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Sherlock - BBC ONE & HD - Sunday 25th

Bob The Skutter

Bob The Skutter

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In Memoriam
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.

The world's favourite detective has emerged from the fog. With sparkling scripts and unforgettable performances from the two leads, Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) and Martin Freeman (John Watson), this is Sherlock for a new generation.
Sherlock Holmes was always a modern man. It's the world that got old. Now he's back as he should be: edgy, contemporary, difficult – and dangerous – in three new dramas on BBC One.
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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.
 
Holdfast said:
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.
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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!
 
Holdfast said:
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!
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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.
 
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]
 
^ It's not the first time Holmes has been modernised. But, as mentioned before, Jekyll showed how well Steven Moffat can modernise a classic.
 
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.)
 
^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.
 
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