Sherlock 

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

Creators:

Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat

Stars:

Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs

Top Rated TV #15 | Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 86 wins & 161 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Benedict Cumberbatch	...	Sherlock Holmes 15 episodes, 2010-2017
Martin Freeman	...	Dr. John Watson 15 episodes, 2010-2017
Una Stubbs	...	Mrs. Hudson 14 episodes, 2010-2017
Rupert Graves	...	DI Lestrade 14 episodes, 2010-2017
Louise Brealey	...	Molly Hooper 13 episodes, 2010-2017
Mark Gatiss	...	Mycroft Holmes 12 episodes, 2010-2017
Andrew Scott	...	Jim Moriarty / ... 9 episodes, 2010-2017
Amanda Abbington	...	Mary Watson / ... 7 episodes, 2014-2017
Jonathan Aris	...	Anderson 7 episodes, 2010-2016

Storyline

In this modernized version of the Conan Doyle characters, using his detective plots, Sherlock Holmes lives in early 21st century London and acts more cocky towards Scotland Yard's detective inspector Lestrade because he's actually less confident. Doctor Watson is now a fairly young veteran of the Afghan war, less adoring and more active.

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Plot Keywords:

sherlock holmes | friendship | modernized setting | based on novel | detective | 

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Taglines:

The world's favourite detective has emerged from the fog...this is Sherlock for a new generation.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

BBC [UK]

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 October 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Шерлок

Filming Locations:

St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hartswood Films, BBC Wales, Masterpiece Theatre

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally this was shot as a 60-minute one-off TV movie. Its costs ballooned to an almost unheard-of one million pounds, and rumors flew that the BBC would pull the plug and leave it unaired. Instead, they asked Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat to turn the whole thing into a series pilot. That would entail making it longer. And they wrote a longer script. But they couldn't get the same cinematographer back, and didn't think the added scenes would be consistent with what they had already filmed. So they shot the whole pilot over.

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Goofs

Throughout the works of Conan Doyle, and the writers who have translated his works for other media, Sherlock Holmes is shown as using "deductive logic." Deductive logic reasons from the general to the particular. The bare-bones deductive argument is the syllogism "All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is a mortal." It's amazing how often people screw this up and argue something like, "All men are mortal; Socrates is mortal; therefore, Socrates is a man," which doesn't logically follow. That would be like saying, "All men are mortal; my kid's hamster is mortal; therefore, my kid's hamster is a man." Inductive logic reasons from particular instances to general theories and is the method used to confirm scientific theories. If you observe enough apples falling from trees, you will conclude that apples always fall down, instead of up or sideways. You might then form a more general hypothesis that includes other falling bodies, like pears. Thus is the progress of science. In the annals of literature, no character is as renowned for his powers of "deduction" as the intrepid Sherlock Holmes, but the way Holmes operates is not generally by using deductive logic at all. He really uses abductive logic. First, he carefully observes the situation, then he generalizes from his prior experience, using analogy and probability.

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Quotes

[Repeated line]
Sherlock Holmes: Yes, obviously.

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Crazy Credits

In the American (PBS Masterpiece Mystery) broadcasts of this series, certain letters in the closing titles are highlighted red. These letters spell out a word that somehow relates to the episode. These highlighted letters don't occur in the closing credits of the original airings of the series (on BBC) though.

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Connections

Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Martin Freeman/Eliza Coupe/The Eeries/Bob Mould (2014)

User Reviews

A masterpiece

One word to describe this show..'excellent'. A true master piece. I am a huge fan of the original Sherlock Holmes books and TV shows. When I sat down to watch this, at the first glimpse I was a bit disappointed. The show started in a somewhat different way than I imagined. Few minutes later, I found out that the 'difference' I experienced is what makes this series unique and brilliant. The cast is spot on. Couldn't have picked a better guy for Holmes or Lestrade. Yet, Dr. Watson doesn't match the original picture.Who cares hey? The story is full of twists and turns and fascinating to see the techniques of deduction. The merging of old reasoning and new technology has been done magnificently. So, its a Holmes with a laptop and a smart phone.that who we see.and that can be easily related than those 1800's detective.

Hope this show will continue for many full seasons.