When you’re dealing with a well-known subject you need to grab viewers’ attention right from the start, and by revealing Conan Doyle played in goal for Portsmouth FC under an assumed name presenter Lucy Worlsey did just that. She then proved entertaining company throughout, moving from detailed analysis of stages of his life, with suitable changing loca…
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