The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

September 20, 1971

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 the solution looks obvious - but is it? Neville plays the sleuth with aplomb and this is a strong opening episode. The character is arrogant, capable, and likable - and of course his intelligence makes his police colleagues and/or adversaries look like idiots!

September 27, 1971

Max Carrados, the blind detective, solves the case of a bank teller shot at his counter.

October 4, 1971

Horace Dorrington solves the mystery of a case of sabotage on a bicycle track.

October 11, 1971

Simon Carne devises an ingenious way of keeping the Duchess of Wiltshire's diamonds safe from theft.

October 18, 1971

Carnacki solves the case of an invisible horse that is haunting a family of the eve of a wedding.

October 25, 1971

Horace Dorrington clears up the mystery of the theft of a valuable diamond.

November 1, 1971

Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.

November 8, 1971

Jonathan Pride gets involved in a case involving a secret weapon, an eccentric inventor and forged roubles.

November 15, 1971

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard solves the murdeer of a respectable man.

November 22, 1971

Arhtur Hewitt gets mixed up in a case involving voodoo and the disappearance of a dead body.

November 29, 1971

Conman and invesigator Romney Pringkle exposes a swindle and makes a profit.

December 2, 1971

Bernard Sutton is called in to help stop a series of jewel robberies.

December 9, 1971

Arthur Hewitt and Jonathan Pride band together to find a bank clerk who has disappeared with £ 15,000.