The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
ITV (ended 1973)
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Season 2
- 5/7/73Detective Charles Dallas finds himself mixed up in a sensational trial when two leading London barristers, the prosecution and the defence counsel in the case, disappear suddenly and without trace.
- 4/16/73A gypsy woman called Hagar has a very clear idea about the murderer of Mrs Arryford. However, Hagar's view of the case is not shared by Detective Sergeant Grubber, the policeman on the job.
- 4/9/73While the steam-ship Oceanic tries to beat the world speed record for an Atlantic crossing, thieves steal gold ingots from the ship's strong-room. And then the life of Horrocks, the ship's purser, is threatened. As luck would have it, Inspector Trent is on hand to investigate.
- 4/2/73William Drew meets his most dangerous case to date when the head of German intelligence pays a visit to England.
- 3/26/73Dr John Thorndyke finds himself dealing with an anarchist plot to assassinate a Russian Grand Duke.
- 3/19/73Dagobert Trostler is called in by Countess Nadja when she finds herself on the receiving end of a string of anonymous letters.
- 3/11/73Professor Van Dusen is called in by Sir Hector Drummond, a well-known surgeon, when a young woman asks to have one of her fingers surgically removed.
- 3/4/73Lieutenant Holst of the Copenhagen police is working on a big international case. Then a man commits suicide, and Holst finds himself in hot water.
- 2/26/73Eugene Valmont investigates two cases at the same time, a baffling swindle and some counterfeit coins. Along the way, he meets an adventuress.
- 2/19/73Detective Laxworthy hires two men who have just been released from prison. With their help he plans to carry out a major swindle in the south of France. Or does he?
- 2/12/73Professor Van Dusen wagers his friends he can escape from prison. Starting from Cell 13, the challenge he faces is to cross seven barriers of steel bars, then a seventeen-foot wall and finally some open ground swept by searchlights...
- 2/5/73Inspector Lipinzki investigates when a huge diamond is stolen from a safe. He finds his enquiries take him into the heart of South African society.
- 1/29/73Polly Burton, a young woman who wants to be a journalist, investigates when a girl is murdered on a London Underground train.
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