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by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle dramatised for radio by Michael Hardwick
with Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes, Norman Shelley as Dr. Watson

Enoch J. Drebber is murdered, and the only clue appears to be 'Rache' scrawled on a wall in letters of blood. But Sherlock Holmes perceives more than this, and with the aid of Dr. Watson embarks upon an extraordinary adventure.
Cast in order of speaking: [see below]

(Broadcast on Dec. 22, 1962)

Contributors

Author:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised by:
Michael Hardwick
Producer:
Norman Wright
Sherlock Holmes:
Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson:
Norman Shelley
Mrs Hudson:
Barbara Mitchell
Commissionaire:
Timothy West
Inspector Gregson:
Humphrey Morton
Inspector Lestrade:
Godfrey Kenton
Constable John Rance:
Donald McKillop
Wiggins:
David Valla
Madame Charpentier:
Vivienne Chatterton
Jefferson Hope:
Stuart Nichol
Joseph Stangerson:
Tom Whyte
Enoch J. Drebber:
Errol MacKinnon
Arthur Charpentier:
John Graham
Other parts played by:
Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

For retired and older people, and for those concerned for their welfare
Keeping in Circulation: by the ' Today ' Doctor Scrap Collecting:
DODIE MASTERMAN invites you to share her hobby
Making a Few Coppers:
WALLACE ARTER
Introduced by KEN SYKORA who selects some records for listeners

Contributors

Unknown:
Dodie Masterman
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

Eleventh of twelve Toytown Plays by S. G. HULME BEAMAN
Produced by CLAIRE CHOVIL
Broadcast in April 1962

Contributors

Unknown:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Produced By:
Claire Chovil
Larry the Lamb:
Derek McCulloch
Narrator:
Derek McCulloch
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter Claughton
The Mayor of Toytown:
Felix Felton
Mr Growser:
John Glyn-Jones
Dennis the Dachshund:
Preston Lockwood
The Inventor:
Ivan Samson

by Somerset Maugham dramatised by HOWARD AGG with Raymond Huntley
Barbara Mitchell
Kenneth Hyde
An author unearths some disconcerting facts while preparing the biography of a famous novelist.
Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Howard Agg
Unknown:
Raymond Huntley
Unknown:
Barbara Mitchell
Unknown:
Kenneth Hyde
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Ashenden:
Raymond Huntley
Alroy Kear:
Kenneth Hyde
Lady Hodmarsh:
Olga Lindo
Amy Driffield:
Eva Stuart
Millicent, Duchess of Ewell:
Nicolette Bernard
Lord Scallion:
Gordon Gardner
Rosie Driffield:
Barbara Mitchell
Mary-Ann:
Mary O'Farrell
Ellen:
Sulwen Morgan
Vicar of Blackstable:
James Thomason
His wife:
Gladys Spencer
Mr Galloway:
Peter Bartlett
Mrs Barton Trafford:
Janet Burnell
Allgood Newton:
Hugh Manning

Concerto in D minor (R.Op.
38 No. 8) (Vivaldi)
Concerto Grosso in F major
Op. 6 No. 2 (Corelli)
Concerto in A minor (L'estro armonico No. 8) (Vivaldi) played by the VIRTUOSI DI ROMA
Conducted by RENATO FASANO on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Renato Fasano

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