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by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Michael Hardwick with Carlton Hobbs and Norman Shelley
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the mystery of how a priceless gem came to be in the crop of somebody's Christmas goose.
(Broadcast on December 25, 1961, in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Author:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted by:
Michael Hardwick
Producer:
Robin Midgley
Dr Watson:
Norman Shelley
Sherlock Holmes:
Carleton Hobbs
Peterson:
Will Leighton
Henry Baker:
Kenneth Dight
Windigate:
Derek Birch
Breckinridge:
Wilfred Babbage
Bill:
Keith Buckley
James Ryder:
John Pullen
Maggie:
Pauline Wynn

from Guildhall, London
NIGEL COXE (piano)
CHOIR OF THE
GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conducted by GORDON THORNE t A lunchtime concert given in Guildhall in the City of London by the BBC and the Corporation of London on December 6
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Contributors

Piano:
Nigel Coxe
Conducted By:
Gordon Thorne

From Leeds
Introduced by Professor G. P. WELLS
Listeners' questions about science answered by J B. CRAGG
NEVILLE MORAY
GEORGE PORTER
JAMES RING t Arranged by ARCHIE CLOW
Questions for future programmes to Who Knows? c/o BBC, Broadcasting House. London, W.I

Contributors

Introduced By:
Professor G. P. Wells
Unknown:
J B. Cragg
Unknown:
Neville Moray
Unknown:
George Porter
Arranged By:
Archie Clow

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