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Back to: Lucy Worsley's Holmes vs. Doyle
S1E3
Waterfall
December 22, 2024
Sherlock Holmes is back from the dead! After mounting pressure from fans across the world, Arthur Conan Doyle finally revives the great, fictional detective in a new story published in The Strand Magazine. Visiting the Reichenbach Falls, the site of Sherlock's "death," Lucy Worsley explains how Holmes survived his brawl with Professor Moriarty.
Clips & Previews
The War
S1E3
Arthur turns his attention to devising a new Holmes story set just before the war: "His Last...
The Bodybuilder
S1E2
Arthur became the judge of Britain’s very first body building competition at the Albert Hall....
Hound of the Baskervilles
S1E2
A phantom hound, the spooky setting of Dartmoor – it is of course Hound of the Baskervilles!...
War is Coming
S1E2
Arthur applies to fight in the Boer War, hoping to finally become the hero of his own story....
Preview
December 8, 2024
Lucy Worsley explores why Arthur Conan Doyle came to hate his most famous creation, Sherlock...
Killing Sherlock
S1E1
Lucy Worsley visits the Reichenbach Falls, the site of fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes'...
Richard Pooley
S1E1
Lucy talks with Arthur's step great-grandson about the author's love-hate relationship with...
Sue Black
S1E1
Lucy Worsley and Professor Sue Black discuss how some aspects of Sherlock's tactics get used...
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