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 (Marvel’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 Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy) as Holmes’s often exasperated side-kick Doctor John Watson. Until the special episode “The Abominable Bride” 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 Doyle’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. The Abominable Bride will air Jan 1st on BBC One in the UK and PBS Masterpiece in the US.Quite simply, Sherlock is one of the greatest shows of our time. “I think we’ve not disappointed them in the past and this certainly won’t disappoint so I hope they enjoy it.” Speaking of how fans will take to the unusual episode, Benedict Cumberbatch said. And to have a different sort of moustache. “For me and Ben it’s quite something just to put different clobber on, you know. “The Victorian angle was very exciting to me,” Martin Freeman explains. “And part of the impulse came from me and Mark saying ‘wouldn’t it be a shame if we never got to see them do it in the authentic setting?'” “I suppose we can boast and say we’ve got the Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson of this current time,” says Moffat, on where the idea came from. “And then eventually when they told me the idea properly I thought that’s going to be stunning.” “I thought they’d gone bonkers,” producer Sue Vertue admits, when first told about the idea to rewind to Victorian times. With the Sherlock winter special only 3 weeks away, the series’ official Youtube channel has whetted our appetites (like we weren’t already salivating) by releasing a new 3-minute behind-the-scenes look at the episode! Watch it below:Īlternatively, if you don’t fancy sitting through some Sherlocky goodness (personally, we can’t stop watching Rupert Graves’ massive muttonchops) we’ve picked out a few choice quotes. “I think it’s because I’m in some of it now,” adds Martin Freeman, more succintly. “I think it is do with Conan Doyle’s extraordinary invention which has a universal appeal to all nationalities.” “I think the enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes has always been global, actually,” says Benedict. That was vaguely amusing for about four seconds.”Īnd the other puts the tough question to the cast of ‘why is Sherlock such a global success?’ While Martin himself backs up the statement by admitting, with characteristic drollness: “I slipped over yesterday. “Martin Freeman’s probably the funniest thing that’s happened on set recently,” says Benedict. The first sees the cast grilled on their favourite funny moments from filming The Abominable Bride. UPDATE: The Sherlock youtube channel have released two more behind-the-scenes features.
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