BAD BOOKS - The Great Detective Huckton Bruce was a frustrating character for two reasons, the first being; he's not real. The second being; because of him I was now stuck, after hours, in an antique bookshop that smelled like my Nan's flat. The locked-room melodrama continued into the night as Sherlock sent his Irregulars to go and do the fun stuff.

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Based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Paul Waggott as Dr. John Watson

Harry Attwell as Sherlock Holmes

Marta da Silva as Mariana Ametxazurra

Gareth Charlton as Alexander Holder

George Still as Francis Prosper

Lauren Ingram as Michelle Holder

Kieran Wesley as George Burnwell

Sam O'Rourke as Michael Holder 

Rhys Tees as PC Stanley Hopkins

Written by Joel Emery

Directed by Adam Jarrell

Editing and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio

Produced by Neil Fearn and Jon Gill

Executive Producer Tony Pastor

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