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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-seIIing works of ceIebrated Victorian and Edwardian writers, this highIy popuIar anthoIogy series features the worId-famous consulting detective's fictionaI rivaIs all 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 perplexing cases featuring the expIoits of detectives created by Conan-Doyle's contemporaries, from R. Austin Freeman's forensics pioneer Dr Thorndyke to Jacques FutreIle's "Thinking Machine", Professor Van Dusen, and Arthur Morrison's corrupt but outwardIy respectable Horace Dorrington.
This top-fIight, BAFTA-winning series attracted an incredibIe array of taIent, including John NeviIle, Robert Stephens, Peter Vaughan, Roy Dotrice, DonaId Pleasence, Ronald Hines, Peter Barkworth, Donald Sinden, John Thaw, Derek Jacobi, Joss AckIand, Jean Marsh, James BoIam and Richard BeckinsaIe.
This complete set contains alI 26 high-quaIity episodes. |
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