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on BBC Home Service Basic

Portrait of an Old Man by KEVIN BARRY LAFFAN
Bert is old and tiresome, and a drain on his daughter and son-in-law with whom he lives. The hub and hope of his life is a portrait of himself, which everyone but Bert suspects is worthless. Yet the moment comes when it must be sold to meet expenses.
Produced by Norman Wright
3.30 The Man with the Twisted Lip by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Adapted for radio by Michael Hardwick with Carleton Hobbs , Norman Shelley
Dr. Watson goes gallantly in search of a missing husband at the ' Bar of Gold' opium den in Upper Swandam Lane, and 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.
Production by Frederick Bradnum
The recorded, broadcast of May 12, 1959, in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Barry Laffan
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Michael Hardwick
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Production By:
Frederick Bradnum
Bert:
Julian Somers
Angela:
Barbara Mitchell
Alf:
Tom Watson
Sherlock Holmes:
Carleton Hobbs
Doctor Watson:
Norman Shelley
Mrs Watsora:
Sylvia Coleridge
Mrs Whitney:
Eva Stuart
Isa Whitney:
Robert Sansom
Mrs St Clair:
Hilda Schroder
The Lascar:
Garardi Green
An Inspector:
Robert Sansom
A Constable:
Joe Sterne
Insp Bradstreet:
Ronald' Baddiley
Boone:
Frederick Treves

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