The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

In 1954 Sir John Gielgud & Sir Ralph Richardson recorded 12 episodes for the BBC of a radio series titled The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Gielgud played the part of Holmes and Richardson that of Watson . The twelve shows were produced by Harry Alan Towers and directed by Val Gielgud; they were broadcast by the BBC every Tuesday night at 9pm from 5 October through to 21 December.

This first episode was titled The Blackmailer and was based upon the story Charles Augustus Milverton by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

I shall be making the other eleven shows available one at a time every Tuesday at 9pm.