Episodes 13

1 A Message from the Deep Sea

September 20, 1971

50m

This episode features Dr Thorndyke, played by John Neville, who is first a medical man and second a solver of mysteries. A young girl has been murdered in her boarding house and the solution looks obvious - but is it? Neville plays the sleuth with aplomb and this is a strong opening episode. The character is arrogant, capable, and likable - and of course his intelligence makes his police colleagues and/or adversaries look like idiots!

2 The Missing Witness Sensation

September 27, 1971

50m

Max Carrados, the blind detective, solves the case of a bank teller shot at his counter.

3 The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tire Co.

October 4, 1971

50m

Horace Dorrington solves the mystery of a case of sabotage on a bicycle track.

4 The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds

October 11, 1971

50m

Simon Carne devises an ingenious way of keeping the Duchess of Wiltshire's diamonds safe from theft.

5 The Horse of the Invisible

October 18, 1971

50m

Carnacki solves the case of an invisible horse that is haunting a family of the eve of a wedding.

6 The Case of the Mirror of Portugal

October 25, 1971

50m

Horace Dorrington clears up the mystery of the theft of a valuable diamond.

7 Madame Sara

November 1, 1971

50m

Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.

8 The Case of the Dixon Torpedo

November 8, 1971

50m

Jonathan Pride gets involved in a case involving a secret weapon, an eccentric inventor and forged roubles.

9 The Woman in the Big Hat

November 15, 1971

50m

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard solves the murdeer of a respectable man.

10 The Affair of the Tortoise

November 22, 1971

50m

Arhtur Hewitt gets mixed up in a case involving voodoo and the disappearance of a dead body.

11 The Assyrian Rejuvenator

November 29, 1971

50m

Conman and invesigator Romney Pringkle exposes a swindle and makes a profit.

12 The Ripening Rubies

December 2, 1971

50m

Bernard Sutton is called in to help stop a series of jewel robberies.

13 The Case of Laker, Absconded

December 9, 1971

50m

Arthur Hewitt and Jonathan Pride band together to find a bank clerk who has disappeared with £ 15,000.

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