Series · Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)Season 1
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.
- Creator
- Hugh Greene
- Writers
- Julian Bond, Harry Moore, Philip Mackie
- Network
- ITV1
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- September 20, 1971
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Kenneth ColleyFarrish
Douglas WilmerProf. Van Dusen
Ronald HinesJonathan Pryde
Peter BarkworthMartin Hewitt
Peter VaughanDorrington
Cyd HaymanLaura Stanley- Petronella BarkerMiss Parrot
Paul Whitsun-JonesMarquis of Orpington
John NettletonAdmiral Christador
Michael CashmanAsst. Purser Robbins- James CairncrossBriggs
Charles Lloyd PackJudge- Barry AshtonBuller's Bank Clerk
- Edward DentithSupt. Miller
- Robert HartleyPerroquet
- John GatrellJeweller
- Derek WareEscaping prisoner
- John DawsonInspector Fullalove
- Clifford ParrishFinch
Derek SmithHenry Jacobs
Episodes
0/13 watched- Episode 1: A Message from the Deep Sea50 min · Sep 20, 1971
- Episode 2: The Missing Witness Sensation50 min · Sep 27, 1971
- Episode 3: The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.50 min · Oct 4, 1971
- Episode 4: The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds50 min · Oct 11, 1971
- Episode 5: The Horse of the Invisible50 min · Oct 18, 1971
- Episode 6: The Case of the Mirror of Portugal50 min · Oct 25, 1971
- Episode 7: Madame Sara50 min · Nov 1, 1971
- Episode 8: The Case of the Dixon Torpedo50 min · Nov 8, 1971
- Episode 9: The Woman in the Big Hat50 min · Nov 15, 1971
- Episode 10: The Affair of the Tortoise50 min · Nov 22, 1971
- Episode 11: The Assyrian Rejuvenator50 min · Nov 29, 1971
- Episode 12: The Ripening Rubies50 min · Dec 2, 1971
- Episode 13: The Case of Laker, Absconded50 min · Dec 9, 1971
