The Western Lines

September 13, 2010

A Study in Sherlock

Filed under: Alex Michael Bonnici,Arthur Conan Doyle,Sherlock Holmes — ralphbuttigieg @ 7:05 am

Today on Discovery Enterprise we take a trip down memory lane as we view an entertaining retrospective of the many silver screen and television incarnations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary creation – Sherlock Holmes.


A Study in Sherlock

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-9170907674699866734&hl=en&fs=true

September 12, 2010

Sherlock Holmes: The True Story

Filed under: Alex Michael Bonnici,Arthur Conan Doyle,Joseph Bell,Sherlock Holmes — ralphbuttigieg @ 7:05 am

Today on Discovery Enterprise, the game is afoot as we go in search of the real life inspiration behind Arthur Conan Doyle’s – Sherlock Holmes.


A leading Nineteenth Century professor of medicine, Dr. Joseph Bell was a pioneer in a new science that later would be known as forensic medicine. Joseph Bell is the real life model for the greatest fictional detective in history. And it was he who inspired his student, Arthur Conan Doyle to create the world’s greatest literary legend of all time.

Sherlock Holmes: The True Story

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-6874005371653227293&hl=en&fs=true