TY - ADVS AU - Alwyn,Jonathan AU - Baron,Alexander AU - Barr,Robert AU - Bennett,Derek AU - Bond,Julian AU - Collin,Reginald AU - Cooke,Alan AU - Duguid,Peter AU - Ellis,Robin AU - Evans,Graham AU - Fraser,Ronald AU - Freeman,R.Austin AU - Futrelle,Jacques AU - Geeson,Judy AU - Gray,Charles D. AU - Griffith,George Chetwynd AU - Grollen,Baldwin AU - Hawkesworth,John AU - Hepton,Bernard AU - Holder,Owen AU - Hume,Fergus AU - Hyne,C.J.Cutcliffe AU - Ingham,Barrie AU - Jacobi,Derek AU - Keegan,Barry AU - Kelsey,Gerard AU - Kestelman,Sara AU - Le Queux,William AU - Leaver,Don AU - Lewis,Ronald AU - Martin,Ian Kennedy AU - Meyer,Michael Leverson AU - Oppenheim,E.Phillips AU - Orczy,Emmuska Orczy AU - Oxenham,John AU - Rosenkrantz,Palle AU - Steven,Anthony AU - Thaw,John AU - Vance,Dennis AU - Wilmer,Douglas ED - Acorn Media (Firm) ED - Freemantle Home Entertainment (Firm) ED - Thames Television, ltd. TI - The rivals of Sherlock Holmes PY - 2010///] CY - Silver Spring, MD PB - Distributed by Acorn Media KW - Criminal behavior KW - England KW - London KW - Drama KW - Criminal investigation KW - Criminals KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Private investigators KW - Thorndyke, Doctor (Fictitious character) KW - Detective and mystery television programs KW - Television crime shows KW - Television series KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Contains 13 episodes from the series; Originally broadcast on Thames Television as individual episodes in 1973; Special features: Vol. one: Profiles of Polly Burton, Insp. Lipinzki, Prof. Van Dusen, and Mr. Laxworthy. Vol. two: Profiles of Eugène Valmont and Lt. Holst. Vol. three: Profiles of Dagobert Trostler, Dr. Thorndyke, and William Drew. Vol. four: Profiles of Mr. Harrocks, Hagar, and Charles Dallas; Vol. four stories by C.J. Cutcliffe Hyne, Fergus Hume, and John Oxenham; Vol. one stories by Baroness Orczy, George Griffith, Jacques Futrelle, and E. Phillips Oppenheim; Vol. three stories by Baldwin Grollen, R. Austin Freeman, and William LeQueux; Vol. two stories by Robert Barr, Palle Rosenkrantz, and Jacques Futrelle; Vol. four. (ca. 149 min.); Episode 11; Looting of the specie room; [dramatized by Ian Kennedy Martin ; directed by Jonathan Alwyn and Don Leaver] --; Episode 12; Mystery of the amber beads; [dramatized by Owen Holder ; directed by Jonathan Alwyn and Don Leaver] --; Episode 13; Missing Q.C.s; [dramatized by John Hawkesworth ; directed by Jonathan Alwyn and Don Leaver]; Vol. one. (ca. 205 min.); Episode 1; Mysterious death on the underground railway; [dramatized by Alan Cooke ; directed by Graham Evans] --; Episode 2; Five hundred carats; [dramatized by Alexander Baron ; directed by Jonathan Alwyn] --; Episode 3; Cell 13; [dramatized by Julian Bond ; directed by Reginald Collin] --; Episode 4; Secret of the Magnifique; [dramatized by Gerald Kelsey ; directed by Derek Bennett]; Vol. three. (ca. 154 min.); Episode 8; Anonymous letters; [dramatized by Anthony Steven ; directed by Dennis Vance] --; Episode 9; Moabite cipher; [dramatized by Reginald Collin ; directed by Reginald Collin] --; Episode 10; Secret of the fox hunter; [dramatized by Gerald Kelsey ; directed by Graham Evans]; Vol. two. (ca. 151 min.); Episode 5; Absent-minded coterie; [dramatized by Alexander Baron ; directed by Peter Duguid] --; Episode 6; Sensible action of Lieutenant Holst; [dramatized by Michael Meyer ; directed by Jonathan Alwyn] --; Episode 7; Superfluous finger; [dramatized by Julian Bond ; directed by Derek Bennett]; Dramatized by Alan Cooke, Alexander Baron, Julian Bond, Gerard Kelsey, Michael Meyer, Anthony Steven, Reginald Collin, Ian Kennedy Martin, Owen Holder, John Hawkesworth ; directed by Graham Evans, Jonathan Alwyn, Reginald Collin, Derek Bennett, Peter Duguid, Dennis Vance, and Don Leaver. Executive producer, Kim Mills; Vol. four cast: Ronald Fraser, Sara Kestelman, Robin Ellis; Vol. one cast: Judy Greeson, Barry Keegan, Douglas Wilmer, Bernard Hepton; Vol. three cast: Ronald Lewis, Barrie Ingham, Derek Jacobi; Vol. two cast: Charles Gray, John Thaw, Douglas Wilmer; Not rated N2 - Crime abounded in late Victorian and Edwardian times--from the streets of London to the country houses of nobility; from the royal apartments of Vienna to the hotel rooms of quiet Copenhagen. Sherlock Holmes took on many of the era's crooks, killers, blackmailers, and schemers, but so did the fictional sleuths of other celebrated writers of the time. (from container.) ER -