The last in this diverting series sees Dr Bell (Ian Richardson) and Conan Doyle (Charles Edwards) coming to blows over a particularly unpleasant case. And they were getting on so well. Shame.

When Elpseth’s sister, Lady Sarah Carlisle, falls ill, Doyle comes to believe that her husband, Sir Henry Carlisle, who is a Member of Parliament, may be behind some of the killings.

This TV movie served as the pilot for the later released minisseries Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes produced by the BBC. The series then picks up with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ...