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Doctor and Detective — Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes made his creator Arthur Conan Doyle rich and famous, but the writer came to hate his fictional character. Over the course of three programmes, historian Lucy Worsley investigates this curious relationship between Holmes and Doyle, beginning by examining the sleuth's origins in Doyle's time as a medical student. She unpicks the early stories, revealing the dark underbelly of late Victorian Britain, from drug use to true crime, and traces Doyle's growing disenchantment with his detective, heading to Switzerland to visit the site of one of the most famous deaths in literature.
More details for Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle, Mon 6, 12:10 am -
Fact and Fiction — Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle
Lucy looks at what happened after the author killed off Sherlock Holmes, exploring his desire to distance himself from the sleuth. From the delights of the ski slopes to the horrors of the Boer War, she reveals how far Conan Doyle went to make himself the hero of his own story - including taking on the role of detective himself in one of the most important legal cases of the 20th century
More details for Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle, Tue 7, 11:55 pm -
Shadows and Sleuths — Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle
The historian investigates why Arthur Conan Doyle brought Sherlock Holmes back to life and finds that the darkness of the later stories mirrored the reality of the author's life. After the loss of his eldest son, he became an evangelist for spiritualism, and while his star declined after a public spat with the magician Houdini, Holmes by contrast found a life beyond his author on stage and screen
More details for Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle, Wed 8, 11:45 pm
