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.
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (Staffel 1)
A Message from the Deep Sea (Folge 1) 8.5
Autor: Philip Mackie
Sendedatum: 1971-09-20
Laufzeit: 50 min
Übersicht: 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 (Folge 2) 7.5
Autor: Philip Mackie
Sendedatum: 1971-09-27
Laufzeit: 50 min
Übersicht: 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. (Folge 3) 6.0
Autor: Arthur Morrison
Sendedatum: 1971-10-04
Laufzeit: 50 min
Übersicht: Horace Dorrington solves the mystery of a case of sabotage on a bicycle track.
The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds (Folge 4) 7.5
Autor: Anthony Steven
Sendedatum: 1971-10-11
Laufzeit: 50 min
Übersicht: Simon Carne devises an ingenious way of keeping the Duchess of Wiltshire's diamonds safe from theft.
The Horse of the Invisible (Folge 5) 6.5
Autor: Philip Mackie
Sendedatum: 1971-10-18
Laufzeit: 50 min
Übersicht: 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 (Folge 6) 5.5
Autor: Arthur Morrison
Sendedatum: 1971-10-25
Laufzeit: 50 min
Übersicht: Horace Dorrington clears up the mystery of the theft of a valuable diamond.
Madame Sara (Folge 7) 7.0
Autor: Philip Mackie
Sendedatum: 1971-11-01
Laufzeit: 50 min
Übersicht: Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.
The Case of the Dixon Torpedo (Folge 8) 6.5
Autor: Arthur Morrison
Sendedatum: 1971-11-08
Laufzeit: 50 min
Übersicht: Jonathan Pride gets involved in a case involving a secret weapon, an eccentric inventor and forged roubles.
The Woman in the Big Hat (Folge 9) 7.0
Autor: Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Sendedatum: 1971-11-15
Laufzeit: 50 min
Übersicht: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard solves the murdeer of a respectable man.
The Affair of the Tortoise (Folge 10) 8.0
Autor: Arthur Morrison
Sendedatum: 1971-11-22
Laufzeit: 50 min
Übersicht: Arhtur Hewitt gets mixed up in a case involving voodoo and the disappearance of a dead body.
The Assyrian Rejuvenator (Folge 11) 7.0
Autor: R. Austin Freeman
Sendedatum: 1971-11-29
Laufzeit: 50 min
Übersicht: Conman and invesigator Romney Pringkle exposes a swindle and makes a profit.
The Ripening Rubies (Folge 12) 8.0
Autor: Anthony Skene
Sendedatum: 1971-12-02
Laufzeit: 50 min
Übersicht: Bernard Sutton is called in to help stop a series of jewel robberies.
The Case of Laker, Absconded (Folge 13) 7.0
Autor: Philip Mackie
Sendedatum: 1971-12-09
Laufzeit: 50 min
Übersicht: Arthur Hewitt and Jonathan Pride band together to find a bank clerk who has disappeared with £ 15,000.
Staffeln
Folgen 13
Folgen 13