Lucy Worsley's Holmes vs. Doyle.

Lucy Worsley's Holmes vs. Doyle

British historian Lucy Worsley delves into the complex love-hate relationship between Sherlock Holmes and the man who created him, Arthur Conan Doyle.

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Sun, 12/22 at 7:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV

Shadows and Sleuths

How Sherlock found a life beyond his author on the stage and screen.

Sun, 12/22 at 11:25 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV

Shadows and Sleuths

How Sherlock found a life beyond his author on the stage and screen.

Fri, 1/3 at 6:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD

Doctor and Detective

The origins of Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's early life as a medical student in Edinburgh, and the author's growing disenchantment with his detective.

Fri, 1/3 at 7:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD

Fact and Fiction

Doyle's desire to distance himself from his own creation, Sherlock Holmes, after the character's apparent death at the Reichenbach Falls; how far Doyle went to make himself the hero of his own story.

Fri, 1/3 at 8:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD

Shadows and Sleuths

How Sherlock found a life beyond his author on the stage and screen.

Fri, 1/3 at 11:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD

Doctor and Detective

The origins of Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's early life as a medical student in Edinburgh, and the author's growing disenchantment with his detective.

Sat, 1/4 at 12:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD

Fact and Fiction

Doyle's desire to distance himself from his own creation, Sherlock Holmes, after the character's apparent death at the Reichenbach Falls; how far Doyle went to make himself the hero of his own story.

Sat, 1/4 at 1:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD

Shadows and Sleuths

How Sherlock found a life beyond his author on the stage and screen.

Sat, 1/4 at 7:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD

Doctor and Detective

The origins of Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's early life as a medical student in Edinburgh, and the author's growing disenchantment with his detective.

Sat, 1/4 at 8:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD

Fact and Fiction

Doyle's desire to distance himself from his own creation, Sherlock Holmes, after the character's apparent death at the Reichenbach Falls; how far Doyle went to make himself the hero of his own story.