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Series

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971 · 2 seasons · 26 episodes · Ended · ITV1

Mystery, Crime, Drama

TMDB 7.5 · 11 votes

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An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

Episodes

  • S01E01A Message from the Deep Sea1971-09-2050m

    This episode features Dr Thorndyke, played by John Neville, who is first a medical man and second a solver of mysteries. A young girl has been murdered in her boarding house and the solution looks obvious - but is it? Neville plays the sleuth with aplomb and this is a strong opening episode. The character is arrogant, capable, and likable - and of course his intelligence makes his police colleagues and/or adversaries look like idiots!

  • S01E02The Missing Witness Sensation1971-09-2750m

    Max Carrados, the blind detective, solves the case of a bank teller shot at his counter.

  • S01E03The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.1971-10-0450m

    Horace Dorrington solves the mystery of a case of sabotage on a bicycle track.

  • S01E04The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds1971-10-1150m

    Simon Carne devises an ingenious way of keeping the Duchess of Wiltshire's diamonds safe from theft.

  • S01E05The Horse of the Invisible1971-10-1850m

    Carnacki solves the case of an invisible horse that is haunting a family of the eve of a wedding.

  • S01E06The Case of the Mirror of Portugal1971-10-2550m

    Horace Dorrington clears up the mystery of the theft of a valuable diamond.

  • S01E07Madame Sara1971-11-0150m

    Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.

  • S01E08The Case of the Dixon Torpedo1971-11-0850m

    Jonathan Pride gets involved in a case involving a secret weapon, an eccentric inventor and forged roubles.

  • S01E09The Woman in the Big Hat1971-11-1550m

    Lady Molly of Scotland Yard solves the murdeer of a respectable man.

  • S01E10The Affair of the Tortoise1971-11-2250m

    Arhtur Hewitt gets mixed up in a case involving voodoo and the disappearance of a dead body.

  • S01E11The Assyrian Rejuvenator1971-11-2950m

    Conman and invesigator Romney Pringkle exposes a swindle and makes a profit.

  • S01E12The Ripening Rubies1971-12-0250m

    Bernard Sutton is called in to help stop a series of jewel robberies.

  • S01E13The Case of Laker, Absconded1971-12-0950m

    Arthur Hewitt and Jonathan Pride band together to find a bank clerk who has disappeared with £ 15,000.

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