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CONAN DOYLE SEASON
Saturday 24 December - Thursday 29 December 2005
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A season of documentaries, films and dramas celebrating Arthur Conan Doyle and his creations, including the renowned detective Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger.
Saturday 24 December
THE LOST WORLD: PART 1
Saturday 24 December 8pm-9.15pm
Bob Hoskins stars as the maverick Professor Challenger, who leads a party into the Amazon, where he claims dinosaurs exist.
 Interviews with the actors and clips from the drama
A STUDY IN SHERLOCK (TIME SHIFT)
Saturday 24 December 9.15pm-9.55pm
An entertaining guide to the many screen and television incarnations of Sherlock Holmes.
 In Pictures: The many faces of Sherlock Holmes
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Saturday 24 December 9.55pm-11.35pm
Mystery, suspense and terror as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson confront the forces of evil on Dartmoor. Starring Richard E Grant, Richard Roxburgh and Ian Hart.
Sunday 25 December
GREAT DETECTIVES: THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR OF SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VISIONARY DOCTOR
Sunday 25 December 7pm-7.50pm
Author Nigel Williams explores the world of one of the world's most famous fictional detectives.
THE LOST WORLD: PART 2
Sunday 25 December 7.50pm-9.05pm
In the concluding episode Professor Challenger and his party meet Jurassic predators and cannibalistic ape-men.
Watch a clip about animatronics used in The Lost World
CONAN DOYLE FOR THE DEFENCE
Sunday 25 December 9.05pm-10.05pm
The story of two controversial and illuminating cases of injustice which Conan Doyle helped overturn.
Watch a preview clip
MURDER ROOMS: THE DARK BEGINNINGS OF
SHERLOCK HOLMES
Sunday 25 December 10.05pm-12.05am
Ian Richardson stars in this gripping drama about the Edinburgh underworld and the real-life friendship between Arthur Conan Doyle and his tutor, forensic pathologist Dr Joseph Bell.
Monday 26 December
THE MAN WHO LOVED SHERLOCK HOLMES
Monday 26 December 9pm-10pm
How the world's leading Holmes expert came to be garrotted with a bootlace tightened with a wooden spoon.
Watch a preview clip
BAKER STREET BABYLON: THE BIZARRE AFTERLIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (TIME SHIFT)
Monday 26 December 10pm-10.30pm
A compendium of clips of the strangest Sherlocks ever seen on screen, from John Cleese to Roland Rat.
Tales of the Rodent Sherlock Holmes
SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE SIGN OF FOUR
Monday 26 December 10.30pm-11.20pm
Peter Cushing stars as Holmes as he sets out to solve a case involving stolen treasure, a murderous pygmy and a secret pact.
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE
SILK STOCKING
Monday 26 December 11.20pm-1am
A tale from 2004 in which Rupert Everett and Ian Hart track a serial killer.
Tuesday 27 December
BAKER STREET BABYLON: THE BIZARRE AFTERLIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (TIME SHIFT)
Tuesday 27 December 7pm-7.30pm
A compendium of clips of the strangest Sherlocks ever seen on screen, from John Cleese to Roland Rat.
Tales of the Rodent Sherlock Holmes
THIS IS GENIUS
Tuesday 27 December 10pm-10.30pm; 3am-3.30am
An illuminating journey through Holmes' London.
FILM: SHERLOCK HOLMES' SMARTER BROTHER
Tuesday 27 December 10.30pm-12am
Holmes delegates a blackmail case to his younger brother Siegerson (Gene Wilder) but he soon finds his own investigation bound up with it. Comedy directed by Gene Wilder.
Wednesday 28 December
FILM: SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON
Wednesday 28 December 11pm-12.05am
Holmes is called in to rescue the prototype of a secret weapon and its inventor from Moriarty and the Nazis.
Thursday 29 December
CONAN DOYLE FOR THE DEFENCE
Thursday 29 December 11.55pm-12.55am
The story of two controversial and illuminating cases of injustice which Conan Doyle helped overturn.
You will need RealPlayer to access the clips and many of them can only be watched if you are in the UK. Visit
WebWise for help downloading RealPlayer
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