The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
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Episode 1 - A Message from the Deep Sea
Release Date: 1971-09-20This 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!
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Episode 2 - The Missing Witness Sensation
Release Date: 1971-09-27Max Carrados, the blind detective, solves the case of a bank teller shot at his counter.
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Episode 3 - The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.
Release Date: 1971-10-04Horace Dorrington solves the mystery of a case of sabotage on a bicycle track.
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Episode 4 - The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds
Release Date: 1971-10-11Simon Carne devises an ingenious way of keeping the Duchess of Wiltshire's diamonds safe from theft.
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Episode 5 - The Horse of the Invisible
Release Date: 1971-10-18Carnacki solves the case of an invisible horse that is haunting a family of the eve of a wedding.
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Episode 6 - The Case of the Mirror of Portugal
Release Date: 1971-10-25Horace Dorrington clears up the mystery of the theft of a valuable diamond.
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Episode 7 - Madame Sara
Release Date: 1971-11-01Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.
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Episode 8 - The Case of the Dixon Torpedo
Release Date: 1971-11-08Jonathan Pride gets involved in a case involving a secret weapon, an eccentric inventor and forged roubles.
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Episode 9 - The Woman in the Big Hat
Release Date: 1971-11-15Lady Molly of Scotland Yard solves the murdeer of a respectable man.
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Episode 10 - The Affair of the Tortoise
Release Date: 1971-11-22Arhtur Hewitt gets mixed up in a case involving voodoo and the disappearance of a dead body.
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Episode 11 - The Assyrian Rejuvenator
Release Date: 1971-11-29Conman and invesigator Romney Pringkle exposes a swindle and makes a profit.
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Episode 12 - The Ripening Rubies
Release Date: 1971-12-02Bernard Sutton is called in to help stop a series of jewel robberies.
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Episode 13 - The Case of Laker, Absconded
Release Date: 1971-12-09Arthur Hewitt and Jonathan Pride band together to find a bank clerk who has disappeared with £ 15,000.