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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Moabite Cipher
Season 2
Episode 9
London, 1912. Before the state visit of the Russian Grand Duke, there is an anarchist plot to assassinate him. A mysterious cipher could lead to the ring leaders of the conspiracy, but the subsequent event nearly costs R. Austin Freeman’s Dr. John Thorndyke his life.
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John Neville stars as R. Austin Freeman’s brilliant forensic expert Dr. John Thorndyke.