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The Case Of The Lucky Shilling

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson get into a card game of Whist with someone who cheats at cards. The story is really smart and funny. Holmes manages to beat the cheater by using his lucky coin and, in a surprising twist, a bunch of flies help him win too.

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 Case Of The Lucky Shilling.” Sherlock Holmes. Radio broadcast, January 18, 1948.

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