Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of the Four

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Sherlock Holmes

Drama: Crime

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1

Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective.

Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective - resident of 221B Baker Street.

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Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of the Four: 1. Timbertoe

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The Sign of the Four

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The great detective is bored, until a young woman arrives looking for her father.

The great detective is bored, until a young woman arrives looking for her father. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.

When criminals become unimaginative and crimes unchallenging, the Baker Street sleuth seeks stimulation elsewhere

But a young woman arrives looking for her father... 

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story of his legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes, first published in 1890.

Starring Clive Merrison and Michael Williams

Dramatised in two parts by Bert Coules.

Sherlock Holmes .... Clive Merrison
Dr John Watson .... Michael Williams
Jonathan Small .... Brian Blessed
Mary Morstan …. Moir Leslie
Abdullah Khan .... Amerjit Deu
Mrs Hudson .... Anna Cropper
Thaddeus Sholto .... Richard Tate
Major Sholto …. Michael Kilgarriff
Bartholomew Sholto .... John Bull
Inspector Jones .... Sion Probert

Violin: Alexander Balanescu

Director: Ian Cotterell
Producer: David Johnston

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1989.

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A young woman comes to Holmes and Watson looking for her father

A young woman comes to Holmes and Watson looking for her father. A tale of treasure and murder lurks not far behind

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