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Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

2001 – 2001 · BBC One
1 seasons · 4 episodes
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Mystery

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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.

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Charles Edwards
Arthur Conan Doyle
Ian Richardson
Dr. Joseph Bell
Alexander Armstrong
Turnavine
Simon Quarterman
Baynes
Paul Butterworth
Fainting man
Malcolm Sinclair
Blythe
Andrew Woodall
Greenwell
Henry Goodman
De Meyer
Created by David Pirie

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Status
Ended
Type
Miniseries
First aired
Sep 4, 2001
Original language
EN
Production
BBC Television Centre, GBH
Country
GB

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