The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

7.2 | TV-PG | en | Drama

Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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EP13 The Mystery of the Amber Beads

May. 07,1973

Hagar the Gypsy sets out to prove that Detective Sergeat Grubber is wrong about who killed Mrs Arryford.

EP12 The Looting of the Species Room

Apr. 16,1973

Gold disappears from the strongroom of the RMS Oceanic and its purser, Mr Horrocks, tries to discover what has happened.

EP11 The Missing Q.C's

Apr. 09,1973

Charles Dallas is led into a strange and sinister adventure in the aftermath of a sensational murder trial.

EP10 The Secret of the Foxhunter

Apr. 02,1973

William Drew of the foreign Office investigates an unusual crime.

EP9 The Moabite Cypher

Mar. 26,1973

Dr Thorndyke has to decypher a code to stop a plot to assassinate a Russian Grand Duke.

EP8 Anonymous Letters

Mar. 19,1973

In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Dagobert Trostler investigates a poison pen case.

EP7 The Superfluous Finger

Mar. 11,1973

Professor Van Dusen must find out why a young woman had a perfectly healthy finger cut off by the eminent surgeon Prescott.

EP6 The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Hoist

Mar. 04,1973

Lieutenant Holst of Copenhagen has to help a Russian countess who claims her brother-in-law aims to kill her.

EP5 The Absent-Minded Coterie

Feb. 26,1973

Valmont has to help break a ring of counterfeiters.

EP4 The Secret of the Manifique

Feb. 19,1973

Laxworthy and two friends secure the safety of the plans for the first torpedo to be used by the French navy.

EP3 Cell 13

Feb. 12,1973

Professor 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 power of his mind alone.

EP2 Five Hundred Carats

Feb. 05,1973

Inspecor Lipinski investigates the theft of a 500 carat diamond.

EP1 The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway

Jan. 29,1973

Polly Burton assists in soving the case of a grl found dead on a seat of an underground train.

7.2 | TV-PG | en | Drama , Crime , Mystery | More Info

Released: 1971-09-20 | Released Producted By: Thames Television , Pearson Television International Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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joan_freyer This is a great series from the 1970s and it is a pity it is only 2 boxes. The collection is exciting because 1) there is a who's who of wonderful character actors starring and 2) there is a who's who of little known but wonderful writers of detective stories here complete with short bios.The series is a fine recreation of Victorian and Edwardian times. It is video and is fussy but the sets are lavish and some shows feature live action in the countryside.Most of the plots are clever and the characters include female detectives too! Nice touch! Some are doctors but others are jewelers or insurance or gentlemen or cockneys. Instead of building as series around a young star to be (perhaps) the producing team used the best character actors around and therefore the series is a who's who of the very best talents around.check it out! you will like it! J E F Rose

hamlet-16 Having never seen them I stumbled across the first series on DVD ... they are typical British television in the best sense... literate, beautifully acted (with an amazing cast list) and with a marvellous sense of period.They are based on early crime novels and most of the writers are unknown to me especially those based on novels that are clearly not of English origin. Whilst the production standards of 1970 may not match today and some of the individual plots are sometimes a bit ordinary the two series make great viewing for any fan of crime novels and will especially appeal to any fan of the Sherlock Holmes.

Enoch Sneed It is so easy to look back and say we had higher standards of television years ago but this series goes a long way to proving the point. When they were originally broadcast these programmes went out at 9.00 on Monday evening following a current affairs documentary "World In Action" - very often a controversial and downright bloody-minded look at national and international politics. In the same slots today we have a half-hour soap opera followed by a series about a PA in a supermarket chain, coping with her employer relocating its head office.These programmes are literate and don't betray their literary origins. The scripts are full of period flavour, take their time to develop plot and character, and give the actors plenty to work with. And what actors: John Neville, Robert Stephens, Peter Barkworth and Peter Vaughan to name a few of the leads; character actors of the quality of Terence Rigby and George A. Cooper turn up in supporting roles.The production values are very high, too, with richly decorated Victorian settings. The BBC has always set the benchmark for period drama in the UK but Thames gave them a run for their money here and were rewarded with a Best Design BAFTA in 1972.If you enjoy period detective work but you are suffering from Holmes fatigue you could do far worse than invest in these for your DVD player - theowinthrop, please note!

pro_crustes I discovered this series on '70s American public television by accident while channel-surfing (or whatever we called it back in the days when you twisted a knob and then had to fine-tune the receiver). I felt like it was almost my personal secret then, something like Jean Shepherd's Ralphie feels before he decodes Annie's message. Except, this doesn't turn out to be a disappointment. The stories were intelligent, accessible, and timeless. This is TV doing what it should, before everything was about teen angst. (You know, I was a teen once and I don't remember having any angst. Maybe that was partly because my TV entertained me without suggesting I had to be glum to be cool. Maybe not.)I've never seen it since and I've often wondered why not. It seems like the kind of thing that modern mystery fans would love to have, even if that meant buying it on DVD.