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Original Airdate12/07/2024
British historian Lucy Worsley delves into the complex love-hate relationship between Sherlock Holmes and the man who created him, Arthur Conan Doyle.
Lucy Worsley's Holmes vs. Doyle
Where to watch Lucy Worsley's Holmes vs. Doyle
- Free On Demand on PBS, through Nov 1, 2026
Season 1
3. Shadows and Sleuths
Air Date 12/21/2024
How Sherlock found a life beyond his author on the stage and screen.
2. Fact and Fiction
Air Date 12/14/2024
Doyle's desire to distance himself from his own creation, Sherlock Holmes, after the character's apparent death at the Reichenbach Falls; how far Doyle went to make himself the hero of his own story.
1. Doctor and Detective
Air Date 12/07/2024
The origins of Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's early life as a medical student in Edinburgh, and the author's growing disenchantment with his detective.