A Christmas Story Without Slush: Three radio dramatisations of “The Blue Carbuncle” and one even more Christmassy story. (Hover over credits for additional titbits of information)

• The Blue Carbuncle
“Here is the stone; the stone came from the goose, and the goose came from Mr. Henry Baker”
I. Dramatised by John Keir Cross for BBC Light Programme, with Sir John Gielgud as Sherlock Holmes and Sir Ralph Richardson as Dr Watson (first broadcast Dec 14, 1954)
II. Dramatised by Michael Hardwick for BBC Light Programme, with Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes and Norman Shelley as Dr Watson (first broadcast Dec 25, 1961)
III. Dramatised by Bert Coules for BBC Radio 4, with Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr Watson (first broadcast Jan 2, 1991)
• The Night Before Christmas
Watson plays Santa Claus for Mrs Hudson’s nephews, mysterious presents are wrapped in £20 notes, Holmes sings some carols and of course Moriarty is behind everything.
Written by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher for MBS, with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson (first broadcast Dec 24, 1945)

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