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Lucy Worsley's Holmes vs. Doyle
Doctor and Detective
Season 1
Episode 1
World famous detective Sherlock Holmes brought Arthur Conan Doyle fame and fortune. So why did he choose to kill the character off, only 6 years after he first appeared in print? In the first episode of a 3-part series, Lucy Worsley delves into this curious case.
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How would Arthur Conan Doyle’s new spiritualist beliefs change his famous detective Sherlock Holmes?

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52:48
Without Sherlock Holmes, can Arthur Conan Doyle become the hero of his own story?