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From: Evening Times
Date: 20050727
Author:Marianne Taylor

THE STRANGE CASE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES AND ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, BBC2, 9pm

DURING the Victorian era, few literary figures were as famous or enigmatic as Arthur Conan Doyle.

More than 100 years on, he remains a mystery to many who've read his books. Shedding new light on his story is this feature-length drama.

Set between 1892 and the early 1900s, it follows the author (played by Douglas Henshall) as he struggles to come to terms with the death of his father, with whom he'd often had a difficult relationship, in an asylum.

As if that wasn't enough to cope with, his wife Louise (Saskia Reeves) is ...

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