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Lucy Worsley explores why Arthur Conan Doyle came to hate his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in the world. He made his author, Arthur Conan Doyle, rich and famous. But the writer came to hate his fictional character. Through the changing world of Victorian and Edwardian Britain, Lucy Worsley explores why.
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Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in the world. He made his author, Arthur Conan Doyle, rich and famous. But the writer came to hate his fictional character. Through the changing world of Victorian and Edwardian Britain, Lucy Worsley explores why.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- Sherlock Holmes is the world's most famous detective, but why didn't his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, love him as much as the rest of us do?
In this series, I'm tracking down clues and evaluating the evidence to discover where creator and creation diverged.
I'm hoping to open a little window into Arthur's mind.
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Preview: S1 | 30s | Lucy Worsley explores why Arthur Conan Doyle came to hate his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. (30s)
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Preview: S1 | 2m 4s | Why did Arthur Conan Doyle hate his fictional character, Sherlock Holmes? (2m 4s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 3m 27s | Sherlock Holmes is back from the dead! How did the fictional sleuth survive the Reichenbach Fall? (3m 27s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 3m 34s | Arthur turns his attention to devising a new Holmes story set just before the war: "His Last Bow." (3m 34s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 3m 35s | Lucy Worsley and Professor Janice Allan discuss the shift in Arthur's writing. (3m 35s)
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Clip: Ep3 | 3m 12s | Does Arthur’s science stand up to scrutiny when trialed and tested? (3m 12s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 3m 7s | Arthur applies to fight in the Boer War, hoping to finally become the hero of his own story. (3m 7s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 2m 55s | A phantom hound, the spooky setting of Dartmoor – it is of course Hound of the Baskervilles! (2m 55s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 2m | Could Arthur turn detective himself and solve a real life miscarriage of justice? (2m)
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Clip: Ep2 | 3m 13s | Arthur became the judge of Britain’s very first body building competition at the Albert Hall. (3m 13s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 2m 50s | Lucy Worsley and Professor Sue Black discuss how some aspects of Sherlock's tactics get used today. (2m 50s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 2m 47s | Lucy talks with Arthur's step great-grandson about the author's love-hate relationship with Holmes. (2m 47s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 2m 47s | Lucy Worsley visits the Reichenbach Falls, the site of fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes' death. (2m 47s)
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