Hugh Greene
Director
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
Season 2
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.
Released Sept. 20, 1971
Episode 50 min
10+
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Production Companies: Pearson Television International, Thames Television
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway
Polly Burton assists in soving the case of a grl found dead on a seat of an underground train.
Jan. 29, 1973, midnight
S2E2 - Five Hundred Carats
Inspecor Lipinski investigates the theft of a 500 carat diamond.
Feb. 5, 1973, midnight
S2E3 - Cell 13
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.
Feb. 12, 1973, midnight
S2E4 - The Secret of the Manifique
Laxworthy and two friends secure the safety of the plans for the first torpedo to be used by the French navy.
Feb. 19, 1973, midnight
S2E5 - The Absent-Minded Coterie
Valmont has to help break a ring of counterfeiters.
Feb. 26, 1973, midnight
S2E6 - The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Hoist
Lieutenant Holst of Copenhagen has to help a Russian countess who claims her brother-in-law aims to kill her.
March 4, 1973, midnight
S2E7 - The Superfluous Finger
Professor Van Dusen must find out why a young woman had a perfectly healthy finger cut off by the eminent surgeon Prescott.
March 11, 1973, midnight
S2E8 - Anonymous Letters
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Dagobert Trostler investigates a poison pen case.
March 19, 1973, midnight
S2E9 - The Moabite Cypher
Dr Thorndyke has to decypher a code to stop a plot to assassinate a Russian Grand Duke.
March 26, 1973, midnight
S2E10 - The Secret of the Foxhunter
William Drew of the foreign Office investigates an unusual crime.
April 2, 1973, midnight
S2E11 - The Missing Q.C's
Charles Dallas is led into a strange and sinister adventure in the aftermath of a sensational murder trial.
April 9, 1973, midnight
S2E12 - The Looting of the Species Room
Gold disappears from the strongroom of the RMS Oceanic and its purser, Mr Horrocks, tries to discover what has happened.
April 16, 1973, midnight
S2E13 - The Mystery of the Amber Beads
Hagar the Gypsy sets out to prove that Detective Sergeat Grubber is wrong about who killed Mrs Arryford.
May 7, 1973, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 1300 min.
Released: Sept. 20, 1971
Last Air Date: May 7, 1973, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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