The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Show 1971) | A Message from the Deep Sea (S01E01)

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes is a British anthology mystery television series produced by Thames Television which was originally broadcast on the ITV Network.

The programme presented adaptations of short mystery, suspense or crime stories featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes took its inspiration – and title – from a series of published anthologies by Hugh Greene, younger brother of author Graham Greene and the former director-general of the BBC. Greene is credited on the programme as a creative consultant.

Episode 1: Dr. Thorndyke is asked by a former student to help on his first murder case. A prostitute is murdered and it seemed to be a woman has killed the lady. Dr. Thorndyke helps find the actual murderer with the evidence available.

Author: R. Austin Freeman
John Neville as Dr John Thorndyke, forensic scientist

Episode 2: https://rumble.com/v72daii-the-rivals-of-sherlock-holmes-tv-series-1971-the-missing-witness-sensation-.html