„Murder Rooms - The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes“ BBC-Serie (TV series 2000–2001)
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes is a
BBC television drama series originally broadcast in 2000 and 2001. It was inspired by the fact that Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle based the character of
Sherlock Holmes on his tutor at the
University of Edinburgh Dr
Joseph Bell, and that Bell did occasionally do
forensic work for the
Edinburgh police. It is said that Dr. Bell had similar deductive and observation skills as the famous Sherlock Holmes.
The series exaggerated the similarity between Bell and Holmes for dramatic effect, with Doyle acting as
Watson, and included several scenes from the books (the assumption being that these would later inspire Doyle's fiction).
One of the most notable Holmes references is a version of a scene in
The Sign of Four in which Holmes deduces that a pocket watch provided by Watson was formerly owned by a drunkard, upon which a furious Watson believes Holmes has callously acquired information about his unfortunate brother for the sake of a cheap trick. The series' version of the scene has Bell deduce the mental state of
Doyle's father, inspiring much the same reaction. (This scene also appeared in the otherwise unrelated drama
The Strange Case of Arthur Conan Doyle, also by
David Pirie.)
The 2000 episode starred
Ian Richardson as Dr Bell and
Robin Laing as Arthur Doyle, and was filmed in
Scotland and in
Cromer in
Norfolk. Richardson had earlier played
Sherlock Holmes in two 1980s television versions of
The Hound of the Baskervilles and
The Sign of Four.
The original episode was followed by an extended series of four feature-length stories under the same title. Richardson reprised his role as Dr Bell but this time Doyle was played by
Charles Edwards. Produced by the BBC's Films arm rather than the drama division, no second series was commissioned despite critical and audience success. One BBC insider wryly commented that it was "too successful for the wrong department".[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_Room…Sherlock_Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle reveals the story behind Sherlock Holmes and his mysteries by telling about Dr. Joseph Bell.
Storyline
In the tumult that follows his killing off his fictional character Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle reflects on the man who influenced and provided the prototype for the great detective, Dr. Joseph Bell. A professor at the University of Edinburgh medical school where Doyle is a student, Bell is unconventional in his quest for knowledge and uses his skills of perception and observation to interpret events. He also believes that crimes can be solved in the same way as disease can be diagnosed if the same techniques are used. Having solved the murder of a young woman, Bell grants Doyle greater access to his research. This is also a time when women are being admitted to the Medical School for the first time and Doyle has become attracted to a fellow student, Elspeth Scott. Not all of the students and staff are as accepting as Doyle and someone is trying to frighten her and perhaps even do her harm...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212903/
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