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Sue Black

Season 1 Episode 1 | 2m 50s

Sherlock Holmes solved some of his most challenging cases through his careful observation and masterful skills of deduction. However, would this fictional detective's methods hold up in the non-fictional world? Lucy Worsley and Professor Sue Black discuss how some aspects of Sherlock's investigative tactics are still being used to solve crimes today.

Extras
Arthur applies to fight in the Boer War, hoping to finally become the hero of his own story.
Lucy Worsley and Professor Janice Allan discuss the shift in Arthur's writing.
Arthur turns his attention to devising a new Holmes story set just before the war: "His Last Bow."
Could Arthur turn detective himself and solve a real life miscarriage of justice?
Sherlock Holmes is back from the dead! How did the fictional sleuth survive the Reichenbach Fall?
Does Arthur’s science stand up to scrutiny when trialed and tested?
A phantom hound, the spooky setting of Dartmoor – it is of course Hound of the Baskervilles!
Arthur became the judge of Britain’s very first body building competition at the Albert Hall.
Lucy talks with Arthur's step great-grandson about the author's love-hate relationship with Holmes.
Lucy Worsley visits the Reichenbach Falls, the site of fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes' death.