Elementary!

Doyle Lucy Worsley discovers why author Arthur Conan Doyle hated his most enduring character

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Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle Sun, 9pm, BBC2 (box set, iPlayer)

More than 130 years after Sherlock Holmes first appeared in an Arthur Conan Doyle story, he remains the world’s most famous detective.

He went on to feature in another 59 stories and made the author rich and famous. But Conan Doyle grew to loathe his creation, and in BBC2’s three- part series Killing Sherlock, Lucy Worsley investigates why.

FAILURE AND SUCCESS

‘One of the things that’s curious about Arthur Conan Doyle is the fact that he was ashamed of Sherlock Holmes,’ says Worsley. ‘He was ashamed to have created this fantastic character who has given so much pleasure to so many people.’ Following in the footsteps of her series