Arthur & George (TV series)

*Arthur & George*
Arthur & George
Genre	Drama
Based on	Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
Written by	Ed Whitmore
Starring	Martin Clunes; Arsher Ali;
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	2 March –; 16 March 2015

Arthur & George is a three-part British television drama based on the 2005 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[edit]

Fictions[edit]

While the source book itself is not intended to be strictly historically accurate, the TV series contains additional inventions, such as the murder of a blacksmith and the death of a dog walker at the fictional Rugeley Falls. Conan Doyle's chief suspect Royden Sharp is included in the story, but his suicide is invented to provide a tidy conclusion to the drama.

Production[edit]

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 in which Sir Arthur secretly follows George Edalji. Filming also took place at Blists Hill Victorian Town at Ironbridge and at^[2] The Black Country Museum in Dudley.^[3]

Awards[edit]

Nominee Critics Choice Television Awards 2016 ^[4] Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series — Martin Clunes
Nominee Satellite Awards 2016 ^[5] Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television — Martin Clunes

Ratings[edit]

Episode	Ratings (in millions) Sourced by BARB
1	6.29
2	4.32
3	3.91

References[edit]

^ Stephenson, David Martin Clunes: 'Everything becomes difficult at my age' The Sunday Express, 1 March 2015. Accessed 8 July 2015
^ Laws, Roz (19 November 2014). "Sherlock Holmes series filmed at Black Country Living Museum". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
^ Kent Film Office. "Kent Film Office Arthur & George Article".
^ IMDb. "Arthur & George Critics Choice Television Award". IMDb..
^ IMDb. "Arthur & George Satellite Award". IMDb..

External links[edit]

Arthur & George at IMDb
Conan Doyle, Arthur. The Case of Mr George Edalji at Project Gutenberg Australia. Accessed 8 July 2015

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[1] Stephenson, David Martin Clunes: 'Everything becomes difficult at my age' The Sunday Express, 1 March 2015. Accessed 8 July 2015

[2] Laws, Roz (19 November 2014). "Sherlock Holmes series filmed at Black Country Living Museum". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

[3] Kent Film Office. "Kent Film Office Arthur & George Article".

[4] IMDb. "Arthur & George Critics Choice Television Award". IMDb..

[5] IMDb. "Arthur & George Satellite Award". IMDb..

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Professor Challenger	The Lost World (1912) The Poison Belt (1913) The Land of Mist (1926) "When the World Screamed" (1928) "The Disintegration Machine" (1929)
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Other	"The Inner Room" (1898) "The Crime of the Congo" (1909) The Vital Message (1919)
Depictions	FairyTale: A True Story (1997 film) Photographing Fairies (1997 film) Arthur & George (2015 miniseries) Houdini & Doyle (2016 miniseries)
Related	Adrian Conan Doyle (son) Jean Conan Doyle (daughter) Charles Altamont Doyle (father) John Doyle (grandfather) The Great Wyrley Outrages Undershaw (home)