The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971 - 1973

A Message from the Deep Sea

20th September 1971

Episode 1

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!

The Missing Witness Sensation

27th September 1971

Episode 2

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

The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.

4th October 1971

Episode 3

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

The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds

11th October 1971

Episode 4

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

The Horse of the Invisible

18th October 1971

Episode 5

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

The Case of the Mirror of Portugal

25th October 1971

Episode 6

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

Madame Sara

1st November 1971

Episode 7

Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.

The Case of the Dixon Torpedo

8th November 1971

Episode 8

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

The Woman in the Big Hat

15th November 1971

Episode 9

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

The Affair of the Tortoise

22nd November 1971

Episode 10

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

The Assyrian Rejuvenator

29th November 1971

Episode 11

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

The Ripening Rubies

2nd December 1971

Episode 12

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

The Case of Laker, Absconded

9th December 1971

Episode 13

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

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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.

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