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The Best Episodes of The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1

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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 of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 1 - A Message from the Deep Sea
    7.6/10(162 votes)

    S1:E1

    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
    Writers:Philip Mackie, R. Austin Freeman

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  2. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 12 - The Ripening Rubies
    7.3/10(87 votes)

    S1:E12

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

    Director:Alan Cooke
    Writer:Anthony Skene

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  3. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 13 - The Case of Laker, Absconded
    7.3/10(80 votes)

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Jonathan Alwyn
    Writer:Philip Mackie

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  4. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 4 - The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds
    7.2/10(122 votes)

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Anthony Steven, Guy Boothby

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  5. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 2 - The Missing Witness Sensation
    7.1/10(132 votes)

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Jonathan Alwyn
    Writers:Philip Mackie, Ernest Bramah

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  6. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 9 - The Woman in the Big Hat
    6.9/10(97 votes)

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Alan Cooke
    Writers:Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Alan Cooke

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  7. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 10 - The Affair of the Tortoise
    6.9/10(84 votes)

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Bill Bain
    Writer:Arthur Morrison

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  8. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 7 - Madame Sara
    6.6/10(96 votes)

    S1:E7

    Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.

    Director:Piers Haggard
    Writers:Philip Mackie, Robert Eustace, L.T. Meade

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  9. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 11 - The Assyrian Rejuvenator
    6.6/10(83 votes)

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Jonathan Alwyn
    Writers:R. Austin Freeman, Julian Bond

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  10. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 5 - The Horse of the Invisible
    6.5/10(144 votes)

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Alan Cooke
    Writers:Philip Mackie, William Hope Hodgson

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  11. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 6 - The Case of the Mirror of Portugal
    6.3/10(98 votes)

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Mike Vardy
    Writer:Arthur Morrison

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  12. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 8 - The Case of the Dixon Torpedo
    6.2/10(86 votes)

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Jim Goddard
    Writer:Arthur Morrison

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  13. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1 Episode 3 - The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.
    5.9/10(115 votes)

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Jim Goddard
    Writers:Arthur Morrison, Julian Bond

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A Message from the Deep Sea" is the best rated episode of "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 162 votes. Directed by Jim Goddard and written by Philip Mackie, R. Austin Freeman, it aired on 9/20/1971. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Ripening Rubies".