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Radio 4 Extra,09 Oct 1964,30 mins

SeriesSherlock Holmes with Carleton Hobbs - Series 5

The Retired Colourman

Sherlock Holmes

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"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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