Wednesday 5 October 2022

1971, Television: "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes"

The British anthology television series "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" premiered on 20 September 1971 on ITV (Independent Television). The series was produced by Thames Television. Two series of 13 fifty-minute episodes were produced; the first aired in 1971, the second in 1973.

Douglas Wilmer as Prof. Van Dusen in the episode "Cell 13"
Robin Ellis as Charles Dallas in the episode "The Missing Q.C.s"

Synopsis
The series presented suspense or crime stories starring detectives who were contemporaries of Sherlock Holmes.

Ronald Fraser as Horrocks in the episode "The Looting of the Specie Room"

Sara Kestelman as Hagar and Philip Locke as Vark
in the episode The Mystery of the Amber Beads

Recurring detectives:

  • Douglas Wilmer as Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen
  • Peter Vaughan as Horace Dorrington
  • Kenneth Colley as Farrish
  • Petronella Barker as Miss Parrot
  • Peter Barkworth as Martin Hewitt
  • Ronald Hines as Jonathan Pryde


Opening & Closing Credits "The Affair of the Tortoise"

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