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'''''The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes''''' was a [[BBC Radio 2]] comedy series written by Tony Hare.  It starred [[Roy Hudd]], [[Chris Emmett]], [[Jeffrey Holland (actor)|Jeffrey Holland]], and [[June Whitfield]], and was broadcast between 16 January 1999, to 20 February 1999.  It has since been re-broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] (formerly called ''BBC Radio 7'').

The [[burlesque]] series was a comic [[pastiche]] of [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's]] fictional detective [[Sherlock Holmes]].  The series was recorded in front of a live audience and each 30 minute episode was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 at 1{{nbsp}}pm, making some of the rude, and occasionally crude, jokes rather risqué for the time of day.

Hudd, Emmett, and Whitfield had all worked together on the very long-running radio series ''[[The News Huddlines]]''.  Holland is a familiar voice in British comedy series, probably best known for his role as Spike Dixon, the camp comic at Maplin's [[holiday camp]], Crimpton-on-Sea, in the BBC sitcom ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]''

Hudd later appeared alongside [[Clive Merrison]] as Holmes, and [[Andrew Sachs]] as [[Doctor Watson]] in an original radio play in the series ''[[The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' in 2002.

== Episode guide ==
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!Episode!!Title!!First broadcast
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|1||The Case of the Clockwork Fiend||16 January 1999
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|2||The Mystery of the Obese Escapologist||23 January 1999
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|3||The Case of the Deranged Botanist||30 January 1999
|-
|4||Sherlock Holmes and the Glorious Doppelganger||6 February 1999
|-
|5||Holmes Strikes a Happy Medium||13 February 1999
|-
|6||The Demon Cobbler of Greek Street||20 February 1999
|-
|}

==Cast==
* [[Roy Hudd]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]]
* [[Chris Emmett]] as [[Dr. Watson]]
* [[June Whitfield]] as [[Mrs. Hudson]] and other females
* [[Geoffrey Whitehead]] as [[Professor Moriarty]] and other males
* [[Jeffrey Holland (actor)|Jeffrey Holland]] as [[Inspector Lestrade]] and other males

==References==
*[http://epguides.com/NewlyDiscoveredCasebookofSherlockHolmes/ epguides.com]

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