The great detective painfully recollects shrugging his shoulders upon the case of the violent death of a sadistic husband.

How could he have overlooked the significance of some wine glasses?

Starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale was first published in The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1904.

Adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson …. Norman Shelley
Hopkins …. Hugh Dickson
Lady Brackenstall …. Josephine Price
Theresa …. Coral Fairweather
Croker …. Peter Claughton
The Manager …. Douglas Storm

Producer: Robin Midgley

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1962. Show less