Sherlock (2010-)

UK/USA

Television Series

Creators: Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Loo Brealey, Rupert Graves, Zoe Telford, Vinette Robinson, Mark Gatiss, Andrew Scott

Gatiss and Moffat’s updating of the characters and stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – bringing together Sherlock Holmes, a brilliant but socially inept consulting detective, and John Watson, a former military doctor, to solve the crimes that no one else can, least of all the police – deftly mixes together intricate, absorbing plots, well-drawn characters, and gentle, winning humour.

Series 1 (2010)

Holmes and Watson investigate a series of apparent suicides, a string of Chinese gang deaths, and a succession of crime puzzles set by a mysterious, anonymous bomber, in this inventive, polished, and very promising first series. Iain.Stott