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in London. The series was The studio was focused on syndication, on creating programs that could be syndicated all over the world. The Sherlock Holmes series was picked up by the ABC and it was noteworthy because it was very rare for the BBC to pick up some non BBC dramatic programming. In addition to Sherlock Holmes, Powers of London produced some fantastic programs, including the Adventures of Horatio Hornblower, The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpermnel, The Black Museum, and of
course that classic radio anti hero series, The Lives of Harry Lyme. Like a wide variety of the Towers productions, including Scarlet Pimpernel and Theodore Royal, the Sherlock Holmes series was brought to the United States by NBC, and so this episode aired over NBC on January the second of nineteen fifty five. The title is Doctor Watson Meets Sherlock Holmes. So sit back, relax, and enjoy Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John Gildgood Today's performance Doctor Watson Meets Sherlock Holmes.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Original and Immortal Stories of Sir Tha Conan Doyle dramatized Daniel, with Sir Ralph Richardson as Doctor Watson and Sir John Gielgood in the role of Sherlock Holmes. M M M. My name is Watson, Doctor John H. Watson. It may be familiar to you through my association over many years with one of the most remarkable men I believe the
world has ever known, mister Sherlock Holmes. I want to tell you about one of our earliest adventures, the first time that we went out into the streets of London in active partnership. We were still youngish men. It was far back in the early eighteen eighties. We had shared those famous rooms number two hundred and twenty one B Baker Street for only a few months. Watson, my dear fellow, you're just in time, in time for wat Holmes.
Well, you've so often been good enough to express a genial interest in my singular profession. Now you'll be able to see me actually at work. Oh, I'm lazy to homes. It should be fascinating. Ah, but I must sit down by the far Do you chilly out? Or do do, my dear fellow. Oh, by the way, Watson, White Turkish? Turkish? Had you mean the bath? The bath you've just come from, my dear fellow. Why the relaxing and expensive Turkish rather than the invigorating
homemade article across the passage here? Oh? Because I felt lazy, and but I haven't said a word about it. How the deuce did you know I'd had a Turkish bar? Your boots, Watson, boots. The thing's quite an elementary, surely, no doubt. But you'll forgive me if I failed to see the least connection. You always do your boots up in the same way, Watson. However, on this occasion I see them passen with an elaborate double bow. Ah. And so of course you've had them off
and someone else has tied them for you. Who, for example, the answer can only be your boot maker or the boy at the Turkish Bars. As your boots were only made and delivered here late last week, it's hardly likely to have been the bootmaker. So what remains? But the bath of curdainly simple, isn't it. I'm so home. You don't really are the strangest fellow. Ah, Wait till you meet Milburton. He's stranger still Milburton?
Who is Milburton? Charles Augustus Milburton at Hampstead, in all probability the most evil man in London? Who is He? Sounds fascinating. I invited him for six thirty so he's almost due. Oh I shiver at the thought of him. But what's he due for? A living? This strange call of of ours? Blackmail? Watson? Yes, he looks like mister Pickwick, but heaven helped the man or worse still the woman who's in discreet enough to get into his power, and what have you to do with him?
Well, I've had the honor recently to be consulted by a particularly illustrious lady. Who is she? Do I know? I expect to know her name? Lady Eva Brackwell, the most gooutiful debutante of last season. But of course isn't she to been me added in a fortnight to the Earl of Dilver course, Yes, it's all arranged. Unluckily for her. Milburton has managed to get hold of some imprudent letters, Watson. But she wrote some time
ago to a penniless young fellow in the country. Only imprudent, mind you, but they'd be quite sufficient to break off the map and your commission to meet him and make what terms I can. I think he's here, Watson. We let him in, mister Holmes rooms when you're coming to this is mister Holmes, I take it you are. How is augustus moment Himster Holmes? No, I prefer not to shake hands with your mister Milburgh. This is only a matter of business between us, I see, and we can
talk of it before this gentleman. It's rather a delicate of her. Doctor Watson is my friend and partner, sir. He knows our business, really, but we need hardly to waste much time on it. My position is quite different. You are acting from the lady Eva. I understand I have that, honor. What are your terms, mister milburghon seven thousand pounds, mister Holmes and the alternative? Oh my dear sir, it is painful to discuss it, but if the money is not paid by the fourteen, there
will certainly be no marriage on the eightie. I'm supposing I advise my client to tell her future husband all about these letters you hold. You even do not know the earl, mister Holmes, Nomi, I am practice at this game, sir. Look with the s fucking I have eight or ten similar cases, all maturing in It is how I make my humble breath O scoundrel as you like, sir. But that are details here that would surprised you
for all your so called knowledge of affairs. You may remember the sudden end of the engagement between the honorable Miss Myles and Colonel Docking and Olympic Cocks. The absurd sum of twelve hundred pounds could not be found in time. Seven thousand is ridiculous, milburdon out of the question, is it? And I think not. There was also the case of well know my names? Perhaps, well, sir, what's a get behind him? Tell Lenny it out now now, sir, that notebook? If you please go full homes stand
back. Do you think I go about the business like my alarmed stand back? I say do too, Doctor Watson, one of your name is put up your hand, homes out Still. I expected something much more original, mister Holmes. I really did from you. Do you think I used to fool as to carry the letters about with me? You'll only make me more determined than ever. One more word and I'll make it eight thousand and the
thirteenth instead of the forty or night, mister Holmes. It was one of my earliest glimpses of the kind of thing confronting us in what Holmes had been good enough to call our partnership. What he would do next? I had no idea. I was hardly prepared. A few nights later, and on a particularly stormy evening, for the appearance in our chambers of a tall, Rakish looking young workman with a goat tea Beard. Oh, good evening, governor, How are you? How? How am I? Now? Look
here, my good man? What do you think you're doing? Walking in here? These are private apartments. I happen to live here, Watson home. Yes, I think I forgot to warn you about my little panchaan for this, guys, is Watson just one among my many other accomplishments. You want an appalling night outside? It's coming down in sheets? But what on
earth have you been doing getting myself engaged to be married? To be madded my dear, I congratulate you for the housemaid a Charles Augustus Milburton's I had two Watson, I wanted information. Oh shure, that was going too far, not at all in my present alias, I'm a rising young plumber named Escott. I've walked and talked with that girl every evening for nearly a week.
Charming little talks they were, too, And now I know Milburton's house in Hampstead like the palm of my hand, the basement to the attics, yes, yes, but at home, the poor girl, oh ear, it really can't be helped, Watson. She has to become a sacrifice on the altar of my art. Oh Fortunately, I find I have a hated rival in the shape of the local grocery assistant. He's sure to cut me out at a moment my back turn look out of the window. Watson,
Oh, what a splendid night? Are you early complaining about it? A moment ago as an honest citizen, as a burglar? I approve of it. As a burglar. I proposed to burglar Milburton's house before the night is over, And Watson, it's the only way. I just want a few minutes to change my clothes and get rid of this ticklish beard, and then I shall be leaving you for the evening to your peaceful solitude. No,
no, Holmes, I'm coming with you, my dear Watson. You said that we were partners and that I should do something to shake off my indow. Well, well, we've been sharing these same rooms for some months now. It'll be amusing if we should finish up sharing the same self. Do you really mean it, Watson, toll that death when you are a most delightful fellow? Well, do you think you could contrive to make us up
a couple of masks? Masks? Masks? In five minutes from black Silk, I have an old umbrella somewhere excellent, and that will be your contribution. For my part, I shall be delighted to teach you how to use a jemmy and a glass cutter and this set of adaptable key of wonderful specimens. Here in two hours time, Watson, we shall be in Milbourdne's study where he keeps his safe. It adjoins his bedroom. Unfortunately, but I think he's pretty sure to be sound asleep. My little fiancee tells me he
always sleeps like a log. Is it a bargain, Watson, it's a bargain home. Well here we are. You see what did I tell you, Watson? Within two hours we'd make a capital pair of burgle as you would die. We'd always dedicated to a no blood purpose. I don't like it, homes. It was too little trouble, which you mean because the door was study wasn't even locked. The holesome oversight. Look there's a light under the bedroom door. Yes, he of them falls asleep at the bedroom,
lamps still burning. I learned that from now then, Watson, to work. Well, what do you want me to do? Stand over by the door there and give me a warning? Who had any one counting right. If they come right in, we'll slap time to hide behind the window curtains. I begin on the safe right right, Nah, then scatt and keys as it fell as a fool. You know you ought to had a much more modern safe than this one. Now, then let's see it. If I could only now its homes? What is it? Watson confounded?
I've almost got it open. Someone coming along the corridor. Two people are used to take it on a moment to choose. It's too bad quickly behind the curtain. You can't have been in bed after aw I's been waiting in the hall for someone. Watson, You all right? Yes? I think so bother a type fit happy. I could just see through someone's coming upstairs getting an oil lamp. It's there's a woman with him led they're coming in. Well, miss who decided to come then? Half an hour late?
I couldn't manage any earlier. My mistress kept me. Well, if she's a hard mistress, you had your chance to get even with her. Who tell me in your note that you've managed to get hold of some letters which compromise the Countess Delbert. Yes, you want to sell them, and I want to buy them. So far, so good. I can use them in my business. No as to price. The price, mister Milverton, for everything is your life. What you'll mean go look at me. She's
lifting up veil homes. That's no ladies maid, great heavens? Is it you? Yes, it's I, Charles Milverton, And don't you dare to speak my name? And you've found it enough. You've ruined me the way you've ruined so many others. It should have found the money in time, and because I couldn't, because I begged you for two days grace who sent those letters? Who had to my husband? And he died and you'll know how he died, but the finest man in the world, and the letters
were false. You changed the dates on them. They were written before I met him. Get back from me. No, not till I've used it. Your break. No, my heart's Charles Milburton, as you've broken mine. New hown, No filthy, how great Heaven's home? Quiet man, he's done for and she's got away. Thank him. Who was that woman home? Sure you heard that face? Watson? No, never never mentioned names. Watson. Now's our chance? It were quick? What you're doing?
That safe what's in the papers and the safe to save our own plan, and who knows how many more besides? Quick put that bundle in your Pocketbots and give the rest to me. Hurry. Someone must have heard the shots. Listen have people coming out of the window. Quickly, Watson sel We escaped down a convenient drain pipe, over two garden walls, and luckily I found an empty handsome at the bottom of the road and reached Baker Street
at last and safety. Our adventure was over, or almost over, and I lay tossing slepressly in bed that night I found myself more than ever intrigued by the personality of my strange companion. I recollected our first meeting only a few months before. I'd just come back from medical service abroad and was moping miserably about this old London of ours, of handsome cabs and fog and gaslight, doing something nothing at all, And then standing at a Piccadilly bar one
day, Hello there, Watson, remember me? Why? Yes, Stamford, Young Stamford used to be addresser under you, and you were a medical student at Darts. Remember, of course, I remember confounders of pleasure to see a friendly face Stamford, London's a many useful and lonely man. What on earth if we've been doing with yourself? Watson? He then us a lot? And browners are nuts for Afghanistan, you know, a campaign out their army surgeon. I say, I have a drink, William, thanks,
you don't ye to start? I think I got wounded pretty badly that my one confounded nuisance subclavian artery tube glasses of stout. Please did read it up? And eh? And what are you doing with yourself now? Nothing? Nothing, trying to solve the problem with finding comfortable rooms on an army pinch and eleven and six a day. Well, here's your health Stamford, yours, Watson, here's to all time stranger to say that. You know, say what about looking for You're the second man to day? Who sent
it to me? And who was the first? Oh? So fellow was working in the chemical lab up at the hospital. A fellow called Holmes. You wouldn't like to go Halves. I suppose exactly what he was saying, looking for someone to share with him in and the MLB. What's his other name? Shit sharing for no, no, no, no, Sherlock, you're it for something queer, Sherlock Holmes, what's you do if I know? He's got a whole stall about of the way knowledge to put astonished the
professors, and he's a first class chemist. He says he's going in for something quite special. I say, Watson, huh, let's go along to the lever meet him. He's punted me there. Let's have lunch someone and then go on, shall we excellent? I don't hope it comes to something. I must confessing sounds by the interesting. Throw it this way he put with it there, Mind you, Watson, you mustn't blame me if you don't at on with the fellow. He's pretty queer in his ideas. How
do you mean? Well? I actually came on in the other day beating the subjects in the dissecting room with a stick, but on the form said he wanted to find out half hour bruises could be produced after death. True here, nah, gruesome tastes, say still ah. There he is the tall fellow behind all the testubes and for thoms. I told you he'd be working, I say, Holmes, Stanford, you're weaker, Stanford. I'm just fund this found work homes a reagent which is precipitated by hemoglobin and by
nothing else in all the world. Indeed, when I want you to meet doctor Watson, Holmes, Watson, this is mister Sherlock Holmes. How are you doctor from Afghanistan? I perceive? How on earth did you know that? Never mind the question, now it's about hemoglobin, no doubt you see the significance of this discovery of man probou was be interesting enough chemically, but from the practical point of view, a fellow, it's the most practical medical
legal discovery for years. Don't you see that it gives us an infallible test for bloodstained Indeed, yes, criminal cases are always hjing on this kind of thing. A man suspected of a crime long after it's committed, let's say, and his linen turned out to have brownish stains on it. Yes, but are they blood or mud or rust stains or fruit stains or what? Now we have the Sherlock Holmes test, doctor Watson, so there can be no more difficult bad Let's say you are a big congratulated mister Holmes. Of
course I am. There was the case upon Bishop at Frankfort last year, and and Mason of Bedford and Samson of New Orleans. I could name a score of cases where the thing would have been decisive. By jove, you're a regular walking calendar of crime. Oh well, why not? Eh? What could be more fascinating? Have you would taste for such matters by any chance? Doctor? Oh well, I confess it's been a little beyond my rage. You'll get it, you will, I assure you. The thing
grips you like a drug. Holmes. I wanted you Foo to meet because Watson's on the lookout for someone to share diggings with him, the same as you are. Capital Doctor, you looked a very man for me. I've had my eye on a Sweden Baker Street number two hundred and twenty one B. And missus Hudson is the landlady name. You don't mind the smell of strong tobacco? I hope. I always spoke ships myself. That's good enough them. Oh, and I generally have a few chemicals about and carry out
experiments like this one that wouldn't annoy you. Final means, well, then let me see one of my other shortcomings. Oh, I get done in the dumps sometimes and don't open my mouth for days on end. And oh, I've a fanciful revolver practice indoors, so long as I can rely on your aim intendible, I assure you, now, what have you to confess? When I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours and I'm very lazy, I don't like two months rather, but but oh but I put up
with a revolver shots good. I've got another set of advices when I'm well, But these are the principal ones for the person. And that's all right, thank you Stamford. I'm very much obliged to you. Well, should we go together, Dr Watson and look at the rooms tomorrow, say at noon at Nolton Home it'll suit admirably. Or one other little thing, the violin. You don't include violin playing in your category of rows. It depends
on the player my homes. If it's badly play, that's something I should have to leave you to judge for yourself, my dear fellow, and I should have pleasure in testing your ear with a few of my own little compositions. Then you will be able to judge my modest capabilities till tomorrow, then, my dear doctor Watson, till tomorrow. So it took those wounds together and settled down quite amicably. As the weeks went by, my interest in
my companion intensified. I studied his sharp piercing eyes, his thin hawk like face, and I wondered time and again what he did for the living so as to pay his share of our humble reckoning. He was out at all sorts of strange hours, and when he was at home, curious visitors were always calling on him, And then he would ask if he might have our sitting room to himself. Who was a thin, sallow, dark eyed fellow called less trade for a distance, who came three or four nights in one
week. Once a fashionable addressed young girl waited on him. At another time he was a railway porter in his velveteen uniform. The thing puzzled me until at last one day, Ah, you wonder what I do for a living? Watson? Eh, I've seen you looking quizzically once or twice at these visiting plants of mine, or just passed me over the person slipper, will you, my dear fellow, I always keep the tobacco in it, thank you. The fact is, I'm a professional thinker, doctor thinker. Certainly
I piece things together. You see, just as a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara from a single drop of water without having seen or heard of either of them. So I build rare edifices of deduction from the observation of a few simple thets. It's the truth, I assure you. If you're looking around for a cigar by the way, my chap, you will find them in the coast cuttle. Yes, yes, I have a trade all my own, Watson, the only one in the whole
world. I'm a consulting detective. Oh that's lone. Them full of detectives home, lots of government ones, and plenty of private ones, but none like me. I built up quite a special little connection, Watson. And when any of these other fellows that are at last day generally come to me to put them right, just by thinking about things, I suppose exactly I have a turn for observation and deduction. As you must have noticed that first
time we met. For instance, when I mentioned to your surprise that you've just come from Afghanistan. You're told about it, no doubt, not think of the s Watson, just new white second nature to me. My train of thought ran something like this, here's a fellow who's a doctor, but with the air of a military man. Clearly an army surgeon then, just come from the tropics. But his face is dark, but that isn't his natural color, for his wrists are fair, his arm is stiff. Has
been wounded where the tropics? Could an English army doctor have been wounded lately? And the obvious answer was in the Afghan campaign, probably the Battle of my Wand it's simple enough when you explain it. I confess I was taken aback a bit of the time. And you mean to say that you apply these principles to the detection of crime, of course I do. That fellow is trade you were asking me about the other day. For instance. He's
a Scotland yard man, one of the best. But he got himself into a fog over a forgery case recently and came to me to ask my advice on the evidence you had. I sold it for him on the spot. Upon my life you astonished me at Holmes. I'd no idea that that was what you were up to. What gave you the notion all natural talent? As though when I was still at college a small thing happened to become my way, which enabled me to solve a curious crime. I decided that I'd
tasted such matters, and so here I am now a professional investigator. That's the kind of thing I deal within this life of mine. Watson, That and of course my music. Well, I never thought that you was a professional investigator of crime, even when you talked about it so much at the hospital that time we met. But one really must do something to keep on self from boredom. You may find yourself mixed up in it one of these fine days. You know, you never know what's new, You never know.
And I was, of course you know that now with the Milverton exploit, as I've related it, that the first real adventure of them all in which I felt myself truly involved. It ended rather oddly at Burgler Day episode of ours. The very morning after it, after my sleepless night, they came in the little man I'd so often seen before. Let's trade the good less straight of Scotland yard. Good morning, my dear lest right, good
morning with their own. I was wondering, is doctor Watson, by the way, he was asking all about you the other day, how'd you do doctor? Any friend of mister Holmes, this is a friend of mine's lasted to meet your inspective. Well, sit down on sh share a pipe with its soo much of a harry, I'm afraid I just wanted to ask if you were anything particular on hand, mister Holmes. Oh, I don't think so nothing much little matter down of the docks involving a giant rat from Sumatra.
You're gonna need the rats look after themselves, mister Holmes. There's been murder dam app at Hampstead. Wanted you to look into it for us queer business. Oh really, who's been murdered? Feller called Milverton. Indeed, I believe I've heard the name O homes not feeling Dickie? Are you Watson? Any details this straight worler? We know did it? Of course? You know good heaven copper on them. Doctor nearly got him, vented you and cried. You see, they got away worse luck where they were?
How interesting? And what are they supposed to look like? The first one? Very tall? I'm a fellow, middle size, thick neck man with them a start head, masks over their eyes. Oh, come less strade. That's rather vague, isn't it? On my soul. It might even be a description of Watson and me. Hey, Watson, imag indeed, you're right, mister Holmes, You're perfectly right. If I do it might be well, will you Hendley. I'm afraid not less trade, not this
time. I know something of this fellow Milverton me with a rogue and a blackmailer. There certain crimes of the law can't punish adequately, my dear fellow. And in this instance my sympathies are with the criminals. Less trade. I will not handle the case. Well if you won't, you won't. No, I'll get the fellows all right in time, I dare say, will you less trade? I do hope you may pass me my violin as you go out there as a good fellow. I feel deuced lazy this morning,
had rather a strenuous night pleasure, mister Holmes. Well, good morning, doctor, see again, and I said, always going out to Vegas, teach you no good morning, inspector good morning, best of luckless daid, Oh, well, another five minutes like that, Holmes, I'll take myself back to Afghanistan. Oh no, you won't, Watson, You'll grow to love it too. This is only the beginning. My dear fellow only
the beginning. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, based on the original stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, have been dramatized on You, with original music composed by Sydney Corch. Sir Ralph Richardson played the part of Doctor Watson and Sir John Gilgood that of Sherlock Holmes. The program was produced by Harry Allen Towers.
Welcome back, well, I think overall a pretty solid performance. I have to admit I was a little iffy on the choice to work the Milverton story into the first episode and make that for the purpose of this series the first adventure they shared together. Really a an odd choice and an odd note
to begin on. But we had a little listener who said that the Milverton story was actually her favorite to a Sherlock Holmes story, and now you've heard it, even though the story itself occurred after the final problem, which will hear later. But beyond that little point, I mean, I think this really has the feel of a very classy, well done production, different than the New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. You know, no ads for clipper craft
suits or the John Watermaker men's store is simply handled. And you're dealing with two actors here in gil Good and Richardson who'd been playing off each other since the nineteen twenties, so they definitely had a well developed report and chemistry that looks like this is going to make for a very entertaining, well done series. All right, listener comments and feedback, and we begin with this from Debbie, who emails in my son and I both enjoy them and are always
quoting Pat Novac for higher keep it up. And then also we have this comment, Adam, I dig your show in a big way. I love the way you are as genuinely stoked by old time radio as I am. I love your accent and how excited you get from time to time. Keep up the excellent work. Any chance Broadways might beat might find its way to your show. Either way, it's your show and you're killing it daily. Thank you from Van Gruvy, BC, Canada. I will assume that that's
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haven't got to yet. Johnny Dowler. There's more episodes available Sherlock Holmes, and both of those were in the middle of coming to the end of the Sherlock Holmes podcast. But it's gonna take a while on that one just to find that space for about one hundred and sixty plus weeks. So well, thanks for the comment, Thanks for listening over in Vancouver. That'll actually do
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