The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Season 21971
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
13 Episodes
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!
September 20, 1971
Max Carrados, the blind detective, solves the case of a bank teller shot at his counter.
September 27, 1971
Horace Dorrington solves the mystery of a case of sabotage on a bicycle track.
October 4, 1971
Simon Carne devises an ingenious way of keeping the Duchess of Wiltshire's diamonds safe from theft.
October 11, 1971
Carnacki solves the case of an invisible horse that is haunting a family of the eve of a wedding.
October 18, 1971
Horace Dorrington clears up the mystery of the theft of a valuable diamond.
October 25, 1971
Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.
November 1, 1971
Jonathan Pride gets involved in a case involving a secret weapon, an eccentric inventor and forged roubles.
November 8, 1971
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard solves the murdeer of a respectable man.
November 15, 1971
Arhtur Hewitt gets mixed up in a case involving voodoo and the disappearance of a dead body.
November 22, 1971
Conman and invesigator Romney Pringkle exposes a swindle and makes a profit.
November 29, 1971
Bernard Sutton is called in to help stop a series of jewel robberies.
December 2, 1971
Arthur Hewitt and Jonathan Pride band together to find a bank clerk who has disappeared with £ 15,000.
December 9, 1971
