The Man With the Twisted Lip

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Dr Watson goes gallantly in search of a missing husband at the 'Bar of Gold' opium den in Upper Swandam Lane. He has a curious encounter with a tall, old man whose eyes are dull, whose skin is wrinkled-and yet whose voice is at once familiar... Starring Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes. The actor played the Baker Street sleuth in 80 radio dramas between 1952 and 1969. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale originally appeared in 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' published in the Strand Magazine in 1891. Adapted by Michael Hardwick. Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs Doctor Watson …. Norman Shelley Inspector Bradstreet …. Ronald Baddiley Mrs St Clair …. Hilda Schroder Mrs Whitney …. Eva Stuart Boone …. Frederick Treves Mrs Watson …. Sylvia Coleridge Isa Whitney …. Robert Sansom The Coachman …. Garard Green The Constable …. Joe Sterne Producer: Frederick Bradnum First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1959.