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All episodes written by Bert Coules
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner

Sherlock Holmes  Clive Merrison
John Watson  Andrew Sachs

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  • SERIES ONE
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  • The Madness of Colonel Warburton
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  • Of all the problems which have been submitted to my friend Sherlock Holmes for solution, there were only two which I was the means of introducing to his notice: that of Mr Hatherley's thumb and that of Colonel Warburton's madness... The Engineer's Thumb
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  • Colonel Warburton  Timothy West
  • Mrs Bessmer  Eleanor Bron
  • Mr Bessmer  Struan Rodger
  • Michael Warburton  Jamie Newall
  • Sir Robert  David Bannerman
  • Mrs Fryer  Clare Corbett
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  • First broadcast 30th January 2002
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  • The Star of the Adelphi
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  • You remember the woman at Margate whom I suspected because she sat with the light at her back? I thought she wanted to conceal her expression. No powder on her nose - that proved to be the correct solution. How can you build on such a quicksand? The Second Stain
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  • Prince  John Bett
  • Graves  Philip Anthony
  • William Terriss  Andrew Wincott
  • Mrs Terriss  Richenda Carey
  • Mrs Charlton  Jasmine Hyde
  • Mr Charlton  David Bannerman
  • Jessie  Helen Ayres
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  • First broadcast 6th February 2002
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  • The Peculiar Persecution of Mr John Vincent Harden
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  • Holmes was immersed at the moment in a very abstruse and complicated problem concerning the peculiar persecution to which Mr John Vincent Harden, the well-known tobacco millionaire, had been subjected. The Solitary Cyclist
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  • Mrs Harden  Jane Asher
  • Philips  David Thorpe
  • Annie  Clare Corbett
  • Smith  Peter Darney
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  • First broadcast 13th February 2002
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  • The Singular Inheritance of Miss Gloria Wilson
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  • Among these unfinished tales is that of Mr James Phillimore, who, stepping back into his own house to get his umbrella, was never more seen in this world. Thor Bridge
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  • Gloria  Toyah Willcox
  • James Phillimore  Roy Hudd
  • Insp Jones  Siôn Probert
  • Ringmaster  Sean Baker
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  • First broadcast 20th February 2002
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  • The Saviour of Cripplegate Square
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  • Holmes smiled gently. 'I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money'. The Sign of the Four
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  • Collington Smith  Tom Baker
  • Mrs Guttridge  Siobhan Redmond
  • Mr Guttridge  David Holt
  • Jenny Snell  Jasmine Hyde
  • Doctor  Andrew Wincott
  • Landlady  Helen Ayres
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  • First broadcast 27th February 2002
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  • Series violinists  Leonard Friedman, Bernard Docherty
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  • All episodes 45 minutes
  • Series recorded October 2001
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  • SERIES TWO
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  • The Abergavenny Murder
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  • We are very busy at present. The Abergavenny murder is coming up for trial. The Priory School
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  • The client  Ioan Meredith
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  • First broadcast 18th May 2004
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  • The Shameful Betrayal of Miss Emily Smith
  • You remember that terrible murderer Bert Stevens, who wanted us to get him off? The Norwood Builder
  • Bert Stevens  Mark Gatiss
  • Emily Smith  Jaimi Barbakoff
  • Insp Dawkins  Christian Rodska
  • Dr Trantor  Philip Fox
  • Mrs Trantor  Rachel Atkins
  • Alfred Laurenson  Chris Moran
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  • First broadcast 25th May 2002
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  • The Tragedy of Hanbury Street
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  • ...the terrible death of Crosby the banker. The Golden Pince-Nez
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  • Mrs Adams  Lindsay Duncan
  • Miss Wallace  Colette O'Neil
  • Charlotte  Lydia Leonard
  • Matthew Crosby  John Rowe
  • Jonathan Crosby  Chris Moran
  • Treeves  Philip Fox
  • Mrs Quilley  Frances Jeater
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  • First broadcast 1st June 2002
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  • The Determined Client
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  • As I turn over the pages of my notebooks I find an account of the Addleton tragedy... The Golden Pince-Nez
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  • Caroline Addleton  Fritha Goodey
  • William Addleton  Ian Masters
  • Thomas Addleton  Philip Fox
  • Frederick Addleton  Rhys Meredith
  • Mrs Sinden  Joanna McCallum
  • Lawyer  John Rowe
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  • First broadcast 8th June 2004
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  • The Striking Success of Miss Franny Blossom
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  • ...he had exposed the atrocious conduct of Colonel Upwood in connection with the famous card scandal of the Nonpareil Club. The Hound of the Baskervilles
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  • Mrs Ricoletti  Maggie Steed
  • Colonel Upwood  Geoffrey Whitehead
  • Insp Lestrade  Stephen Thorne
  • Harold Upwood  Scott Brooksbank
  • Catterall  Philip Fox
  • Nicholson  John Rowe
  • Maid  Alice Hart
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  • First broadcast 15th June 2004
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  • Series violinist  Leonard Friedman
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  • All episodes 45 minutes
  • Series recorded December 2003 - February 2004
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  • SERIES THREE
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  • The Remarkable Performance of Mr Frederick Merridew
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  • Merridew of abominable memory. The Empty House
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  • Merridew  Hugh Bonneville
  • Charlotte  Jill Cardo
  • Stamford  Malcolm Tierney
  • Sgt Fragson  Jonathan Tafler
  • Flora  Donnla Hughes
  • George  Stephen Critchlow
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  • First broadcast 26th December 2008
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  • The Eyes of Horus
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  • Ah, Wilson, I see you have not forgotten the little case in which I had the good fortune to help you?
    No sir, indeed I have not. You saved my good name, and perhaps my life. The Hound of the Baskervilles
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  • Insp Lestrade  Stephen Thorne
  • Lady Mallory  Colette O'Neil
  • Lofting  Stephen Critchlow
  • Wilson  Jonathan Tafler
  • Mrs Hartnell  Janice Acquah
  • Sergeant  Malcolm Tierney
  • Constable  Paul Rider
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  • First broadcast 2nd January 2009
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  • The Thirteen Watches
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  • Lord Backwater tells me that I may place implicit reliance upon your judgment and discretion. The Noble Bachelor
    Also based on Doyle's non-Holmes story The Man With the Watches
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  • Sir Gregory  Nigel Anthony
  • Insp Jones  Siôn Probert
  • James Harkness  Stuart Milligan
  • Sam  Inam Mirza
  • Ted  Robert Lonsdale
  • Landlady  Donnla Hughes
  • Sergeant  Dan Starkey
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  • First broadcast 9th January 2009
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  • The Ferrers Documents
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  • ...we are very busy at present. I am retained in this case of the Ferrers Documents... The Priory School
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  • Insp Lestrade  Stephen Thorne
  • Constable Dawkins  Thomas Arnold
  • Robert Ferrers  Jonathan Tafler
  • Alice Ferrers  Donnla Hughes
  • George Radcliffe  Gunnar Cauthery
  • Mrs Radcliffe  Janice Acquah
  • Shinwell Johnson  Dan Starkey
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  • First broadcast 16th January 2009
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  • Series violinist  Leonard Friedman
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  • All episodes 45 minutes
  • Series recorded October 2008
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  • SERIES FOUR
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  • The Marlbourne Point Mystery
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  • The source of these outrages is known, and if they are repeated I have Mr Holmes's authority for saying that the whole story concerning the politician, the lighthouse, and the trained cormorant will be given to the public. There is at least one reader who will understand. The Veiled Lodger
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  • Mycroft Holmes  James Laurenson
  • Constable Powell  Piers Wehner
  • Mr Lade  Richard Dillane
  • Sir Charles Steele  Nigel Hastings
  • Mrs Chang  Pik-Sen Lim
  • Harold Jefferstone  Joseph Cohen-Cole
  • Mr Jefferstone  Bruce Alexander
  • Dr Scanlon  John Biggins
  • Elizabeth  Tessa Nicholson
  • Postmaster  Bert Coules
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  • First broadcast 5th and 6th April 2010
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  • Series violinists  Leonard Friedman, Ian Humphries
  • Musical director  Michael Haslam
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  • Two forty-five minute episodes
  • Series recorded December 2009
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