The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 1971-09-20

Last Air Date: 1973-05-07

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 26

Created By: Hugh Greene

Networks: ITV1

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Top Cast

Kenneth Colley as Farrish
Douglas Wilmer as Prof. Van Dusen
Ronald Hines as Jonathan Pryde
Peter Barkworth as Martin Hewitt
Peter Vaughan as Dorrington
Cyd Hayman as Laura Stanley
Petronella Barker as Miss Parrot
Paul Whitsun-Jones as Fat man
John Nettleton as Admiral Christador
Michael Cashman as Henry Stevens

Seasons

Season 1 (1971)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: A Message from the Deep Sea (1971-09-20)

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!
Ep. 2: The Missing Witness Sensation (1971-09-27)

Max Carrados, the blind detective, solves the case of a bank teller shot at his counter.
Ep. 3: The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co. (1971-10-04)

Horace Dorrington solves the mystery of a case of sabotage on a bicycle track.
Ep. 4: The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds (1971-10-11)

Simon Carne devises an ingenious way of keeping the Duchess of Wiltshire's diamonds safe from theft.
Ep. 5: The Horse of the Invisible (1971-10-18)

Carnacki solves the case of an invisible horse that is haunting a family of the eve of a wedding.
Ep. 6: The Case of the Mirror of Portugal (1971-10-25)

Horace Dorrington clears up the mystery of the theft of a valuable diamond.
Ep. 7: Madame Sara (1971-11-01)

Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.
Ep. 8: The Case of the Dixon Torpedo (1971-11-08)

Jonathan Pride gets involved in a case involving a secret weapon, an eccentric inventor and forged roubles.
Ep. 9: The Woman in the Big Hat (1971-11-15)

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard solves the murdeer of a respectable man.
Ep. 10: The Affair of the Tortoise (1971-11-22)

Arhtur Hewitt gets mixed up in a case involving voodoo and the disappearance of a dead body.
Ep. 11: The Assyrian Rejuvenator (1971-11-29)

Conman and invesigator Romney Pringkle exposes a swindle and makes a profit.
Ep. 12: The Ripening Rubies (1971-12-02)

Bernard Sutton is called in to help stop a series of jewel robberies.
Ep. 13: The Case of Laker, Absconded (1971-12-09)

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