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1. Revenge

The great detective meets Watson for the first time. Arthur Conan Doyle's classic stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.

London, 1881: a penniless doctor meets a curious young man with some extremely strange habits....

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first story of his legendary Baker Street detective, Sherlock Holmes, first published in 1887.

Starring Clive Merrison and Michael Williams

Dramatised in two parts by Bert Coules.

Sherlock Holmes ... Clive Merrison
Dr John Watson... Michael Williams
Stamford ...Paul Downing
Stangerson ... Matt Zimmerman
Alice ... Jane Slavin
Drebber ... Ed Bishop
Mrs Hudson ... Anna Cropper
Mme Charpentier... Marcia King
Inspector Gregson ... John Moffatt
Inspector Lestrade ... Donald Gee
PC Rance ... Michael Kilgarriff

Violin: Alexander Balanescu

Director: Ian Cotterell
Producer: David Johnston

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in November 1989.

1 hour

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The Sound of Sherlock

Incarnations of Holmes & Watson from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio vaults.