The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes is a British TV series of 26 episodes (2 seasons) produced by Thames Television, aired between 1971 and 1972 on the ITV network. 55 min. per episode.
The series is not sherlockian. The episodes features other detectives created at the same time than Sherlock Holmes and which met some success like : Professor Thorndyke (by R. Austin Freeman), Max Carrados (by Ernest Bramah), Horace Dorrington and Martin Hewitt (by Arthur Morrison), Professor Van Dusen (by Jacques Futrelle), Dixon Bruce (by L. T. Meade), Eugène Valmont (by Robert Barr), etc. Played by famous British actors : John Thaw, Peter Vaughan, Peter Barkworth, Douglas Wilmer, Roy Dotrice, Donald Sinden, Derek Jacobi, Donald Pleasance, Bernard Hepton, Judy Geeson, etc.
Episode list
Season 1 (1971)
- S01E01 : A Message from the Deep Sea (20 september 1971) Dr. Thorndyke
- S01E02 : The Missing Witness Sensation (27 september 1971) Max Carrados
- S01E03 : The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle & Tyre Co. (4 october 1971) Horace Dorrington
- S01E04 : The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds (11 october 1971) Simon Carne
- S01E05 : The Horse of the Invisible (18 october 1971) Carnacki
- S01E06 : The Case of the Mirror of Portugal (25 october 1971) Horace Dorrington
- S01E07 : Madame Sara (1 november 1971) Dixon Druce
- S01E08 : The Case of the Dixon Torpedo (8 november 1971) Jonathan Pryde
- S01E09 : The Woman in the Big Hat (15 november 1971) Lady Molly
- S01E10 : The Affair of the Tortoise (22 november 1971) Martin Hewitt
- S01E11 : The Assyrian Rejuvenator (29 november 1971) Ronney Pringle
- S01E12 : The Ripening Rubies (2 december 1971) Bernard Sutton
- S01E13 : The Case of Laker, Absconded (9 december 1971) Martin Hewitt
Season 2 (1973)
- S02E01 : The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway (29 january 1973) Polly Burton
- S02E02 : Five Hundred Carats (5 february 1973) Inspector Lipinzki
- S02E03 : Cell 13 (12 february 1973) Prof. Van Dusen
- S02E04 : The Secret of the Magnifique (19 february 1973) J. T. Laxworthy
- S02E05 : The Absent-Minded Coterie (26 february 1973) Eugene Valmont
- S02E06 : The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst (5 march 1973) Lieutenant Holst
- S02E07 : The Superfluous Finger (12 march 1973) Prof. Van Dusen
- S02E08 : Anonymous Letters (19 march 1973) Dagobert Trostler
- S02E09 : The Moabite Cipher (26 march 1973) Dr. Thorndyke
- S02E10 : The Secret of the Foxhunter (2 april 1973) William Drew
- S02E11 : The Missing Q.C.'s (9 april 1973) Charles Dallas
- S02E12 : The Looting of the Specie Room (16 april 1973) Mr. Horrocks
- S02E13 : The Mystery of the Amber Beads (23 april 1973) Hagar
