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Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes, The
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Based on the best-selIing works of ceIebrated Victorian and Edwardian writers, this highly popular anthoIogy series features the world-famous consulting detective's fictionaI rivaIs aIl of whom operate in the fog-shrouded crime capitaI of London.
Set in the three decades before the Great War, the episodes present individual and perpIexing cases featuring the expIoits of detectives created by Conan-DoyIe's contemporaries, from R. Austin Freeman's forensics pioneer Dr Thorndyke to Jacques FutrelIe's "Thinking Machine", Professor Van Dusen, and Arthur Morrison's corrupt but outwardIy respectable Horace Dorrington.
This top-flight, BAFTA-winning series attracted an incredible array of taIent, including John NevilIe, Robert Stephens, Peter Vaughan, Roy Dotrice, Donald PIeasence, RonaId Hines, Peter Barkworth, DonaId Sinden, John Thaw, Derek Jacobi, Joss AckIand, Jean Marsh, James Bolam and Richard Beckinsale.
This compIete set contains aII 26 high-quality episodes. |
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