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Holmes and Watson investigate a lodger using coded messages. With Norman Shelley. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thriller from 1969.

The Baker Street sleuth investigates a lodger - and coded messages from a candle provides some vital clues...

Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley in their final series of tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories

Dramatised by Michael Hardwick.

Sherlock Holmes .... Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson .... Norman Shelley
Mrs Warren .... Grace Allardyce
Gennaro ....Robert Rietty
Inspector Gregson .... Humphrey Morton
Leverton ....Robert Howay
Emilia ....Gici Gatti

Producer: Graham Gauld

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in June 1969.

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30 minutes

Last on

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