

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Doctor Watson …. Norman Shelley
John Openshaw …. William Eedle
Elias Openshaw …. Bruce Beeby
Joseph Openshaw …. James Thomason
Shipping Clerk …. Jonathan Scott

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1966.

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30 minutes

Last on

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