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The Rivals

Series 1

2. Professor SFX Van Dusen: The Problem of Cell 13

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Now he's trying to get his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals.

He continues with the extraordinary story of Professor SFX Van Dusen, who thinks his way out of a locked prison cell.

Starring Paul Rhys and James Fleet.

Written by Jacques Futrelle.

Dramatised by Chris Harrald.

Lestrade . . . . . James Fleet
Van Dusen . . . . . Paul Rhys
Lucy . . . . . Alex Tregear
Fielding . . . . . Sean Baker
Merriman . . . . . Stuart McLoughlin
Hatch . . . . . Alun Raglan
O'Connor . . . . . Simon Bubb

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011. Show less

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