Season 1

1. A Message from the Deep Sea

1971-09-20 · 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

1971-09-27 · 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.

1971-10-04 · 50m

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

4. The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds

1971-10-11 · 50m

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

5. The Horse of the Invisible

1971-10-18 · 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

1971-10-25 · 50m

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

7. Madame Sara

1971-11-01 · 50m

Dixon Duce helps solve a murder case.

8. The Case of the Dixon Torpedo

1971-11-08 · 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

1971-11-15 · 50m

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

10. The Affair of the Tortoise

1971-11-22 · 50m

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

11. The Assyrian Rejuvenator

1971-11-29 · 50m

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

12. The Ripening Rubies

1971-12-02 · 50m

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

13. The Case of Laker, Absconded

1971-12-09 · 50m

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