Name: Houdini & Doyle TV Trailer (4k) 2016
Uploaded: 2023-07-09T22:07:02+00:00
Duration: 1 min
Description: Arthur Conan Doyle and Houdini were friends IRL. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/aug/10/houdini-and-conan-doyle-impossible-edinburgh-festival This lasted until Doyle rage quit the friendship be

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Arthur Conan Doyle and Houdini were friends IRL. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/aug/10/houdini-and-conan-doyle-impossible-edinburgh-festival

This lasted until Doyle rage quit the friendship because Houdini kept telling him Irish Faeries weren't real and that psychic mediums were scams. Sadly, Houdini was unable to convince his friend they were charlatans. So Doyle opened an occult bookshop. https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Psychic_Bookshop

That's not really what this show is about though. This is a fictionalized account where they solve mysteries like the Mike Tyson Mystery Squad.

"Houdini & Doyle is a British television drama series loosely based on the real-world friendship of Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A 10-episode first season was ordered by Fox in the United States, ITV in the United Kingdom, and Global in Canada.[2][3] The pilot episode was written by co-creators David Hoselton and David Titcher.[3] The first episode was broadcast simultaneously on ITV and ITV Encore on Sunday 13 March 2016. On August 3, 2016, Fox cancelled the series after one season."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houdini_%26_Doyle

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There was an unrelated play about Doyle and Houdini:
Impossible – A Duel between Houdini and Conan Doyle

"After watching a performance in which the illusionist seems to summon up the ghost of a murder victim, the novelist visits him in the dressing room to insist that the death-defying trick just achieved in the theatre can be seen for real at a seance, where the showman might, for instance, be reunited with his beloved late mother.

This situation has the makings of of a sharp investigation of illusion and delusion. Conan Doyle sneers at readers who believe that Holmes and Watson are real, and yet believes that his dead son speaks to him in the parlour of a suburban living room."
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/aug/09/impossible-edinburgh-festival-review-pleasance-dome-phill-jupitus-houdini-conan-doyle

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4539954/
https://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Doyle-Season-1/dp/B01ERYK2DY

Remember when Robby The Robot was Sherlock Holmes in that TV Pilot in the 70's? No? Here you go then: https://youtu.be/csNRTTgBV78