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Children's Hour

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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5.00 'The Boy with the Green Thumb'
A series of six stories written by Barbara Euphan Todd and told by Eve
4: 'The People Plant'

5.15 For Older Children
Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley in 'The Red-Headed League'
The fourth of six Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Scene: London in the year 1890

Contributors

Stories By:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised By:
Felix Felton
Producer:
Martyn C. Webster
Sherlock Holmes:
Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson:
Norman Shelley
Jabez Wilson, a pawnbroker:
Felix Felton
Peter Jones, of Scotland Yard:
Humphrey Morton
Duncan Ross, of the Red-Headed League:
Simon Lack
Vincent Spaulding:
Ian Holm
Mr Merryweather, a banker:
George Hagan
Source: Radio Times

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