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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 Adventure of the Veiled Lodger

Drama: Classic & Period

12/10/2007

The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger

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A tragic story of love and revenge induces pity and sorrow in the great Sherlock Holmes.

A tragic story of love and revenge, hiding a long-buried secret, induces pity and sorrow in the great Sherlock Holmes.

A long-buried secret induces pity and sorrow in the Great Detective. 

Holmes and Watson learn the truth about the death of a lion tamer many years before, which left his wife horribly mutilated and hidden behind a veil. A tale of abuse and revenge fuelled by the ultimate betrayal of a lover and the physical and emotional scars it has left behind. 

Taken from 'The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes' published in 1927 some years after Holmes' death at the hands of Moriarty, this a story from the latter period of Sherlock Holmes mysteries. 

Read by James Nickerson.

Producer: Joanne Reardon

Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2004.

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