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The Best Episodes of The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1

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The Best Episodes of The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1

Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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  1. Background image for A Message from the Deep Sea
    7.5/10(142 votes)

    #1 - A Message from the Deep Sea

    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!

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  2. Background image for The Missing Witness Sensation
    7.1/10(117 votes)

    #2 - The Missing Witness Sensation

    S1:E2

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

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  3. Background image for The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.
    5.8/10(102 votes)

    #3 - The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.

    S1:E3

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

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  4. Background image for The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds
    7.2/10(105 votes)

    #4 - The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds

    S1:E4

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

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  5. Background image for The Horse of the Invisible
    6.5/10(128 votes)

    #5 - The Horse of the Invisible

    S1:E5

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

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  6. Background image for The Case of the Mirror of Portugal
    6.3/10(85 votes)

    #6 - The Case of the Mirror of Portugal

    S1:E6

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

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  8. Background image for Madame Sara
    6.5/10(85 votes)

    #7 - Madame Sara

    S1:E7

    Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.

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  9. Background image for The Case of the Dixon Torpedo
    6.1/10(74 votes)

    #8 - The Case of the Dixon Torpedo

    S1:E8

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

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  10. Background image for The Woman in the Big Hat
    6.8/10(82 votes)

    #9 - The Woman in the Big Hat

    S1:E9

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

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  11. Background image for The Affair of the Tortoise
    6.9/10(74 votes)

    #10 - The Affair of the Tortoise

    S1:E10

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

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    Director:Bill Bain
  12. Background image for The Assyrian Rejuvenator
    6.5/10(74 votes)

    #11 - The Assyrian Rejuvenator

    S1:E11

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

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  13. Background image for The Ripening Rubies
    7.3/10(76 votes)

    #12 - The Ripening Rubies

    S1:E12

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

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    Director:Alan Cooke
  14. Background image for The Case of Laker, Absconded
    7.2/10(71 votes)

    #13 - The Case of Laker, Absconded

    S1:E13

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

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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 7.5/10 based on 142 votes. Directed by Jim Goddard and written by Philip Mackie, R. Austin Freeman, it aired on 9/20/1971. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Missing Witness Sensation".