The short introduction of Clive Merrison to the repeat of "The Final Problem" on BBC radio 4 in Michael Williams' memory, April 2001.
published: 15 Sep 2021
The Ferrers Documents (BBC Radio Drama) (Sherlock Holmes Radio Show)
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The Ferrers Documents (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on January 16, 2009.
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Stephen Thorne as Inspector Lestrade
Jonathan Tafler as Robert Ferrers
Thomas Arnold as Constable Thomas Dawkins
Donnla Hughes as Alice Ferrers
Gunnar Cauthery as George Radcliffe
Janice Acquah as Mrs Radcliffe
Dan Starkey as Shinwell Johnson
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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published: 14 Jan 2023
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1999) starring Clive Merrison
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Clive Merrison and Michael Williams are, so far, the only pair of actors to star as Holmes and Watson in adaptations of every single one of Conan Doyle's original stories. This 1999 adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles was the closing chapter in this epic, which had begun eleven years earlier with a different production of the same story. That first play had starred Roger Rees and Crawford Logan, and the series had followed from it - though Rees and Logan did not reprise their roles. In stepped Merrison and Williams and the rest is history.
(That 1988 adaptation is also available on the channel, along with a couple of other really good ones that are worth checking out)
Clive Merrison remains my favourite Holmes - his voice...
published: 08 Sep 2023
The Thirteen Watches (BBC Radio Drama) (Sherlock Holmes Radio Show)
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The Thirteen Watches
(BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 9 January 2009
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Siôn Probert as Inspector Athelney Jones
Nigel Anthony as Sir Gregory Backwater
Stuart Milligan as James Harkness
Inam Mirza as Sam Forrest
Robert Lonsdale as Ted Harkness
Donnla Hughes as Landlady
Dan Starkey as Sergeant
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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published: 07 Jan 2023
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (BBC Radio Drama) (Sherlock Holmes Radio Show)
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The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
(BBC Radio Drama) written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 26th January 1994
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Michael Williams as Dr John Watson
John Hartley as Mycroft Holmes
Jamie Glover as Cadogan West
Stephen Thorne as Inspector Lestrade
John Baddeley as Hugo Oberstein
John Moffatt as Sir James Walter
Donald Douglas as Colonel Valentine Walter
Vivienne as Violet Westbury
Anthony Newlands as The Prime Minister
John Evitts as Sidney Johnson
Pauline Yates as Mrs Johnson
Tiran Aakel as Matcham
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Dramatised for radio by Bert Coules
Directed by Enyd Williams
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published: 23 Dec 2023
CLIVE MERRISON The History Boys (2006)
Eyes, gestures, voice.. every little thing: perfect.
published: 03 Jul 2011
The Tragedy of Hanbury Street (BBC Radio Drama) (Sherlock Holmes Radio Show)
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The Tragedy of Hanbury Street (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 1 June 2004.
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Lindsay Duncan as Margaret Adams
Colette O'Neil as Miss Wallace
Lydia Leonard as Charlotte Adams/Alice
John Rowe as Matthew Crosby/Dr Kelly
Chris Moran as Dr Jonathan Crosby/Patient
Philip Fox as Treeves/Card Sharp
Frances Jeater as Mrs Quilley
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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published: 03 Dec 2022
The Abergavenny Murder (BBC Radio Drama) (Sherlock Holmes Radio Show)
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The Abergavenny Murder (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 18 May 2004.
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Ioan Meredith as James Davison
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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published: 19 Nov 2022
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Clive Merrison and Michael Williams
The audio series "The Hound of the Baskervilles" featuring Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr. Watson is a part of the BBC's complete radio adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The series, which aired between 1989 and 1998, is a fully dramatized BBC canon of Conan Doyle stories, with Clive Merrison and Michael Williams starring in the lead roles. The adaptation is known for its faithful retelling of the classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries, including "The Hound of the Baskervilles," and has been well-received by audiences and critics alike.
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The Ferrers Documents (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on J...
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The Ferrers Documents (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on January 16, 2009.
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Stephen Thorne as Inspector Lestrade
Jonathan Tafler as Robert Ferrers
Thomas Arnold as Constable Thomas Dawkins
Donnla Hughes as Alice Ferrers
Gunnar Cauthery as George Radcliffe
Janice Acquah as Mrs Radcliffe
Dan Starkey as Shinwell Johnson
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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The Ferrers Documents (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on January 16, 2009.
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Stephen Thorne as Inspector Lestrade
Jonathan Tafler as Robert Ferrers
Thomas Arnold as Constable Thomas Dawkins
Donnla Hughes as Alice Ferrers
Gunnar Cauthery as George Radcliffe
Janice Acquah as Mrs Radcliffe
Dan Starkey as Shinwell Johnson
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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Clive Merrison and Michael Williams are, so far, the only pair of actors to star as Holmes and Watson i...
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Clive Merrison and Michael Williams are, so far, the only pair of actors to star as Holmes and Watson in adaptations of every single one of Conan Doyle's original stories. This 1999 adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles was the closing chapter in this epic, which had begun eleven years earlier with a different production of the same story. That first play had starred Roger Rees and Crawford Logan, and the series had followed from it - though Rees and Logan did not reprise their roles. In stepped Merrison and Williams and the rest is history.
(That 1988 adaptation is also available on the channel, along with a couple of other really good ones that are worth checking out)
Clive Merrison remains my favourite Holmes - his voice lends the character a quality of particularly vulpine cunning, and Williams is excellent as the steadfast Watson. Sadly Michael Williams died fairly soon after his partnership with Merrison had reached this point of completion. He would, no doubt, have returned though - because Merrison's Holmes returned for further series of brand new adventures based on references to 'unseen' cases in the original stories. Andrew Sachs stepped in, making an excellent Watson - but Michael Williams can never be forgotten.
Williams had a small surprise during the making of this play because when they came to record a scene featuring Mrs Hudson, it was only then that he discovered they had cast his wife in the role. His wife, for those who don't know, was Dame Judi Dench - listen out for her brief cameo appearance!
MYSTERIOUS MAGPIE is a channel devoted to ghost and horror stories on British radio, and to dark tales of every kind. I have another channel, MYSTICAL MAGPIE, which is all about stories of fantasy, mythology, and adventure: https://www.youtube.com/@MysticalMagpie-wo5fn
If you're interested to know more about the century-long history of ghost and horror stories broadcast at Christmas on British television and radio, you might like to check out HOLLY WRAITHS (and its companion volume HOLLY TERRORS), an A-Z guide available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Lulu.com.
Holly Wraiths on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Holly-Wraiths-Stories-Christmas-Television/dp/B0BRPNV5QT/ref=sr_1_2?crid=19SPJYB8KTAJ0&keywords=holly+wraiths&qid=1693491353&sprefix=holly+wraiths%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-2
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Clive Merrison and Michael Williams are, so far, the only pair of actors to star as Holmes and Watson in adaptations of every single one of Conan Doyle's original stories. This 1999 adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles was the closing chapter in this epic, which had begun eleven years earlier with a different production of the same story. That first play had starred Roger Rees and Crawford Logan, and the series had followed from it - though Rees and Logan did not reprise their roles. In stepped Merrison and Williams and the rest is history.
(That 1988 adaptation is also available on the channel, along with a couple of other really good ones that are worth checking out)
Clive Merrison remains my favourite Holmes - his voice lends the character a quality of particularly vulpine cunning, and Williams is excellent as the steadfast Watson. Sadly Michael Williams died fairly soon after his partnership with Merrison had reached this point of completion. He would, no doubt, have returned though - because Merrison's Holmes returned for further series of brand new adventures based on references to 'unseen' cases in the original stories. Andrew Sachs stepped in, making an excellent Watson - but Michael Williams can never be forgotten.
Williams had a small surprise during the making of this play because when they came to record a scene featuring Mrs Hudson, it was only then that he discovered they had cast his wife in the role. His wife, for those who don't know, was Dame Judi Dench - listen out for her brief cameo appearance!
MYSTERIOUS MAGPIE is a channel devoted to ghost and horror stories on British radio, and to dark tales of every kind. I have another channel, MYSTICAL MAGPIE, which is all about stories of fantasy, mythology, and adventure: https://www.youtube.com/@MysticalMagpie-wo5fn
If you're interested to know more about the century-long history of ghost and horror stories broadcast at Christmas on British television and radio, you might like to check out HOLLY WRAITHS (and its companion volume HOLLY TERRORS), an A-Z guide available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Lulu.com.
Holly Wraiths on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Holly-Wraiths-Stories-Christmas-Television/dp/B0BRPNV5QT/ref=sr_1_2?crid=19SPJYB8KTAJ0&keywords=holly+wraiths&qid=1693491353&sprefix=holly+wraiths%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-2
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The Thirteen Watches
(BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 9 ...
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The Thirteen Watches
(BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 9 January 2009
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Siôn Probert as Inspector Athelney Jones
Nigel Anthony as Sir Gregory Backwater
Stuart Milligan as James Harkness
Inam Mirza as Sam Forrest
Robert Lonsdale as Ted Harkness
Donnla Hughes as Landlady
Dan Starkey as Sergeant
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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The Thirteen Watches
(BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 9 January 2009
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Siôn Probert as Inspector Athelney Jones
Nigel Anthony as Sir Gregory Backwater
Stuart Milligan as James Harkness
Inam Mirza as Sam Forrest
Robert Lonsdale as Ted Harkness
Donnla Hughes as Landlady
Dan Starkey as Sergeant
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
(BBC Radio Drama) written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Fir...
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The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
(BBC Radio Drama) written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 26th January 1994
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Michael Williams as Dr John Watson
John Hartley as Mycroft Holmes
Jamie Glover as Cadogan West
Stephen Thorne as Inspector Lestrade
John Baddeley as Hugo Oberstein
John Moffatt as Sir James Walter
Donald Douglas as Colonel Valentine Walter
Vivienne as Violet Westbury
Anthony Newlands as The Prime Minister
John Evitts as Sidney Johnson
Pauline Yates as Mrs Johnson
Tiran Aakel as Matcham
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Dramatised for radio by Bert Coules
Directed by Enyd Williams
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The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
(BBC Radio Drama) written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 26th January 1994
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Michael Williams as Dr John Watson
John Hartley as Mycroft Holmes
Jamie Glover as Cadogan West
Stephen Thorne as Inspector Lestrade
John Baddeley as Hugo Oberstein
John Moffatt as Sir James Walter
Donald Douglas as Colonel Valentine Walter
Vivienne as Violet Westbury
Anthony Newlands as The Prime Minister
John Evitts as Sidney Johnson
Pauline Yates as Mrs Johnson
Tiran Aakel as Matcham
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Dramatised for radio by Bert Coules
Directed by Enyd Williams
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The Tragedy of Hanbury Street (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radi...
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The Tragedy of Hanbury Street (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 1 June 2004.
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Lindsay Duncan as Margaret Adams
Colette O'Neil as Miss Wallace
Lydia Leonard as Charlotte Adams/Alice
John Rowe as Matthew Crosby/Dr Kelly
Chris Moran as Dr Jonathan Crosby/Patient
Philip Fox as Treeves/Card Sharp
Frances Jeater as Mrs Quilley
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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The Tragedy of Hanbury Street (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 1 June 2004.
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Lindsay Duncan as Margaret Adams
Colette O'Neil as Miss Wallace
Lydia Leonard as Charlotte Adams/Alice
John Rowe as Matthew Crosby/Dr Kelly
Chris Moran as Dr Jonathan Crosby/Patient
Philip Fox as Treeves/Card Sharp
Frances Jeater as Mrs Quilley
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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The Abergavenny Murder (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on ...
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The Abergavenny Murder (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 18 May 2004.
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Ioan Meredith as James Davison
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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The Abergavenny Murder (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 18 May 2004.
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Ioan Meredith as James Davison
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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The audio series "The Hound of the Baskervilles" featuring Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr. Watson is a part of the BBC's complete ...
The audio series "The Hound of the Baskervilles" featuring Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr. Watson is a part of the BBC's complete radio adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The series, which aired between 1989 and 1998, is a fully dramatized BBC canon of Conan Doyle stories, with Clive Merrison and Michael Williams starring in the lead roles. The adaptation is known for its faithful retelling of the classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries, including "The Hound of the Baskervilles," and has been well-received by audiences and critics alike.
The audio series "The Hound of the Baskervilles" featuring Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr. Watson is a part of the BBC's complete radio adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The series, which aired between 1989 and 1998, is a fully dramatized BBC canon of Conan Doyle stories, with Clive Merrison and Michael Williams starring in the lead roles. The adaptation is known for its faithful retelling of the classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries, including "The Hound of the Baskervilles," and has been well-received by audiences and critics alike.
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The Ferrers Documents (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on January 16, 2009.
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Stephen Thorne as Inspector Lestrade
Jonathan Tafler as Robert Ferrers
Thomas Arnold as Constable Thomas Dawkins
Donnla Hughes as Alice Ferrers
Gunnar Cauthery as George Radcliffe
Janice Acquah as Mrs Radcliffe
Dan Starkey as Shinwell Johnson
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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Clive Merrison and Michael Williams are, so far, the only pair of actors to star as Holmes and Watson in adaptations of every single one of Conan Doyle's original stories. This 1999 adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles was the closing chapter in this epic, which had begun eleven years earlier with a different production of the same story. That first play had starred Roger Rees and Crawford Logan, and the series had followed from it - though Rees and Logan did not reprise their roles. In stepped Merrison and Williams and the rest is history.
(That 1988 adaptation is also available on the channel, along with a couple of other really good ones that are worth checking out)
Clive Merrison remains my favourite Holmes - his voice lends the character a quality of particularly vulpine cunning, and Williams is excellent as the steadfast Watson. Sadly Michael Williams died fairly soon after his partnership with Merrison had reached this point of completion. He would, no doubt, have returned though - because Merrison's Holmes returned for further series of brand new adventures based on references to 'unseen' cases in the original stories. Andrew Sachs stepped in, making an excellent Watson - but Michael Williams can never be forgotten.
Williams had a small surprise during the making of this play because when they came to record a scene featuring Mrs Hudson, it was only then that he discovered they had cast his wife in the role. His wife, for those who don't know, was Dame Judi Dench - listen out for her brief cameo appearance!
MYSTERIOUS MAGPIE is a channel devoted to ghost and horror stories on British radio, and to dark tales of every kind. I have another channel, MYSTICAL MAGPIE, which is all about stories of fantasy, mythology, and adventure: https://www.youtube.com/@MysticalMagpie-wo5fn
If you're interested to know more about the century-long history of ghost and horror stories broadcast at Christmas on British television and radio, you might like to check out HOLLY WRAITHS (and its companion volume HOLLY TERRORS), an A-Z guide available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Lulu.com.
Holly Wraiths on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Holly-Wraiths-Stories-Christmas-Television/dp/B0BRPNV5QT/ref=sr_1_2?crid=19SPJYB8KTAJ0&keywords=holly+wraiths&qid=1693491353&sprefix=holly+wraiths%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-2
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The Thirteen Watches
(BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 9 January 2009
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Siôn Probert as Inspector Athelney Jones
Nigel Anthony as Sir Gregory Backwater
Stuart Milligan as James Harkness
Inam Mirza as Sam Forrest
Robert Lonsdale as Ted Harkness
Donnla Hughes as Landlady
Dan Starkey as Sergeant
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
(BBC Radio Drama) written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 26th January 1994
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Michael Williams as Dr John Watson
John Hartley as Mycroft Holmes
Jamie Glover as Cadogan West
Stephen Thorne as Inspector Lestrade
John Baddeley as Hugo Oberstein
John Moffatt as Sir James Walter
Donald Douglas as Colonel Valentine Walter
Vivienne as Violet Westbury
Anthony Newlands as The Prime Minister
John Evitts as Sidney Johnson
Pauline Yates as Mrs Johnson
Tiran Aakel as Matcham
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Dramatised for radio by Bert Coules
Directed by Enyd Williams
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The Tragedy of Hanbury Street (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 1 June 2004.
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Lindsay Duncan as Margaret Adams
Colette O'Neil as Miss Wallace
Lydia Leonard as Charlotte Adams/Alice
John Rowe as Matthew Crosby/Dr Kelly
Chris Moran as Dr Jonathan Crosby/Patient
Philip Fox as Treeves/Card Sharp
Frances Jeater as Mrs Quilley
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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The Abergavenny Murder (BBC Radio Drama) written by Bert Coules.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 18 May 2004.
Cast
Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes
Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson
Ioan Meredith as James Davison
Violin played by Leonard Friedman
Produced and directed by Patrick Rayner
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The audio series "The Hound of the Baskervilles" featuring Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr. Watson is a part of the BBC's complete radio adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The series, which aired between 1989 and 1998, is a fully dramatized BBC canon of Conan Doyle stories, with Clive Merrison and Michael Williams starring in the lead roles. The adaptation is known for its faithful retelling of the classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries, including "The Hound of the Baskervilles," and has been well-received by audiences and critics alike.
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