Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle is a three-parter on BBC Two, which sees Sherlock Holmes fan Lucy investigate why his author and creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, was so desperate to kill him off.
Lucy, who last year did a deep-dive into the life of mystery writer Agatha Christie, takes a look into Conan Doyle's troubled childhood in Edinburgh. He was the eldest of nine children who were raised by their mother whilst their father Charles battled with alcoholism and spent time in a mental hospital. We also learn how the detective came to life and why his popular stories were at odds with the writer’s ambition. And Lucy also examines Conan Doyle’s life after Holmes, and how he solved real-life crimes, and asks why he eventually brought the sleuth back to life.
