The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Mr Bell and Mr Doyle: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes is the pilot TV movie of the Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes series produced by BBC, The Television Production Company and WGBH, aired in 2000. Starring Ian Richardson as Dr. Joseph Bell and Robin Laing as Arthur Conan Doyle.
The series name in the pilot was Mr Bell and Mr Doyle instead Murder Rooms.
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Dr. Joseph Bell
(Ian Richardson)
Arthur Conan Doyle
(Robin Laing)
Mary Doyle
(Sarah Collier)
Charles Doyle
(John Bett)
Elspeth Scott
(Dolly Wells)
The Strand Editor
(Ralph Riach)
Sir Henry Carlyle
(Charles Dance)
Lady Sarah Carlyle
(Ruth Platt)
Eustace Stark
(Andrew John Tait)
Thomas Neill
(Alec Newman)
Sophia (right)
(Tamsin Pike)
Crawford
(Joel Strachan)
Baxter
(David MacDowell)
Crawford Senior
(Bernard Horsfall)
Waller
(Matthew Macfadyen)
PC Murdoch
(Eric Barlow)
Doctor in Street
(John Malcolm)
Working Man Patient
(John Comerford)
Landlady
(Donalda Samuel)
Inspector Beecher
(Sean McGinley)
Summers
(Laurie Ventry)
Dr. Gillespie
(Stephen MacDonald)
Canning
(Ewan Stewart)
Anne, Canning's Maid
(Julie Wilson Nimmo)
Dr. Latimer
(Patrick Hannaway)
Hazel
(Anne-Marie Kennedy)
Madame Rose
(Linda Duncan McLaughlin)
Marie (right)
(Coral Preston)
Marie's Friend (left)
(Shauna Macdonald)
Panicked Woman
(Maureen Carr)
Kate
(Jenny Foulds)
Kate's Friend (left)
(Suzie Lundy)
Drummond, the butler
(Graham Crammond)
Samuel, the fiddler
(Aly Bain)
Medical Lecturer
(Alan Sinclair)
Sobbing Woman (on chair)
(Mary Goonan)
Dr. Wolton
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Trailer
Cast
- Arthur Conan Doyle : Robin Laing
- Mary Doyle : Sarah Collier
- Charles Doyle : John Bett
- Dr. Joseph Bell : Ian Richardson
- Elspeth Scott : Dolly Wells
- Sir Henry Carlyle : Charles Dance
- Lady Sarah Carlyle : Ruth Platt
- The Strand Editor : Ralph Riach
- Eustace Stark : Andrew John Tait
- Thomas Neill : Alec Newman
- Sophia : Tamsin Pike
- Crawford : Joel Strachan
- Baxter : David MacDowell
- Crawford Senior : Bernard Horsfall
- Waller : Matthew Macfadyen
- PC Murdoch : Eric Barlow
- Doctor in Street : John Malcolm
- Woman Patient : Dolina MacLennan
- Working Man Patient : John Comerford
- Inspector Beecher : Sean McGinley
- Summers : Laurie Ventry
- Dr. Gillespie : Stephen MacDonald
- Canning : Ewan Stewart
- Anne (Canning's Maid) : Julie Wilson Nimmo
- Dr. Latimer : Patrick Hannaway
- Landlady : Donalda Samuel
- Hazel : Anne-Marie Kennedy
- Sobbing Woman : Mary Goonan
- Madame Rose : Linda Duncan McLaughlin
- Marie : Coral Preston
- Marie's Friend : Shauna Macdonald
- Panicked Woman : Maureen Carr
- Kate : Jenny Foulds
- Kate's Friend : Suzie Lundy
- Drummond, the butler : Graham Crammond
- Samuel, the fiddler : Aly Bain
- Medical Lecturer : Alan Sinclair
Uncredited
- Dr. Wolton : ?
Crew
- Director : Paul Seed
- Screenplay : David Pirie
- Producer : Ian Madden
- Executive Producers : Rebecca Eaton (WGBH Boston), Jim Reeve (Television Production Company), David M. Thompson
- Associate Producer : David Pirie
- Music : Jim Parker
- Cinematography : John Kenway
- Film Editor : Martin Brinkler, Mark Day
- Casting : Patsy Pollock
- Production Design : Tom McCullagh
- Creative Director : Malcolm Dalton
- Art Director : Anna Rackard
- Set Decoration : Tina Jones
- Costume Design : Frances Tempest
- Makeup Artist : Eva Marieges Moore
- Production Manager : Graeme Gordon
- Post-Production Supervisor : Hermione Ninnim
Plot summary
Following the fictional death of Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle finds himself reflecting on his old friendship with Dr. Joseph Bell, as well as his long-gone romance with fellow student Elspeth Scott, the victim of a killer he and Bell failed to capture.
