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Dramatised by Hugh Leonard
Starring Peter Cushing
and Nigel Stock as Dr Watson
and featuring Joe Melia as Joey Daly

'I should have missed the finest study I ever came across... the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life.'

(Colour)

Contributors

Author:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised by:
Hugh Leonard
Script Editor:
John Barber
Designer:
Stanley Morris
Producer:
William Sterling
Director:
Henri Safran
Sherlock Holmes:
Peter Cushing
Dr Watson:
Nigel Stock
Joey Daly:
Joe Melia
Joseph Stangerson:
Edward Bishop
Enoch Drebber:
Craig Hunter
Madame Charpentier:
Dorothy Edwards
Alice Charpentier:
Edina Ronay
Arthur Charpentier:
Larry Dann
PC Rance:
Michael Segal
PC Murcher:
Michael Goldie
Commissionaire:
Henry Kaye
Insp Gregson:
George A. Cooper
Inspector Lestrade:
William Lucas
Mrs Hudson:
Grace Arnold
Cabby:
Freddie Earlle
Wiggins:
Tony McLaren
Jefferson Hope:
Larry Cross

Gordon Wilkins covers the motoring news of the week with Michael Frostick and Judith Jackson.
Tonight's programme includes a road test in Ireland of the revolutionary new Citroen GS saloon, a surprising new report about women drivers, a driver's-eye view of the largest turbine lorry at the Commercial Motor Show and a full description of a new four-seater British sports car which is going into the show-rooms tomorrow.
(On the road again: page 5)
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Gordon Wilkins
Reporter:
Michael Frostick
Reporter:
Judith Jackson
Director:
Tony Salmon
Producer:
John Mills
Editor:
Brian Robins

A season of new feature films starring George Maharis, Nehemiah Persoff, Willi Koopman, James Shigeta

The Philippines: World War II. Two American soldiers escape from a Japanese prison camp.
Destination: Mindanao.
Objective: Hand over to the Allied Forces a top secret coding device.
Problem: A long and perilous journey through enemy territory.

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Harold Livingstone
From a story by:
Orville H. Hampton
Producer:
Jack Leewood
Director:
Don McDougall
Joe Walden:
George Maharis
Captain Kramer:
Nehemiah Persoff
Anne:
Willi Koopman
Lt Takahashi:
James Shigeta
Lt Parang:
Ronald Remy
Sokuri:
Vic Diaz
Captain Aquino:
Eddie Arenas
Zairin:
Gil de Leon

BBC Two England

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BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

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