Sherlock Holmes - The Second Stain
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Sherlock Holmes - The Second Stain

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 3, 202625 min
  • Documentary

A collection of gripping detective stories featuring sharp-witted investigators, puzzling crimes, and clever resolutions. Each episode showcases the art of deduction and the thrill of the chase.

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and Sir Ralph Richardson as our storyteller, Dr. James Watson.

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And now the adventures of Sherlock Holmes with Sir John Gilgood and Sherlock Holmes and Sir Ralph Richardson as our storyteller, Dr. James Watson. Ladies and gentlemen, I think I may have shown in the course of these narratives of mine that the exploits of my friend Sherlock Holmes ranged from affairs of the humblest order

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to matters concerning the very highest in the land. of the letter but i mean it which perhaps can never be told for reasons of diplomacy

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or even and in the camp dates and names sometimes must be described even now

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