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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...
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Season 1

  • A Message from the Deep Sea
    7.5/10145 votes

    A Message from the Deep Sea

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1971

    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!

    Director: Jim Goddard

    Writer: Philip Mackie, R. Austin Freeman

  • The Missing Witness Sensation
    7.1/10119 votes

    The Missing Witness Sensation

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1971

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

    Director: Jonathan Alwyn

    Writer: Philip Mackie, Ernest Bramah

  • The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.
    5.8/10105 votes

    The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1971

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

    Director: Jim Goddard

    Writer: Arthur Morrison, Julian Bond

  • The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds
    7.2/10109 votes

    The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1971

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Anthony Steven, Guy Boothby

  • The Horse of the Invisible
    6.5/10131 votes

    The Horse of the Invisible

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1971

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

    Director: Alan Cooke

    Writer: Philip Mackie, William Hope Hodgson

  • The Case of the Mirror of Portugal
    6.3/1088 votes

    The Case of the Mirror of Portugal

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1971

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

    Director: Mike Vardy

    Writer: Arthur Morrison

  • Madame Sara
    6.5/1088 votes

    Madame Sara

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1971

    Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.

    Director: Piers Haggard

    Writer: Philip Mackie, Robert Eustace, L.T. Meade

  • The Case of the Dixon Torpedo
    6.1/1076 votes

    The Case of the Dixon Torpedo

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1971

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

    Director: Jim Goddard

    Writer: Arthur Morrison

  • The Woman in the Big Hat
    6.8/1084 votes

    The Woman in the Big Hat

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1971

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

    Director: Alan Cooke

    Writer: Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Alan Cooke

  • The Affair of the Tortoise
    6.9/1074 votes

    The Affair of the Tortoise

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1971

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

    Director: Bill Bain

    Writer: Arthur Morrison

  • The Assyrian Rejuvenator
    6.5/1074 votes

    The Assyrian Rejuvenator

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1971

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

    Director: Jonathan Alwyn

    Writer: R. Austin Freeman, Julian Bond

  • The Ripening Rubies
    7.3/1077 votes

    The Ripening Rubies

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1971

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

    Director: Alan Cooke

    Writer: Anthony Skene

  • The Case of Laker, Absconded
    7.2/1072 votes

    The Case of Laker, Absconded

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1971

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

    Director: Jonathan Alwyn

    Writer: Philip Mackie