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Series — 2001
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2001)
7.91h 30mCrime — Drama — Mystery
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
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