The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle

Douglas Henshall (Actor) .. Arthur Conan Doyle

Born: November 19, 1965 in Barrhead, near Paisley

Best Known For: Playing Cutter in Primeval.

Early-life: Douglas James Henshall was born in Glasgow on November 19, 1965. His mum was a nurse, his father a salesman and he has two older sisters. Although he appeared in school plays, he didn't decide to become an actor until he was 17. Before that, he wanted to be a football commentator or an artist. After graduation, he made ends meet working as an insurance salesman in London, before heading back to Glasgow to join the 7:84 Theatre Group.

Career: Henshall made his TV debut in an episode of Taggart in 1990, but got his big break three years later when he starred alongside his friend Ewan McGregor in the Dennis Potter drama Lipstick on Your Collar. Henshall went on to star in films including Orphans and This Year's Love, and in 1999 won rave reviews for his performances in the TV dramas Psycho and Kid in the Corner. He's also appeared in Anna Karenina, Lawless Heart, Frances Tuesday, Primeval and The Secret of Crickley Hall. He made his West End debut in 2005 playing Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman alongside Brian Dennehy, and in 2012 portrayed Oliver Cromwell in the play 55 Days. Other projects have included The Secret of Crickley Hall and Doors Open.

Quote: "I used to say 'no' a lot, waiting for this mythic job that was going to come along. Now I do what's in front of me, rather than what might be round the corner."

Trivia: Away from acting, he supports Scottish football team St Mirren.

Tim McInnerny (Actor) .. Selden

Born: September 18, 1956 in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport

Best Known For: Paying Captain Darling and Percy in Blackadder

Early-life: McInnerny was born in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, in 1956, and educated at Marling School, Stroud, and Wadham College, Oxford. After graduating in 1979 he set about becoming a serious actor and joined several drama companies. His big break came when he was in the original production of Pravda with Anthony Hopkins, and on TV in Edge of Darkness (1985) where he played a revolutionary socialist.

Career: After several well-received theatre roles he was cast as Lord Percy in Blackadder and has been linked to the comedy masterpiece ever since. Subsequent hits include Wetherby (1985), Erik the Viking (1989), a film production of Shakespeare's Richard III (1995), FairyTale: A True Story (1997), Notting Hill (1999), 102 Dalmatians (2000), The Emperor's New Clothes (2001), and Severance (2006). TV hits include Spooks and Trial and Retribution. He also played Dr Frank-N-Furter in the 1990 West End production of The Rocky Horror Show.

Quote: "Blackadder was such good fun, but it was just six weeks' work once every two years."

Brian Cox (Actor) .. Joseph Bell

Born: June 01, 1946 in Dundee

Best Known For: Being the original Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter.

Early-life: Brian Denis Cox was born on June 1, 1946, in Dundee, to an Irish immigrant family. He was the youngest of five children. His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline, worked in the jute mills as a spinner, while his dad, Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, was a weaver and died of cancer when Brian was nine. Brian developed a passion for movies and, inspired by the work of Marlon Brando and Spencer Tracy, decided he wanted to become an actor. At 14, he joined the Dundee Repertory Theatre, and in 1966 honed his craft with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career: Cox's earliest TV appearances were as an extra in cult TV series The Prisoner. He has been a mainstay in the world of TV and film ever since, popping up in Hammer House of Horror, Minder, Frasier and Deadwood. He played Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter, Michael Mann's adaptation of Red Dragon. (The name was later spelled Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs). He has appeared in a string of major Hollywood offerings, including The Long Kiss Goodnight, X-Men 2, Troy, The Bourne Supremacy, Zodiac and Red. On the stage he has appeared in Titus Andronicus, Taming of the Shrew and King Lear. He has also voiced characters in the video games Killzone and Manhunt.

Quote: "I'm an actor who does really interesting work in independent movies. I want to keep doing that because I don't want the burden of an opening weekend sitting on my shoulders."

Trivia: In 2003, Cox was awarded a CBE for services to drama.

Sinead Cusack (Actor) .. Mary Doyle

Emily Blunt (Actor) .. Jean Leckie

Born: February 23, 1983 in Roehampton

Best Known For: A number of Hollywood films.

Early-life: Emily Olivia Leah Blunt was born in Roehampton on February 23, 1983 to Joanna and Oliver. She has a brother, Sebastian, and two sisters, Felicity and Suzanna. She studied drama for two years at Hurtwood House boarding school and it was while she was starring in a school play in August 2000 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that she was spotted by an agent. He helped her win a part opposite Judi Dench in Peter Hall's 2001 production of The Royal Family. A year later, she played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at the Chichester Festival.

Career: Blunt made her TV debut in 2003 in Boudica, and in the same year, she starred on the small screen in two-part drama Henry VIII. She received praise for her performance in the critically acclaimed low-budget British film My Summer of Love and won a Golden Globe for her role in Stephen Poliakoff's TV drama Gideon's Daughter. Her rise to international prominence began in 2006 when she starred on the big screen opposite Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada. Notable films since then have included Charlie Wilson, The Young Victoria, Gnomeo & Juliet, The Adjustment Bureau, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, The Muppets, The Five-Year Engagement, Looper and Edge of Tomorrow.

Quote: "I'm fascinated by human behaviour. People surprise me all the time. And I love being able to morph into different characters."

Trivia: Blunt's sister, Felicity, is married to her Devil Wears Prada co-star Stanley Tucci.

Saskia Reeves (Actor) .. Louise Doyle

Allan Corduner (Actor) .. Greenhough-Smith

Anthony Calf (Actor) .. Bryan Charles Waller

John Bett (Actor) .. Charles Doyle

Ralph Riach (Actor) .. Cleeve

Anne Raitt (Actor) .. Medium

Gemma Burns (Actor) .. Maid

Brian Pettifer (Actor) .. Harry How

Finlay Welsh (Actor) .. Crighton Doctor

Callum Tyler (Actor) .. Young Doyle

Ninian Wilson (Actor) .. Kingsley Doyle

Richard Conlon (Actor) .. Bold Student

Jordan Young (Actor) .. Male Patient

Erin Rowan (Actor) .. Mary Louise Doyle

David Pirie (Writer)

Cilla Ware (Director)

Richard Downes (Producer)

6:00 pm - 7:50 pm, Today on Talking Pictures TV (82)

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