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The document provides information about author Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous character Sherlock Holmes. It discusses Conan Doyle's life and career, including that he was born in Scotland in 1859 and created the character of Sherlock Holmes. It also summarizes that Sherlock Holmes lived at 221b Baker Street in London, which is now a museum dedicated to the character. Finally, it mentions some of the film and television adaptations of Sherlock Holmes over the years, including Robert Downey Jr.'s portrayal in a 2009 film and a 2010 BBC television series set in modern times.

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The document provides information about author Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous character Sherlock Holmes. It discusses Conan Doyle's life and career, including that he was born in Scotland in 1859 and created the character of Sherlock Holmes. It also summarizes that Sherlock Holmes lived at 221b Baker Street in London, which is now a museum dedicated to the character. Finally, it mentions some of the film and television adaptations of Sherlock Holmes over the years, including Robert Downey Jr.'s portrayal in a 2009 film and a 2010 BBC television series set in modern times.

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2nd edition

Unit 6 Culture clip

6C Conan Doyle: Worksheet


1 Watch the video report. Complete the fact file.

CONAN DOYLE
Conan Doyle’s early life:
Conan Doyle was born in Scotland in: 1
Went to university in: 2
Conan Doyle worked as a: 3
Holmes and London:
Sherlock Holmes lived at: 4
At this address in London there is a: 5

The only day you can’t visit is: 6


Film adaptations:
Basil Rathbone played Holmes in 7 films
Robert Downey Jr. played Holmes in the year: 8

Conan Doyle’s later life:


Conan Doyle died in the year: 9

2 Watch the report again and answer the questions.


1 How are the Sherlock Holmes stories described?


2 What is there is Edinburgh?


3 In which country did Sherlock Holmes die?


4 Why did Conan Doyle change his mind?


5 What can you buy at the Sherlock Holmes shop?


6 When was the BBC drama set?

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2nd edition
Unit 6 Culture clip

6C Conan Doyle: Answer key


1
1 1859
2 Edinburgh
3 doctor
4 221b Baker Street
5 museum
6 Christmas Day
7 fourteen
8 2009
9 1930

2
1 exciting, mysterious and full of adventure
2 a statue of Sherlock Holmes
3 Switzerland
4 because many people wrote letters to Conan Doyle
5 souvenirs and Sherlock Holmes books
6 modern times

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2nd edition
Unit 6 Culture clip

6C Conan Doyle: Script


Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Scotland in 1859. In 2009, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law played
He’s most famous for his stories about Sherlock Holmes and Watson in a Hollywood blockbuster.
Holmes. And in 2010, the BBC made a modern-day version in
Sherlock Holmes was a very good detective, and a three-part TV drama.
Conan Doyle’s stories about him were exciting, Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930, here in Sussex,
mysterious and full of adventure. Sherlock Holmes in the south of England.
solved crimes with the help of his friend, Dr Watson.
He isn’t writing stories anymore, but the memory of
Arthur Conan Doyle went to university in Edinburgh, Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous detective lives
the capital of Scotland. There’s a statue of Sherlock on.
Holmes in the centre of the city.
Arthur Conan Doyle moved to the south of England
after university and became a doctor. He wrote
stories about Sherlock Holmes in his free time.
The first story about Sherlock Holmes was called
A Study in Scarlet.
Arthur Conan Doyle wrote twenty-five Sherlock
Holmes stories between 1885 and 1895.
But he didn’t want to write any more. In the story
The Final Problem, Holmes and Watson travel
to Switzerland. Here, Holmes meets his enemy,
Professor Moriarty. They fight and die at the
Reichenbach Waterfalls.
But many people didn’t like this, and they wrote so
many letters to Conan Doyle that he changed his
mind. And he continued writing Sherlock Holmes
mysteries until 1920, twenty-five years later!
Many people around the world still love the
character Sherlock Holmes.
In the stories, he lived at 221b Baker Street, in
London.
Today, the house at this address is a museum, and
people from all over the world visit it. Lots of people
take photographs outside the museum. They dress
up in Sherlock’s famous hat and pipe. The museum
guide dresses up as a policeman from the time of
Sherlock Holmes.
The museum is open every day of the year, except
Christmas Day! Inside the museum you can buy
souvenirs and Sherlock Holmes books.
There are now many films and TV programmes
about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. From
1939 to 1946, Basil Rathbone played Sherlock
Holmes in fourteen films.

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