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Killing Sherlock

Season 1 Episode 1 | 2m 47s

How do you kill the world's most famous detective? Lucy Worsley visits the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, the site where Arthur Conan Doyle finally decided to have his fictional sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, killed following a dramatic confrontation with prolific criminal, Professor Moriarty.

Extras
Lucy Worsley and Professor Janice Allan discuss the shift in Arthur's writing.
Sherlock Holmes is back from the dead! How did the fictional sleuth survive the Reichenbach Fall?
Arthur turns his attention to devising a new Holmes story set just before the war: "His Last Bow."
Does Arthur’s science stand up to scrutiny when trialed and tested?
Arthur applies to fight in the Boer War, hoping to finally become the hero of his own story.
Without Sherlock Holmes, can Arthur Conan Doyle become the hero of his own story?
Arthur became the judge of Britain’s very first body building competition at the Albert Hall.
A phantom hound, the spooky setting of Dartmoor – it is of course Hound of the Baskervilles!
Could Arthur turn detective himself and solve a real life miscarriage of justice?
Why did Arthur Conan Doyle come to hate his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes?
How would Arthur Conan Doyle’s new spiritualist beliefs change his famous detective Sherlock Holmes?
Without Sherlock Holmes, can Arthur Conan Doyle become the hero of his own story?
Why did Arthur Conan Doyle come to hate his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes?