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Janice Allan

December 22, 2024

There's a lot of weirdness in the later Sherlock Holmes stories – the Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. There are vampires, even a bit of science fiction. To Sherlock Holmes fans who liked Holmes’s rationality, this must have seemed like a really strange new departure? Lucy explores the story ‘The Creeping Man’ with Professor Janice Allan.

Lucy Worsley's Holmes vs. Doyle

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The Gun
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The Gun
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Does Arthur’s science stand up to scrutiny when trialed and tested?

Waterfall
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Waterfall
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Sherlock Holmes is back from the dead! How did the fictional sleuth survive the Reichenbach...

The War
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The War
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Arthur turns his attention to devising a new Holmes story set just before the war: "His Last...

George Edalji
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George Edalji
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Could Arthur turn detective himself and solve a real life miscarriage of justice?

The Bodybuilder
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The Bodybuilder
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Arthur became the judge of Britain’s very first body building competition at the Albert Hall....

Hound of the Baskervilles
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Hound of the Baskervilles
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A phantom hound, the spooky setting of Dartmoor – it is of course Hound of the Baskervilles!...

War is Coming
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War is Coming
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Arthur applies to fight in the Boer War, hoping to finally become the hero of his own story....

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Preview
December 8, 2024

Lucy Worsley explores why Arthur Conan Doyle came to hate his most famous creation, Sherlock...

Killing Sherlock
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Killing Sherlock
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Lucy Worsley visits the Reichenbach Falls, the site of fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes'...

Richard Pooley
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Richard Pooley
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Lucy talks with Arthur's step great-grandson about the author's love-hate relationship with...

Sue Black
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Sue Black
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Lucy Worsley and Professor Sue Black discuss how some aspects of Sherlock's tactics get used...

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