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The War

Season 1 Episode 3 | 3m 34s

Dressed in military attire, Arthur heads to the front line during the first world war. Much to Arthur's disappointment, he was visiting as the author of Sherlock Holmes, not as a soldier fighting for his country. After meeting and greeting the troops at the trenches, Arthur turns his attention to devising a new Sherlock Holmes story – a spy novel set just before the war titled "His Last Bow."

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?
Does Arthur’s science stand up to scrutiny when trialed and tested?
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?
Arthur applies to fight in the Boer War, hoping to finally become the hero of his own story.
Lucy Worsley and Professor Sue Black discuss how some aspects of Sherlock's tactics get used today.
Lucy talks with Arthur's step great-grandson about the author's love-hate relationship with 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?