Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle: Season 1, Episode 1

1 - 1: Doctor and Detective

In the first episode, Lucy discovers Sherlock's origins in Arthur's early life as a medical student. She unpicks the early stories, revealing the dark underbelly of late Victorian Britain, from drug use to true crime, and traces Doyle's growing disenchantment with his detective, heading to Switzerland to visit the site of one of the most famous deaths in literature.