Arthur & George (TV series)

Arthur & George is a three-part British television drama based on the book of the same name by Julian Barnes, based in turn on the real-life Great Wyrley Outrages. The first episode aired on 2 March 2015 on ITV. It stars Martin Clunes as Arthur Conan Doyle.^[1]

Cast

Main

• Martin Clunes as Arthur Conan Doyle
• Arsher Ali as George Edalji
• Charles Edwards as Alfred Wood (Edwards played Doyle in the 2001 series Murder Rooms)
• Art Malik as Reverend Shapurji Edalji
• Emma Fielding as Charlotte Edalji

Fictions

While the source book is not intended to be strictly historically accurate, the TV series introduces greater departures from the truth, such as the murder of a blacksmith and the death of a dog walker at the non-existent Rugely Falls. Conan Doyle's chief suspect, Royden Sharp, is represented, but to provide a tidy conclusion to the drama his suicide is invented.

Production

The production filmed sections of episodes two and three in Kent. The Chatham Historic Dockyard was used to film London street scenes, including the outside of the Metropolitan Police Station, George Edalji's Lodgings and the night sequence when Sir Arthur secretly follows George Edalji.^[2]

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