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We go back to the beginning, to the first meeting between Holmes and Watson… and the case that started it all. 

Part one of seven. 

A Noiser podcast production.

Narrated by Hugh Bonneville 

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Produced by Duncan Barrett

Sound Design: Mirianna Pitman-Latham

Assembly Edit: George Tapp

Sound Supervisor: Matt Peaty

Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines

Mix & Mastering: Ralph Tittley

Series Consultant: Dan Smith

Executive Producer: Katrina Hughes

Listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories A Study in Scarlet: Part One

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