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The Gun

Season 1 Episode 3 | 3m 12s

So how did the first story in the new collection – 1903’s The Empty House – measure up? It weaves together Sherlock’s return, with a classic murder mystery. Lucy re-stages the crime with Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of firearms at the Royal Armouries. Does Arthur’s science stand up to scrutiny?

Extras
Lucy Worsley and Professor Janice Allan discuss the shift in Arthur's writing.
Sherlock Holmes is back from the dead! How did the fictional sleuth survive the Reichenbach Fall?
Arthur turns his attention to devising a new Holmes story set just before the war: "His Last Bow."
Arthur became the judge of Britain’s very first body building competition at the Albert Hall.
Could Arthur turn detective himself and solve a real life miscarriage of justice?
Arthur applies to fight in the Boer War, hoping to finally become the hero of his own story.
A phantom hound, the spooky setting of Dartmoor – it is of course Hound of the Baskervilles!
Without Sherlock Holmes, can Arthur Conan Doyle become the hero of his own story?
Lucy talks with Arthur's step great-grandson about the author's love-hate relationship with Holmes.
Lucy Worsley and Professor Sue Black discuss how some aspects of Sherlock's tactics get used today.
How would Arthur Conan Doyle’s new spiritualist beliefs change his famous detective Sherlock Holmes?
Without Sherlock Holmes, can Arthur Conan Doyle become the hero of his own story?
Why did Arthur Conan Doyle come to hate his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes?