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Afternoon Theatre: A Study in Scarlet

on BBC Home Service Basic

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle dramatised for radio by Michael Hardwick
with Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes, Norman Shelley as Dr. Watson

Enoch J. Drebber is murdered, and the only clue appears to be 'Rache' scrawled on a wall in letters of blood. But Sherlock Holmes perceives more than this, and with the aid of Dr. Watson embarks upon an extraordinary adventure.
Cast in order of speaking: [see below]

(Broadcast on Dec. 22, 1962)

Contributors

Author:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised by:
Michael Hardwick
Producer:
Norman Wright
Sherlock Holmes:
Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson:
Norman Shelley
Mrs Hudson:
Barbara Mitchell
Commissionaire:
Timothy West
Inspector Gregson:
Humphrey Morton
Inspector Lestrade:
Godfrey Kenton
Constable John Rance:
Donald McKillop
Wiggins:
David Valla
Madame Charpentier:
Vivienne Chatterton
Jefferson Hope:
Stuart Nichol
Joseph Stangerson:
Tom Whyte
Enoch J. Drebber:
Errol MacKinnon
Arthur Charpentier:
John Graham
Other parts played by:
Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

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