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  • 1971-09-20T20:00:00Z on ITV
  • 50m
  • 10h 50m (13 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama, Mystery, Crime
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

1971-09-20T20:00:00Z

1x01 A Message from the Deep Sea

Series Premiere

1x01 A Message from the Deep Sea

  • 1971-09-20T20:00:00Z50m

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!

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

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

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

1x05 The Horse of the Invisible

  • 1971-10-18T20:00:00Z50m

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

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

1971-11-01T21:00:00Z

1x07 Madame Sara

1x07 Madame Sara

  • 1971-11-01T21:00:00Z50m

Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.

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

1971-11-15T21:00:00Z

1x09 The Woman in the Big Hat

1x09 The Woman in the Big Hat

  • 1971-11-15T21:00:00Z50m

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

1x10 The Affair of the Tortoise

  • 1971-11-22T21:00:00Z50m

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

1971-11-29T21:00:00Z

1x11 The Assyrian Rejuvenator

1x11 The Assyrian Rejuvenator

  • 1971-11-29T21:00:00Z50m

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

1971-12-02T21:00:00Z

1x12 The Ripening Rubies

1x12 The Ripening Rubies

  • 1971-12-02T21:00:00Z50m

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

Season Finale

1971-12-09T21:00:00Z

1x13 The Case of Laker, Absconded

Season Finale

1x13 The Case of Laker, Absconded

  • 1971-12-09T21:00:00Z50m

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

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