TV series

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

2001 · 1 season

A slow, atmospheric Victorian mystery that feels like a literary origin story, with cerebral puzzles and a brooding, scholarly mood.

Overview: If Arthur Conan Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on a real person to any degree, it was on his former professor, forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Bell. This series recounts the fictional murder investigations that Bell might have undertaken with the assistance of young student Doyle.
How it feels: Dark, tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, deception, obsession, class
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
deception
obsession
class
friendship
Places: big city
single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild