“They had very different views on the afterlife and on mediums and so on” CREATED & WRITTEN BY: DAVID HOSELTON, DAVID TITCHER
STARRING: STEPHEN MANGAN, MICHAEL WESTON, REBECCA LIDDIARD, EMILY CAREY, NOAH JUPE, MARSHALL GRIFFIN, TIM MCINNERNY
(ITV ENCORE) 2016
Take two contrasting minds and give them a mystery to solve: it’s a formula that just works. And Houdini & Doyle may just feature the most intriguing team-up of all time: writer Arthur Conan Doyle (Stephen Mangan) and illusionist Harry Houdini (Michael Weston).
Set in 1901, the 10-part drama will see the duo pitting their wits against bizarre crimes – and each another. “They had very different views on the afterlife, and on mediums, spiritualism, fairies, and so on,” explains Mangan. “Doyle was a believer in spirits, and he wanted…