Belly Speaker
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Geraint Wyn Davies) & Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson)
Belly Speaker is the 9th episode of season 1 of the Canadian TV series Murdoch Mysteries produced by Shaftesbury Films / Granada International aired on 20 march 2008. 46 minutes.
About Conan Doyle in this fiction:
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is played by Geraint Wyn Davies.
- He is sometimes depicted as a dumb person or interested in women, drunk and boxing in a pub. Willing to copy Murdoch methods. However, he was able to help solving a previous crime thanks to his oriental knowledge.
- He is called "Mr. Doyle" (rather than "Conan Doyle") throughout the whole episode.
- He confesses to Murdoch the disease (tuberculosis) of his (first) wife Louise ("Touie"), and his presence to Toronto is to find a remedy for her.
References to Sherlock Holmes:
- The puppet is named Mycroft like the Sherlock Holmes' brother first name.
Photos
William Murdoch
(Yannick Bisson)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(Geraint Wyn Davies)
Mycroft the puppet
Plot summary
Arthur Conan Doyle is again in Toronto wanting to participate to Detective Murdoch investigations for inspiration for a new Sherlock Holmes story. Detective Murdoch investigates the murder of Rod Grimesby but is troubled by the confession of the victim's son Harcout, a ventriloquist, via his puppet Mycroft.
Cast
- Detective William Murdoch : Yannick Bisson
- Dr. Julia Ogden : Hélène Joy
- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : Thomas Craig
- Constable George Crabtree : Jonny Harris
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle : Geraint Wyn Davies
- Harcourt / Mycroft Grimesby : Gavin Crawford
- Stanley Paulk : Stephen Jackson
- Emmy Paulk : Marilla Wex
- Roderick Grimesby : Duncan McLeod
- Puppeteer : Eric Woolfe
Crew
- Director : Farhad Mann
- Screenplay : Larry Lalonde, Philip Bedard, Maureen Jennings (novels)
- Producer : Jan Peter Meyboom
- Executive Producer : Cal Coons, Scott Garvie, Noel Hedges, Christina Jennings
- Co-Producer : Laura Harbin, Shane Kinnear, Julie Lacey
- Creative Producer : Derek Schreyer
- Original Music : Robert Carli
- Cinematography : David Perrault
- Film Editor : Tom Joerin
- Casting : Deirdre Bowen
- Production Design : Sandra Kybartas
- Art Director : Armando Sgrignuoli
- Set Decoration : Andrew Kawczynski
- Costume Design : Alexander Reda
