Thorndyke is a 1964 crime television series which originally aired on BBC 1 in six episodes from 3 October to 7 November 1964, following on from a pilot broadcast on 6 July as part of the Detective anthology series.^[1] It is based on the novels and short stories by R. Austin Freeman featuring the detective Doctor Thorndyke, a pioneer in using forensic methods to solve cases.^[2]

All six episodes presumably still exist, but they have not been made available to the public.

• Peter Copley as Doctor John Evelyn Thorndyke
• Paul Williamson as Doctor Jervis
• Patrick Newell as Polton
• Glyn Owen as Superintendent Morton

Actors who appeared in individual episodes of the series include:

• George A. Cooper as Pratt
• Ronald Leigh-Hunt as John Simpson
• Jack May as Percival Bland
• Stephanie Bidmead as Kathy
• Kenneth Colley as Ellis
• Jane Downs as Mrs. Crofton
• John Le Mesurier as Pembury
• Anthony Sagar as Ellis
• Royston Tickner as Smith
• Patrick Troughton as Frank Belfield
• Rex Rashley as Amos Caldwell
• Harry Towb as Ambrose
• Wanda Ventham as Maud
• Peter Madden as Det. Supt. Martin
• Kevin Brennan Sergeant
• David Nettheim as Stalker
• Lennard Pearce as Shenston
• Donald Bisset as Sergeant Hawkins
• Hilda Fenemore as Mrs. Brattle
• Ivor Salter as Stanton
• Edwin Brown as Brattle
• Vernon Dobtcheff as Coroner
• Aubrey Morris as Julius Wicks

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• Thorndyke at IMDb