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Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

The ultimate power struggle between the greatest detective who never lived and the writer who came to resent him. Lucy Worsley explores an extraordinary love-hate relationship.

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Self - Presenter and narrator

Self, lecturer in the Sociology of Sport, University of Ulster

Conor Heffernan

Self, freelance journalist and fiction author

Self, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery, Royal Armouries Museum

Jonathan Ferguson

Self, forensic anthropologist

Self, cultural historian, Leeds Beckett University

Self, Professor of Modern British Literature and Culture, Trinity College Dublin

Self, Professor in English Studies, University of Stirling

Christine Ferguson

Self, Lecturer in Nineteenth Century Literature, Edge Hill University

Self, author of 'The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer'

Self, author of 'Twentieth-Century Victorian: Arthur Conan Doyle and the Strand Magazine'

Jonathan Cranfield

Self, professor, University of Salford

Self, curator of silent film, British Film Institute

Self, senior barrister

young Arthur Conan Doyle

Charlotte Edalji

Penelope McGhie

Self

Inspector Campbell

Self

Daniel Stashower

Police constable

Arthur Conan Doyle

Shapurji Edalji

Lady Jean Doyle

Bodybuilder

Evan Powell

Samuel Collings

Mr. Engholm

Denis Michallet

Mrs. Maudslay

Self

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Arthur Conan Doyle is
a grieving father. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle is a grieving father.

..and Arthur Conan Doyle, the author
of Sherlock Holmes, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

..and Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of Sherlock Holmes,

His first-born son, Kingsley,
survived the First World War... - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

His first-born son, Kingsley, survived the First World War.....

He's come to hate the fictional
detective who's brought him - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

He's come to hate the fictional detective who's br...

.. only to be killed by the 1918
flu pandemic. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

.. only to be killed by the 1918 flu pandemic.

Like thousands of other
bereaved parents, Arthur - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Like thousands of other bereaved parents, Arthur

He's desperate to reach out
to his lost child beyond the grave. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

He's desperate to reach out to his lost child beyond th...

Sherlock Holmes is the world's
most famous detective. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes is the world's most famous detective.

What happens next will alter
the course of Arthur's life. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

What happens next will alter the course of Arthur's lif...

Oh! And here's an address
with a powerful spell to it. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Oh! And here's an address with a powerful spell to it.

We ask of you, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

You had an almost infallible
detective who offered certainty, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

You had an almost infallible detective who offered certainty...

It's a little bit of a precursor
to what we call forensic science. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

It's a little bit of a precursor to what we call forens...

He originally appears in four
novels and 56 stories. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

He originally appears in four novels and 56 stories.

And he pretty much always solves
the mystery at the heart of each - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

And he pretty much always solves the mystery at the heart of...

But there's one huge mystery
that still remains. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

But there's one huge mystery that still remains.

Arthur Conan Doyle, scientifically
trained medical doctor, creator - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle, scientifically trained medical doctor, c...

Why didn't Sherlock Holmes' creator,
Arthur Conan Doyle, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Why didn't Sherlock Holmes' creator, Arthur Conan ...

You can see the dilemma that he's
in, because he doesn't want - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

You can see the dilemma that he's in, because he doesn&...

He believed that the living
and the dead could communicate. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

He believed that the living and the dead could communicate.

"He takes my mind from better
things." - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

"He takes my mind from better things."

Would Arthur's new beliefs
change his super sleuth? - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Would Arthur's new beliefs change his super sleuth?

Sherlock Holmes is the world's
most famous detective. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes is the world's most famous detective.

To discover where creator
and creation diverged. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

To discover where creator and creation diverged.

Oh, and here's an address
with a powerful spell to it! - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Oh, and here's an address with a powerful spell to it!

He escaped from Conan Doyle
very early. Escaped. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

He escaped from Conan Doyle very early. Escaped.

It just sort of blew up with
Houdini just eventually saying, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

It just sort of blew up with Houdini just eventually saying,

You had an almost infallible detective
who offered certainty, answers. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

You had an almost infallible detective who offered certainty...

"He's sort of bamboozled easily." - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

"He's sort of bamboozled easily."

It's a little bit of a precursor
to what we call forensic science. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

It's a little bit of a precursor to what we call forens...

He originally appears in four
novels and 56 stories. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

He originally appears in four novels and 56 stories.

But I've come to think that the most
curious case of all of them - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

But I've come to think that the most curious case of al...

And he pretty much always solves - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

And he pretty much always solves

But there's one huge mystery
that still remains. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

But there's one huge mystery that still remains.

Why didn't Sherlock Holmes's
creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Why didn't Sherlock Holmes's creator, Arthur Conan...

You can see the dilemma
that he's in because he doesn't want - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

You can see the dilemma that he's in because he doesn&#...

"I think of slaying Holmes. He takes
my mind from better things. " - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

"I think of slaying Holmes. He takes my mind from bette...

In the world of Sherlock Holmes,
nothing is as it seems. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

In the world of Sherlock Holmes, nothing is as it seems.

And the case of his author,
Arthur Conan Doyle, is no exception. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

And the case of his author, Arthur Conan Doyle, is no except...

.. to discover where creator
and creation diverged. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

.. to discover where creator and creation diverged.

He didn't create his detective
in the Victorian streets of London, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

He didn't create his detective in the Victorian streets...

He escaped from Conan Doyle
very early. Escaped! - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

He escaped from Conan Doyle very early. Escaped!

It just sort of blew up, with Houdini just
eventually saying, "I just think this guy is senile. " - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

It just sort of blew up, with Houdini just eventually saying...

..where Arthur was to be found
on the football pitch... - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

..where Arthur was to be found on the football pitch...

I read my first Sherlock Holmes
story when I was about nine, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

I read my first Sherlock Holmes story when I was about nine,

Here's a match report
in the Portsmouth Evening News - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Here's a match report in the Portsmouth Evening News

But I've come to think that the
most curious case of all of them - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

But I've come to think that the most curious case of al...

In goal, we have AC Smith. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

In goal, we have AC Smith.

Now, that's actually AC Doyle. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Now, that's actually AC Doyle.

He was 6'1", - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle was, in many
ways, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle was, in many ways,

A young doctor, a keen member
of the cricket and bowls clubs. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

A young doctor, a keen member of the cricket and bowls clubs...

On the 26th of September
1903, Sherlock fans - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

On the 26th of September 1903, Sherlock fans

But Arthur the footballer
is rather mysterious. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

But Arthur the footballer is rather mysterious.

Why was it that when he played
football, he disguised - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Why was it that when he played football, he disguised

A short story had been published
involving an evil mastermind, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

A short story had been published involving an evil mastermin...

Now, football didn't have the same
upmarket image as some - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Now, football didn't have the same upmarket image as so...

Football was the sport of
the working man, and maybe - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Football was the sport of the working man, and maybe

The author, of course,
was Arthur Conan Doyle, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

The author, of course, was Arthur Conan Doyle,

He'd finally given
in to the pressure, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

He'd finally given in to the pressure,

Now, I think that Arthur's life
as a secret footballer might reveal - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Now, I think that Arthur's life as a secret footballer ...

On the one hand, he had these
crowd-pleasing instincts, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

On the one hand, he had these crowd-pleasing instincts,

At the climax of the story,
The Final Problem, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

At the climax of the story, The Final Problem,

I suspect that this dual identity
may provide a clue to the curious - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

I suspect that this dual identity may provide a clue to the ...

In the end, both of them had tumbled
down into these swirling waters. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

In the end, both of them had tumbled down into these swirlin...

Holmes's body had never been found,
which does make me think - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Holmes's body had never been found, which does make me ...

..Arthur was also working on a
secret ambition. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

..Arthur was also working on a secret ambition.

He wanted to make a living
as a famous writer. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

He wanted to make a living as a famous writer.

And in March 1886, he put
pen to paper. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

And in March 1886, he put pen to paper.

Having him shot in the head,
something definitive. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Having him shot in the head, something definitive.

Arthur was writing the first ever
Sherlock Holmes story, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Arthur was writing the first ever Sherlock Holmes story,

Arthur's loyal readers
had speculated for years - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Arthur's loyal readers had speculated for years

He finished the whole thing
in just a month. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

He finished the whole thing in just a month.

But how on earth had the detective
survived the Reichenbach Falls? - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

But how on earth had the detective survived the Reichenbach ...

Arthur dreamt up the whole world
of London's most famous detective - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Arthur dreamt up the whole world of London's most famou...

This is how Arthur has Sherlock
explain his survival. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

This is how Arthur has Sherlock explain his survival.

Now, this is desperately unlikely,
but just go with the flow! Ha-ha! - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Now, this is desperately unlikely, but just go with the flow...

At the beginning of
A Study In Scarlet, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

At the beginning of A Study In Scarlet,

"'I have some knowledge,' Sherlock
says, 'of baritsu, or the Japanese - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

"'I have some knowledge,' Sherlock says, ...

He's hanging out one day
in the Criterion Restaurant - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

He's hanging out one day in the Criterion Restaurant

Watson decides to cross town to go
and interview this guy, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Watson decides to cross town to go and interview this guy,

At the time, Arthur said - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

At the time, Arthur said

Which means that right
from the very beginning, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Which means that right from the very beginning,

There are funny bits in it
and crowd-pleasing parts, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

There are funny bits in it and crowd-pleasing parts,

Arthur had killed off
Sherlock Holmes - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Arthur had killed off Sherlock Holmes

You'd have thought that Arthur knew
London like the back of his hand. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

You'd have thought that Arthur knew London like the bac...

Have a look at this. I bet this is
where Arthur got the idea from. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Have a look at this. I bet this is where Arthur got the idea...

But again, there's some
deception going on. - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

But again, there's some deception going on.

I want to get a sense of how
Arthur was feeling, post-Holmes, - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

I want to get a sense of how Arthur was feeling, post-Holmes...

It's an article from Pearson's
Magazine. Arthur was a contributor - Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

It's an article from Pearson's Magazine. Arthur wa...

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The ultimate power struggle between the greatest detective who never lived and the writer who came to resent him. Lucy Worsley explores an extraordinary love-hate relationship.

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