An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
Sep 20, 1971 - 50m
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!
Sep 27, 1971 - 50m
Max Carrados, the blind detective, solves the case of a bank teller shot at his counter.
Oct 4, 1971 - 50m
Horace Dorrington solves the mystery of a case of sabotage on a bicycle track.
Oct 11, 1971 - 50m
Simon Carne devises an ingenious way of keeping the Duchess of Wiltshire's diamonds safe from theft.
Oct 18, 1971 - 50m
Carnacki solves the case of an invisible horse that is haunting a family of the eve of a wedding.
Oct 25, 1971 - 50m
Horace Dorrington clears up the mystery of the theft of a valuable diamond.
Nov 1, 1971 - 50m
Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.
Nov 8, 1971 - 50m
Jonathan Pride gets involved in a case involving a secret weapon, an eccentric inventor and forged roubles.
Nov 15, 1971 - 50m
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard solves the murdeer of a respectable man.
Nov 22, 1971 - 50m
Arhtur Hewitt gets mixed up in a case involving voodoo and the disappearance of a dead body.
Nov 29, 1971 - 50m
Conman and invesigator Romney Pringkle exposes a swindle and makes a profit.
Dec 2, 1971 - 50m
Bernard Sutton is called in to help stop a series of jewel robberies.
Dec 9, 1971 - 50m
Arthur Hewitt and Jonathan Pride band together to find a bank clerk who has disappeared with £ 15,000.
