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The Adventure Of The Engineer's Thumb

Engineer Hatherly goes on a covert assignment to look at a hydraulic press. During the inspection, he loses both his payment and his arm.

The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes is a BBC Radio 2 comedy series written by Tony Hare. It starred Roy Hudd, Chris Emmett, Jeffrey Holland, and June Whitfield, and was broadcast between 16 January 1999, to 20 February 1999. It has since been re-broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

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“The Adventure Of The Engineer's Thumb.” Sherlock Holmes. Radio broadcast, May 17, 1960.

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