The Solitary Cyclist
Who is the strange man following Violet Smith as she cycles to her mother’s? The great detective investigates. From August 1964.
Who is the strange man following Violet Smith as she cycles to see her mother?
Sherlock Holmes investigates...
Starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective tale first published in 1903.
Adapted by Michael Hardwick.
Sherlock Holmes ...... Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson ...... Norman Shelley
Violet Smith ...... Jane Wenham
Carruthers: ...... Norman Claridge
Mrs Smith: ...... Gladys Spencer
Woodley ...... Malcolm Hayes
Mrs Hudson ...... Janet Morrison
Landlord ...... Peter O'Shaughnessy
Williamson ...... George Merritt
Producer Graham Gauld
First broadcast on the ±«Óãtv Light Programme in August 1964.
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