The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
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.
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Episodes
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1. The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway1973-01-29 · 50mPolly Burton assists in soving the case of a grl found dead on a seat of an underground train.
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2. Five Hundred Carats1973-02-05 · 50mInspecor Lipinski investigates the theft of a 500 carat diamond.
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3. Cell 131973-02-12 · 50mProfessor Van Dusen, the 'Thinking Machine', boasts that he can think his way out of a prison cell. When he is locked up he is given the chance to prove that he can escape by the p
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4. The Secret of the Manifique1973-02-19 · 50mLaxworthy and two friends secure the safety of the plans for the first torpedo to be used by the French navy.
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5. The Absent-Minded Coterie1973-02-26 · 50mValmont has to help break a ring of counterfeiters.
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6. The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Hoist1973-03-04 · 50mLieutenant Holst of Copenhagen has to help a Russian countess who claims her brother-in-law aims to kill her.
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7. The Superfluous Finger1973-03-11 · 50mProfessor Van Dusen must find out why a young woman had a perfectly healthy finger cut off by the eminent surgeon Prescott.
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8. Anonymous Letters1973-03-19 · 50mIn turn-of-the-century Vienna, Dagobert Trostler investigates a poison pen case.
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9. The Moabite Cypher1973-03-26 · 50mDr Thorndyke has to decypher a code to stop a plot to assassinate a Russian Grand Duke.
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10. The Secret of the Foxhunter1973-04-02 · 50mWilliam Drew of the foreign Office investigates an unusual crime.
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11. The Missing Q.C's1973-04-09 · 50mCharles Dallas is led into a strange and sinister adventure in the aftermath of a sensational murder trial.
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12. The Looting of the Species Room1973-04-16 · 50mGold disappears from the strongroom of the RMS Oceanic and its purser, Mr Horrocks, tries to discover what has happened.
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13. The Mystery of the Amber Beads1973-05-07 · 50mHagar the Gypsy sets out to prove that Detective Sergeat Grubber is wrong about who killed Mrs Arryford.
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