 His screenplay for "The Woman in White" (BBC, 1997) of Wilkie Collins' novel "The Woman in White", as a two-part Victorian fever dream about frantic obsessions and desires, not only confirmed the period detective story and psychological mystery as a potent television form but also served as an appetiser for Pirie's following work, Murder Rooms.In offering a rare glimpse into the genesis of Sherlock Holmes through an imaginative weaving of the early years of Arthur Conan Doyle as a student at the University of Edinburgh and his relationship with forensic science pioneer Dr Joseph Bell, Pirie crafted perhaps one of the television genre's finest crime and mystery presentations.Beginning with a two-part, introductory story, Murder Rooms