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Actors: Ian Richardson, Sean Wightman, Robin Laing, Dolly Wells, Charles Dance
Directors: Paul Seed
Writers: David Pirie
Producers: David M. Thompson, David Pirie, Ian Madden, Jim Reeve, Rebecca Eaton
Format: PAL, Widescreen
Language English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 12
Studio: Mosaic Movies
DVD Release Date: 24 Mar 2003
Run Time: 102 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00008IART
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 38,718 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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#36 in DVD > Television > Crime, Thrillers & Mystery > Sherlock Holmes

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14:9
DVD 9
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital English
Dolby Digital

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The two-part drama MURDER ROOMS is based on the real-life relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle (Robin Laing) and his university tutor, forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Bell (Ian Richardson). Set in Edinburgh in 1878, this BBC production follows the pair as they become involved in a hunt for a serial killer, a journey which reveals the seedy underbelly of Victorian society and inspires Doyle to create the most memorable detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars behind the great detective, 8 Oct 2009

By	Susan Belcher "Su B" (St Helens, England) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This is the story of a young medical student called Arthur Conan Doyle - Doyle became famous as the creator of one of the most famous fictional detectives of all time - Sherlock Holmes.

Doyle (Robin Lang) sneaks into the Stand Magazine to escape the uproar that followed the "death" of the character Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls. As he sits in the Editor's office he starts to tell the story of the influences on his life that led to the creation of Holmes.

The film is pertains to how Doyle met the man who would be the inspiration for Holmes and how he influenced Doyle's future.

Doyle first meets Dr Joseph Bell (the late Ian Richardson) when he is beating a corpse with a cane to see what reaction the corpse would have if it suffered injury after death. After the initial shock Doyle becomes Bell's assistant, in his research and in his investigations.

However, this is a dramatisation and not the true story of Doyle and Bell. For example, Doyle never attended university with Thomas Neill Cream - called only Thomas Neill in the film (an alias he had used in real life); Doyle attended Edinburgh University 1876-1881 - Thomas Neill Cream attended McGill University (Montreal, Canada) and then studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London in 1876.

The story also includes the struggle of woman who wished to be doctors.

Richardson is sublime as Bell, it is a shame that he only appeared as Sherlock Holmes twice Sherlock Holmes - The Hound of Baskervilles & Sign of Four [ 1983 ]) as he has the brusque manner you expect of Holmes down pat.

It is a great yarn and a well made film, which lead to a short lived TV series - only 4 other episodes were made before it was cancelled (it may have been something to do with it being shoved in a late evening spot on BBC2).

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5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL!!!!!, 17 Oct 2001

By	D. Pyke "The Good Captain" (uk) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings Of Sherlock Holmes [VHS] [2000] (VHS Tape)

All I have to say about this movie can be encapsulated in one word.....wonderful!!!!!!
Buy it now.....and then buy the other four in the series when they are released. Also, if they can find an actor who can hold off the ghost of the late and very much missed Jeremy Brett (Alan Rickman perhaps), I would love to see the producers get their teeth into some proper Holmes stories.
Marvellous stuff!!!!!

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic adaptation of mysterious origin, 21 Oct 2000

By	chugi@fsmail.net (northampton, england) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings Of Sherlock Holmes [VHS] [2000] (VHS Tape)

At last a detailed account of one of the worlds greatest ever crime writers. Great hints of simple but intense deduction, wonderfully portrayed by Ian Richardson as Dr Joseph Bell. The Strand magazine would be honoured!

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4.0 out of 5 stars A nice twist on holmes' methods
Rented this not knowing what to expect, but being a big fan of holmes I wasn't going to endure something hammy. Read more

Published 23 months ago by DP

4.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Bell, meet Sherlock Holmes. A fine production starring Ian Richardson and with assorted corpses
If you were a medical student at the University of Edinburgh in 1876, be prepared for cold, gray, grimy days, complacent and pompous professors, class consciousness and the... Read more

Published on 23 Jun 2007 by C. O. DeRiemer

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for all Sherlock Holmes fans!!
Pilot Episode - Set in the back drop of Edinburgh in 1878, Murder Rooms follows the early life of Arthur Conan Doyle (Robin Laing) - a humble medical student dealing with... Read more

Published on 14 May 2002

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