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Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

8.0 104 mins Crime   Mystery   Drama   History   2000
Director(s): Paul Seed

Release Date: 05 Wed, Jan 2000

Arthur Conan Doyle reveals the story behind Sherlock Holmes and his mysteries by telling about Dr. Joseph Bell, from whom he drew his inspiration, after meeting him as a medical student in Edinburgh. This TV movie served as the pilot for the later released minisseries Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes produced by the BBC. The series then picks up with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's time as a general practitioner in Southsea, solving mysteries with the help of his mentor, Dr Joseph Bell, who is still based in Edinburgh.

Casts of Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

Ian Richardson

as Dr. Joseph Bell

Robin Laing

as Arthur Conan Doyle

Dolly Wells

as Elspeth Scott

Charles Dance

as Sir Henry Carlyle

Alec Newman

as Thomas Neill

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