The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Clive Merrison and Michael Williams star as Holmes and Watson in this collection of stories from the unique fully dramatised BBC Radio 4 canon, based on Arthur Conan Doyle's original short stories. The twelve dramatisations are A Scandal in Bohemia ; The Red-Headed League ; A Case of Identity ; The Boscombe Valley Mystery ; The Five Orange Pips ; The Man with the Twisted Lip ; The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle ; The Adventure of the Speckled Band ; The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb ; The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor ; The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet ; The Adventure of the Copper Beeches . In these twelve stories, Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson investigate a compromising photograph, a murder case with Australian connections, a disreputable opium den, a Christmas goose, a ruined ancestral estate, a disastrous wedding day, a house with frightening secrets, and several other baffling circumstances. Among the large supporting cast are Sarah Badel, Andrew Sachs, James Grout, James Wilby, Sam West, Stephen Tompkinson and Imogen Stubbs.