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Sherlock

A new sleuth for the 21st century.

8.5(6,483)

First Aired:July 25, 2010

Seasons:4 seasons

Episodes:12

Status:Ended

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

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Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Sherlock Holmes

Martin Freeman

John Watson

Seasons & Episodes

When a chance encounter brings soldier John Watson into Sherlock's life, it's apparent the two men couldn't be more different, but Sherlock's intellect coupled with John's pragmatism soon forges an unbreakable alliance as they investigate a series of baffling cases together.

E1A Study in Pink

88m8.2

Jul 25, 2010

A war hero, invalided home from Afghanistan, meets a strange but charismatic genius who is looking for a flatmate; it is London, 2010, and Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes are meeting for the first time. A string of impossible suicides has Scotland Yard baffled - and only one man can help.

E2The Blind Banker

89m7.4

Aug 1, 2010

A mysterious cipher is being scrawled on the walls around London. The first person to see the cipher is dead within hours of reading it. Sherlock plunges into a world of codes and symbols, consulting with London's best graffiti artists. He soon learns that the city is in the grip a gang of international smugglers, a secret society called the Black Lotus.

E3The Great Game

90m8.3

Aug 8, 2010

A strange clue in an empty room, a blood-soaked car, a priceless Old Master, a deranged bomber. With the clock ticking, the curtain rises on a battle of wits between Sherlock, John and the shadowy stranger who seems to know all the answers...

A Royal scandal, a dazzling game of cat and mouse. The seductive Irene Adler is cold, calculating, brilliant. Has Sherlock finally met his match?

E1A Scandal in Belgravia

90m8.4

Jan 1, 2012

Blackmail threatens the monarchy and Sherlock is about to meet the woman who beats him.

E2The Hounds of Baskerville

89m7.8

Jan 8, 2012

A hound from hell. Sherlock's most famous case. But is a monster really stalking Dartmoor?

E3The Reichenbach Fall

89m8.7

Jan 15, 2012

The return of Moriarty. The crime of the century. Can Sherlock possibly survive?

Sherlock is back, but will things ever be the same again?

E1The Empty Hearse

87m7.7

Jan 1, 2014

Two years on from reports of his Reichenbach Fall demise, Sherlock resurfaces as London comes under threat of a huge terrorist attack. John, though, has mixed feelings about his friend's shocking return.

E2The Sign of Three

87m8.0

Jan 5, 2014

Sherlock faces his biggest challenge of all – delivering a Best Man’s speech on John’s wedding day! But all isn’t quite as it seems. Mortal danger stalks the reception – and someone might not make it to the happy couple’s first dance. Sherlock must thank the bridesmaids, solve the case and stop a killer.

E3His Last Vow

90m8.2

Jan 12, 2014

A case of stolen letters leads Sherlock Holmes into a long conflict with Charles Augustus Magnussen, the Napoleon of blackmail, and the one man he truly hates. But how do you tackle a foe who knows the personal weakness of every person of importance in the Western world?

The fourth series begins with the nation’s favourite detective, the mercurial Sherlock Holmes, back once more on British soil, as Doctor Watson and his wife, Mary, prepare for their biggest ever challenge - becoming parents for the first time.

E1The Six Thatchers

89m7.0

Jan 1, 2017

Why is someone destroying images of Margaret Thatcher? Is there a madman on the loose? Or is there a much darker purpose at work?

E2The Lying Detective

89m8.4

Jan 8, 2017

Sherlock faces perhaps the most chilling enemy of his long career: the powerful and seemingly unassailable Culverton Smith – a man with a very dark secret indeed.