Series · 1971 – 1973 · Mystery
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.
2 seasons · 26 episodes

Episode 01
A Message from the Deep Sea
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!

Episode 02
The Missing Witness Sensation
Max Carrados, the blind detective, solves the case of a bank teller shot at his counter.

Episode 03
The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.
Horace Dorrington solves the mystery of a case of sabotage on a bicycle track.

Episode 04
The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds
Simon Carne devises an ingenious way of keeping the Duchess of Wiltshire's diamonds safe from theft.

Episode 05
The Horse of the Invisible
Carnacki solves the case of an invisible horse that is haunting a family of the eve of a wedding.

Episode 06
The Case of the Mirror of Portugal
Horace Dorrington clears up the mystery of the theft of a valuable diamond.

Episode 07
Madame Sara
Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.

Episode 08
The Case of the Dixon Torpedo
Jonathan Pride gets involved in a case involving a secret weapon, an eccentric inventor and forged roubles.

Episode 09
The Woman in the Big Hat
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard solves the murdeer of a respectable man.

Episode 10
The Affair of the Tortoise
Arhtur Hewitt gets mixed up in a case involving voodoo and the disappearance of a dead body.

Episode 11
The Assyrian Rejuvenator
Conman and invesigator Romney Pringkle exposes a swindle and makes a profit.

Episode 12
The Ripening Rubies
Bernard Sutton is called in to help stop a series of jewel robberies.

Episode 13
The Case of Laker, Absconded
Arthur Hewitt and Jonathan Pride band together to find a bank clerk who has disappeared with £ 15,000.
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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 is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The mystery from Hugh Greene has 2 seasons and 26 total episodes, rated 7.5/10 by 11 viewers.
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes has 2 seasons with 26 episodes in total.
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes has ended and is no longer in production.
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes airs on ITV1.
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes first aired on September 20, 1971.
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