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"Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes" The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)



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7.8/10   457 votes
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Writer:
David Pirie (writer)
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Original Air Date:
4 January 2000
Tagline:
He taught him the finer points...of murder!
Plot:
Arthur Conan Doyle reveals the story behind Sherlock Holmes and his mysteries by telling about Dr. Joseph Bell. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)
Ian Richardson ... Dr. Joseph Bell
Sean Wightman ... Mortuary Clerk

Robin Laing ... Arthur Conan Doyle
Dolly Wells ... Elspeth Scott

Charles Dance ... Sir Henry Carlyle
Ralph Riach ... The Strand Editor
Aly Bain ... The Fiddler
Andrew John Tait ... Eustace Stark
Alan Sinclair ... Medical Lecturer

Alec Newman ... Thomas Neill
Tamsin Pike ... Sophia
Joel Strachan ... Crawford
David Walker ... Baxter (as David MacDowell)
Sarah Collier ... Mary Doyle
John Bett ... Charles Doyle
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Additional Details

Runtime:
104 min (2 parts)
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1.78 : 1 more
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Quotes:
Arthur Conan Doyle: There must be someone who can help.
Dr. Joseph Bell: At the moment there is only us. Our crusade is personal now, Doyle. Here the line is drawn. And if we have to fight the future, so be it - we will. And on, and on unto the next century.
[Bell walks away, and then turns]
Dr. Joseph Bell: Will you come?
Arthur Conan Doyle: [pauses] Aye.
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My comments, 10 January 2000
Author: Russell Wilson (99016753@napier.ac.uk) from Edinburgh, Scotland

I watched this two part bbc drama and thoroughly enjoyed it. It features on Arthur Conan Doyle's relationship with Dr Joseph Bell (Richardson). Some of the scenes are gruesome. But there is a lot of Holmes background within it. There are 2 main things I will draw your attention to, 1) Doyle gives Richardson his fathers watch to deduce from, this was used by doyle in the Holmes novel "Sign of 4" and 2) in the second part someone gives a girl a box containg a pair of severed ears, this was again used by Doyle in the Holmes short story "The Cardboard Box"

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