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.
2 seasons · 26 episodes
S2 E1The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway
Jan 29, 197350 min
Polly Burton assists in soving the case of a grl found dead on a seat of an underground train.
S2 E2Five Hundred Carats
Feb 5, 197350 min
Inspecor Lipinski investigates the theft of a 500 carat diamond.
S2 E3Cell 13
Feb 12, 197350 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.
S2 E4The Secret of the Manifique
Feb 19, 197350 min
Laxworthy and two friends secure the safety of the plans for the first torpedo to be used by the French navy.
S2 E5The Absent-Minded Coterie
Feb 26, 197350 min
Valmont has to help break a ring of counterfeiters.
S2 E6The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Hoist
Mar 4, 197350 min
Lieutenant Holst of Copenhagen has to help a Russian countess who claims her brother-in-law aims to kill her.
Kenneth Colley
Farrish
Douglas Wilmer
Prof. Van Dusen
Ronald Hines
Jonathan Pryde
Peter Barkworth
Martin Hewitt
Peter Vaughan
Dorrington
Cyd Hayman
Laura Stanley
Petronella Barker
Miss Parrot
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Fat man
John Nettleton
Admiral Christador
Michael Cashman
Henry Stevens
James Cairncross
Briggs
Charles Lloyd Pack
Mr. Neal
