Series · Crime, Drama, Mystery
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.
- 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: The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway50 min · Jan 29, 1973
- Episode 2: Five Hundred Carats50 min · Feb 5, 1973
- Episode 3: Cell 1350 min · Feb 12, 1973
- Episode 4: The Secret of the Manifique50 min · Feb 19, 1973
- Episode 5: The Absent-Minded Coterie50 min · Feb 26, 1973
- Episode 6: The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Hoist50 min · Mar 4, 1973
- Episode 7: The Superfluous Finger50 min · Mar 11, 1973
- Episode 8: Anonymous Letters50 min · Mar 19, 1973
- Episode 9: The Moabite Cypher50 min · Mar 26, 1973
- Episode 10: The Secret of the Foxhunter50 min · Apr 2, 1973
- Episode 11: The Missing Q.C's50 min · Apr 9, 1973
- Episode 12: The Looting of the Species Room50 min · Apr 16, 1973
- Episode 13: The Mystery of the Amber Beads50 min · May 7, 1973
