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From: The Scotsman
Date: 20050723
Author:ROBERT MCNEIL

SIR ARTHUR CONAN Doyle was once the most famous writer in the western world (it says here). The creator of Sherlock Holmes was admired and respected, and generally deemed to be as straight a cove as ever put pen to parchment. In real life, of course, he had, as does everyone, a batty side. He used to see fairies and other phenomena generally described in scientific circles as pish.

After watching The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle (Wednesday, BBC2, 9pm), you would certainly conclude that he was loop-de-loo. It's grim stuff, exploring the dark family past that drove ...

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