TV series · Ended
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971–1973 · 2 seasons, 26 episodes · 50m episodes · Crime, Drama, Mystery · ITV1 · United Kingdom · Rated 12 (GB)
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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