The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) is a mystery, crime, drama web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes online in HD.
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes — Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
- Created by: Hugh Greene
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1971-09-20 |
| Seasons | 2 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Genre | Mystery, Crime, Drama |
| Language | English |
| Network | ITV1 |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 7.5/10 (11 votes) |
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: A Message from the Deep Sea (1971-09-20) — 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 th
- E2: The Missing Witness Sensation (1971-09-27) — Max Carrados, the blind detective, solves the case of a bank teller shot at his counter.
- E3: The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co. (1971-10-04) — Horace Dorrington solves the mystery of a case of sabotage on a bicycle track.
- E4: The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds (1971-10-11) — Simon Carne devises an ingenious way of keeping the Duchess of Wiltshire's diamonds safe from theft.
- E5: The Horse of the Invisible (1971-10-18) — Carnacki solves the case of an invisible horse that is haunting a family of the eve of a wedding.
- E6: The Case of the Mirror of Portugal (1971-10-25) — Horace Dorrington clears up the mystery of the theft of a valuable diamond.
- E7: Madame Sara (1971-11-01) — Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.
- E8: The Case of the Dixon Torpedo (1971-11-08) — Jonathan Pride gets involved in a case involving a secret weapon, an eccentric inventor and forged roubles.
- E9: The Woman in the Big Hat (1971-11-15) — Lady Molly of Scotland Yard solves the murdeer of a respectable man.
- E10: The Affair of the Tortoise (1971-11-22) — Arhtur Hewitt gets mixed up in a case involving voodoo and the disappearance of a dead body.
- E11: The Assyrian Rejuvenator (1971-11-29) — Conman and invesigator Romney Pringkle exposes a swindle and makes a profit.
- E12: The Ripening Rubies (1971-12-02) — Bernard Sutton is called in to help stop a series of jewel robberies.
- E13: The Case of Laker, Absconded (1971-12-09) — Arthur Hewitt and Jonathan Pride band together to find a bank clerk who has disappeared with £ 15,000.
Season 2
- E1: The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway (1973-01-29) — Polly Burton assists in soving the case of a grl found dead on a seat of an underground train.
- E2: Five Hundred Carats (1973-02-05) — Inspecor Lipinski investigates the theft of a 500 carat diamond.
- E3: Cell 13 (1973-02-12) — 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 p
- E4: The Secret of the Manifique (1973-02-19) — Laxworthy and two friends secure the safety of the plans for the first torpedo to be used by the French navy.
- E5: The Absent-Minded Coterie (1973-02-26) — Valmont has to help break a ring of counterfeiters.
- E6: The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Hoist (1973-03-04) — Lieutenant Holst of Copenhagen has to help a Russian countess who claims her brother-in-law aims to kill her.
- E7: The Superfluous Finger (1973-03-11) — Professor Van Dusen must find out why a young woman had a perfectly healthy finger cut off by the eminent surgeon Prescott.
- E8: Anonymous Letters (1973-03-19) — In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Dagobert Trostler investigates a poison pen case.
- E9: The Moabite Cypher (1973-03-26) — Dr Thorndyke has to decypher a code to stop a plot to assassinate a Russian Grand Duke.
- E10: The Secret of the Foxhunter (1973-04-02) — William Drew of the foreign Office investigates an unusual crime.
- E11: The Missing Q.C's (1973-04-09) — Charles Dallas is led into a strange and sinister adventure in the aftermath of a sensational murder trial.
- E12: The Looting of the Species Room (1973-04-16) — Gold disappears from the strongroom of the RMS Oceanic and its purser, Mr Horrocks, tries to discover what has happened.
- E13: The Mystery of the Amber Beads (1973-05-07) — Hagar the Gypsy sets out to prove that Detective Sergeat Grubber is wrong about who killed Mrs Arryford.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes have? 2 season(s) with 26 episodes.
Who created The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes? Hugh Greene.
Where can I watch The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.