Equally impressive and unlikeable, his Sherlock exhibits an almost total disregard for authority, family or friends. CumberbatchвЂ™s performance has rightly been heaped with praise. Taking many of the classic storylines of the Victorian set novels but skilfully weaving a story arc that is both emotional and enthralling, the now 21st century saga effortlessly hitting the moments that Sherlock Holmes aficionados will expect while remaining a thrilling and evocative piece of television for the uninitiated.Д¬ritically acclaimed, the show has won three BAFTAS, nine Prime Time Emmys and garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Cumberbatch for Best Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television amongst numerous other nominations and awards. Hudson Spectre star Andrew Scott as HolmesвЂ™s arch nemesis Moriaty Gatiss plays the infamous sleuthвЂ™s brother Mycroft Rupert Graves (The White Queen) plays Scotland YardвЂ™s finest Detective Inspector Lestrade and Lars Mikkelsen plays 'the Napoleon of Blackmail' Charles Magnussen. The partners in fighting crime are ably supported by Una Stubbs as their Baker Street residence housekeeper Mrs. The stellar Sherlock cast includes Benedict Cumberbatch (MarvelвЂ™s Doctor Strange and an Oscar nominee for The Imitation Game) as the fiercely intelligent but equally arrogant Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman (The Office, Fargo, Peter JacksonвЂ™s The Hobbit trilogy) as HolmesвЂ™s often exasperated side-kick Doctor John Watson.

Until the special episode вЂњThe Abominable BrideвЂќ that is. Anyone expecting a smoking pipe and a deerstalker will be left wanting. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the men behind Doctor Who and The League Of Gentlemen, Sherlock plays with expectations and gives them a delightfully knowing modern spin. The classic tomes in question are Sir Arthur Conan DoyleвЂ™s Sherlock Holmes detective stories.

A modern masterpiece that takes a character from classic literature and playfully confounds audience expectations while staying true to the much-revered source material. Quite simply, Sherlock is one of the greatest shows of our time.

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