Arthur & George

SYNOPSIS

New series. Martin Clunes plays celebrated novelist and physician Arthur Conan Doyle in this adaptation of Julian Barnes' novel. The drama is based on real events in the Sherlock Holmes creator's life, as he pursues a notorious miscarriage of justice. It's 1906, and Sir Arthur and his trusted secretary Alfred `Woodie' Wood investigate the case of George Edalji, a young Anglo-Indian solicitor who was imprisoned for allegedly mutilating animals and writing obscene letters. With Charles Edwards, Arsher Ali, Art Malik, Emma Fielding, Hattie Morahan, Conleth Hill and Sandra Voe.