The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · TV Series · TV-PG · 50 min
★ 6.9(11)unSUB Rating
This series brings to life the many detectives of late Victorian London who were The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, from R. Austin Freeman’s brilliant forensic expert Dr. John Thorndyke to Arthur Morrison’s notorious villain, private inquiry agent Horace Dorrington, William Hope Hodgson’s world-famous ghost hunter Carnacki and Baroness Orczy’s detective Lady Molly of Scotland Yard.
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Streaming on BritBox and PBS Masterpiece.
22 hours to watch · 26 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 1971–1973
- Release date
- 1971-09-20
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 50 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.5/10 (11 votes)
Themes
- anthology
- based on short story
- suspense mystery
Cast & crew
John Fraser
as Dixon Druce
- FW
Frances White
as Lady Irene
Frank Williams
as Mr. Roberts
David Battley
as Podgers
Alan Tilvern
as Mr. Cornelius
Leslie Dwyer
as Lost Property Man
Ray Smith
as Chief prison officer
- PB
Peter Birrel
as M. Helder
Barbara Murray
as Lady Wiltshire
Ingrid Hafner
as Maria Hamer
Directed by Jonathan Alwyn, Jim Goddard, Alan Cooke +9 more
Episodes2 seasons · 26 episodes
Season 113 episodes
- S1E1A Message from the Deep Sea50m
- S1E2The Missing Witness Sensation50m
- S1E3The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.50m
- S1E4The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds50m
- S1E5The Horse of the Invisible50m
- S1E6The Case of the Mirror of Portugal50m
- S1E7Madame Sara50m
- S1E8The Case of the Dixon Torpedo50m
- S1E9The Woman in the Big Hat50m
- S1E10The Affair of the Tortoise50m
- S1E11The Assyrian Rejuvenator50m
- S1E12The Ripening Rubies50m
- S1E13The Case of Laker, Absconded50m
Season 213 episodes
- S2E1The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway50m
- S2E2Five Hundred Carats50m
- S2E3Cell 1350m
- S2E4The Secret of the Manifique50m
- S2E5The Absent-Minded Coterie50m
- S2E6The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Hoist50m
- S2E7The Superfluous Finger50m
- S2E8Anonymous Letters50m
- S2E9The Moabite Cypher50m
- S2E10The Secret of the Foxhunter50m
- S2E11The Missing Q.C's50m
- S2E12The Looting of the Species Room50m
- S2E13The Mystery of the Amber Beads50m