Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

Overview

If Arthur Conan Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on a real person to any degree, it was on his former professor, forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Bell. This series recounts the fictional murder investigations that Bell might have undertaken with the assistance of young student Doyle.

Created by David Pirie

Network

• BBC One

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Charles Edwards

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  4 eps

• 

  Ian Richardson

  Dr. Joseph Bell

  4 eps

• 

  Alexander Armstrong

  Turnavine

  1 ep

• 

  Simon Quarterman

  Baynes

  1 ep

Themes

• investigation
• murder
• killer
• spiritism
• victorian era

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