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War is Coming

Season 1 Episode 2 | 3m 07s

With the Boer War looming, Arthur vows to leave Sherlock behind for good and applies to the war office to fight for his country instead. Both Doyle and Holmes' futures are uncertain, but is this Arthur's chance to finally become the hero of his own story?

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