Sherlock - BBC ONE & HD - Sunday 25th

The time is almost upon us, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss's 3 part Sherlock Holmes modernisation will be airing from Sunday 25th at 9pm.

Sherlock Microsite with an interview with Steven and Mark and a trailer.

 

I'm curious about this, mainly because Sherlock Holmes is a great character so I'm always interested in new interpretations. But somehow, my expectations are low. I'll probably tune in for the first part at least though.

 

You had me at Steven Moffat. Sunday can't come soon enough.

 

Did you see Jekyll a few years back? That'd give you a taste of what Steven Moffat can do with a modernisation.

 

I think I saw at least one episode of it. What I saw was quite good. I'm terrible at consistently following a show though, so I don't think I saw the whole story, so I can't judge it fairly. Still, if this is by the same fellow, my expectations are a bit higher than they were before I knew that!

 

Yep same fellow, along with one of the League of Gentlemen, Mark Gatiss, who also wrote Crooked House as well as some of ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot and the upcoming The First Men in the Moon remake.

 

With Doctor Who on break we need something to pass the time.

 

I'm looking forward to this. While I still crave for a new cinematic faithful take on Holmes a la Jeremy Brett version, with someone like Alan Rickman in the lead, this interests me more than the Robert Downey Jr version.

 

Any idea when and where this will air in the states? Also, where one in the US may view that trailer, I get a "not available in your area" message when I try and watch it.

 

^I believe PBS have a co-production deal on it, so it will be part of the Masterpiece strand on PBS.

Bit of a crap version but [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GiQO1Vzhf0[/yt]

 

Thanks Bob.


I really want to see that.

 

W.T.F.

 

^ It's not the first time Holmes has been modernised. But, as mentioned before, Jekyll showed how well Steven Moffat can modernise a classic.

 

Yeah, that's my reaction as well. There are certain things that should stay the way they are. I mean, you change the timeline of Sherlock Holmes, and you make it just an ordinary detective show, since a big part of who Holmes is, is the time period.

 

I've GOT to catch this, see if it's brilliant of falls flat on its face.

 

Looks interesting, but I thought Jekyll fell aparft at the end so I'm not holding out to highly for this to be good. Should beat the last movie though.

 

I hope there are lots of explosions like in last year's movie! Those sure made boring-ass Sherlock Holmes much better!!

/sarcasm

(Ducks for cover anyway.)

 

I was just watching Sign of Four on PBS last night. God I miss Jeremy Brett.

 

^He was very good, as was Basil Rathbone (who proved Holmes doesn't need to be trapped in the 19th Century by fighting Nazis as I recall!)

I'm intrigued by this, Moffat is a bloody good writer but Gatiss is an inconsistant one so we'll have to see...

 

Yes Rathbone was my definitive Holmes, until I saw Brett. I had to admit (reluctantly) that Brett was closer to the literary description of the character.