Nicholas Meyer - Sherlock Holmes: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

NICHOLAS MEYER - SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION (320kbs-m4a/202mb/1hr28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd November 2025

The riddle of Sherlock Holmes' disappearance after the Reichenbach Falls is at last solved.

And the real reason for Professor Moriarty's power is revealed...

Starring Simon Callow, Ian Hogg and Karl Johnson.

Nicholas Meyer's Gold and Silver Dagger Award-winning novel, first published in 1974.

Dramatised by Denny Martin Flinn.

Sherlock Holmes .... Simon Callow
Dr Watson .... Ian Hogg
Sigmund Freud .... Karl Johnson
Professor Moriarty .... David King
Mycroft Holmes .... Philip Voss
Baron von Leinsdorf .... Matthew Morgan
Nancy Osborn Slater .... Melinda Walker
Baroness von Leinsdorf .... Geraldine Fitzgerald
Hugo von Hoffmansthal .... Wolf Kahler
Cab Driver .... David Bannerman
Mary Watson/Mrs Freud .... Kate Binchy
Maidservant .... Federay Holmes
Mrs Hudson/Freda .... Jillie Meers
Mr Sherman .... John Church

Music by David Chiltern and Nicholas Russell-Pavier.

Violin played by Steve Bentley.

Director: Jane Morgan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 January 1993.