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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Season 2

Air Date

January 29, 1973

Episodes

13 episodes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Season 2

Episodes

The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway

1. The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway

January 29, 1973
50 min

Polly Burton assists in soving the case of a grl found dead on a seat of an underground train.

Five Hundred Carats

2. Five Hundred Carats

February 5, 1973
50 min

Inspecor Lipinski investigates the theft of a 500 carat diamond.

Cell 13

3. Cell 13

February 12, 1973
50 min

Professor Van Dusen, the 'Thinking Machine', boasts that he can think his way out of a prison cell. When he is locked up he is given the chance to prove that he can escape by the power of his mind alone.

The Secret of the Manifique

4. The Secret of the Manifique

February 19, 1973
50 min

Laxworthy and two friends secure the safety of the plans for the first torpedo to be used by the French navy.

The Absent-Minded Coterie

5. The Absent-Minded Coterie

February 26, 1973
50 min

Valmont has to help break a ring of counterfeiters.

The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Hoist

6. The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Hoist

March 4, 1973
50 min

Lieutenant Holst of Copenhagen has to help a Russian countess who claims her brother-in-law aims to kill her.

The Superfluous Finger

7. The Superfluous Finger

March 11, 1973
50 min

Professor Van Dusen must find out why a young woman had a perfectly healthy finger cut off by the eminent surgeon Prescott.

Anonymous Letters

8. Anonymous Letters

March 19, 1973
50 min

In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Dagobert Trostler investigates a poison pen case.

The Moabite Cypher

9. The Moabite Cypher

March 26, 1973
50 min

Dr Thorndyke has to decypher a code to stop a plot to assassinate a Russian Grand Duke.

The Secret of the Foxhunter

10. The Secret of the Foxhunter

April 2, 1973
50 min

William Drew of the foreign Office investigates an unusual crime.

The Missing Q.C's

11. The Missing Q.C's

April 9, 1973
50 min

Charles Dallas is led into a strange and sinister adventure in the aftermath of a sensational murder trial.

The Looting of the Species Room

12. The Looting of the Species Room

April 16, 1973
50 min

Gold disappears from the strongroom of the RMS Oceanic and its purser, Mr Horrocks, tries to discover what has happened.

The Mystery of the Amber Beads

13. The Mystery of the Amber Beads

May 7, 1973
50 min

Hagar the Gypsy sets out to prove that Detective Sergeat Grubber is wrong about who killed Mrs Arryford.

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