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Radio 4 Extra,25 Sep 1964,30 mins

SeriesSherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 5

The Red-Headed League

Sherlock Holmes

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A red-haired visitor asks the detective to probe a millionaire's bizarre job offer. Another case for the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. Starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective tale first published in 1891. Adapted by Michael Hardwick. Sherlock Holmes ...... Carleton Hobbs Dr Watson ...... Norman Shelley Jabez Wilson ...... Victor Lonad Vincent Spaulding ...... Peter Marinker Duncan Ross ...... Frank Dunn Inspector Jones ...... Gabriel Woolf Merryweather ...... Eric Andard Producer Graham Gauld First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1964.

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