The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Season 1

1971 · 13 episodes · 10h 50m in all · 7.1/10

Episodes

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   1. A Message from the Deep Sea

   20 Sept 1971 · 50 min · 8.5/10

   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!

2. 

   2. The Missing Witness Sensation

   27 Sept 1971 · 50 min · 7.5/10

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

3. 

   3. The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.

   4 Oct 1971 · 50 min · 6.0/10

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

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   4. The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds

   11 Oct 1971 · 50 min · 7.5/10

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

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   5. The Horse of the Invisible

   18 Oct 1971 · 50 min · 6.5/10

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

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   6. The Case of the Mirror of Portugal

   25 Oct 1971 · 50 min · 5.5/10

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

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   7. Madame Sara

   1 Nov 1971 · 50 min · 7.0/10

   Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.

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   8. The Case of the Dixon Torpedo

   8 Nov 1971 · 50 min · 6.5/10

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

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   9. The Woman in the Big Hat

   15 Nov 1971 · 50 min · 7.0/10

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

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    10. The Affair of the Tortoise

    22 Nov 1971 · 50 min · 8.0/10

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

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    11. The Assyrian Rejuvenator

    29 Nov 1971 · 50 min · 7.0/10

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

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    12. The Ripening Rubies

    2 Dec 1971 · 50 min · 8.0/10

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

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    13. The Case of Laker, Absconded

    9 Dec 1971 · 50 min · 7.0/10

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