Murder Rooms
2000–2001 · BBC One · 90 min · 1 season
S01E06 · The White Knight Strategem
Tue, 2 Oct, 9:00 pm
Dr. Joseph Bell helps the police investigate the murder of a money lender; but old animosity between him and the officer in charge leads to conflict.
About
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.
Episodes
- E01
Dr Bell & Mr Doyle: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes, Part One
Tue, 4 Jan· 90 minA young Arthur Conan Doyle attends medical school at University of Edinburgh, where he attends lectures from Dr Joseph Bell, an eccentric doctor who uses deductive reasoning to discover what's wrong with his patients, as well as being able to deduce there life story.
- E02
Dr Bell & Mr Doyle: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes, Part Two
Thu, 6 Jan· 90 minA young Arthur Conan Doyle attends medical school at University of Edinburgh, where he attends lectures from Dr Joseph Bell, an eccentric doctor who uses deductive reasoning to discover what's wrong with his patients, as well as being able to deduce there life story.
- E03
The Patient's Eyes
Tue, 4 Sept· 90 minDr. Arthur Conan Doyle and his mentor Dr. Joseph Bell investigate the case of a woman who believes she's being followed by an apparition while bicycling along a lonely road.
- E04
The Photographer's Chair
Tue, 18 Sept· 90 minDr. Arthur Conan Doyle and his mentor Dr. Joseph Bell investigate the strangulation deaths of two persons found floating in the river, as Doyle finds himself captivated by spiritualism.
- E05
The Kingdom of Bones
Tue, 25 Sept· 90 minA museum curator hires two professors (one being Dr. Joseph Bell) to publicly unwrap an Egyptian mummy, but it proves to be a man's three-week-old corpse.
- E06
The White Knight Strategem
Tue, 2 Oct· 90 minDr. Joseph Bell helps the police investigate the murder of a money lender; but old animosity between him and the officer in charge leads to conflict.
Cast
Ian Richardson
Dr. Joseph Bell
Robin Laing
Arthur Conan Doyle
Dolly Wells
Elspeth Scott
Charles Dance
Sir Henry Carlyle