Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Sherlock Holmes is the world's most famous fictional detective and features in more than 60 original stories, as well as countless adaptions. For over a century, he has intrigued and excited his fans with his intellect and powers of deduction, and he made his creator – the author Arthur Conan Doyle - rich and famous. But the writer came to hate his fictional character.

Over the course of three episodes, historian and lifelong Sherlock Holmes fan Lucy Worsley investigates the extraordinary love-hate relationship between Holmes and Doyle, detective and author, in a unique parallel biography of Sherlock Holmes and the complex man who created him.

Series details

• Title: Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2023-12-10
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 59 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 72063
• IMDb ID: tt29291706
• TVDB ID: 443167

Cast and credited roles

• Lucy Worsley — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-12-10; final listed air date 2023-12-10; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

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