Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson's adventures in 21st Century London. A thrilling, funny, fast-paced contemporary remake of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic. The update maintains some traditional elements of the stories, such as the Baker Street address and the evil Moriarty. Although the events of the books are transferred to the present day, existing elements are incorporated into the new characters to "ground the forthcoming tales in reality, and appease ardent fans of the classic tales"; for example, Martin Freeman's Watson has returned from military service in Afghanistan. When speaking to The Sherlock Holmes Society of London and discussing the fact that the original Watson was invalided home after serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880), Gatiss realised that "It is the same war now, I thought. The same unwinnable war".
Invalided home from the war in Afghanistan, Dr. John Watson becomes roommates with the world's only "consulting detective," Sherlock Holmes. Within a day their friendship is forged and several murders are solved.
War vet Dr. John Watson returns to London in need of a place to stay. He meets Sherlock Holmes, a consulting detective, and the two soon find themselves digging into a string of serial "suicides."
Mysterious symbols and murders are showing up all over London, leading Sherlock and John to a secret Chinese crime syndicate called Black Lotus.
Mycroft needs Sherlock's help, but a remorseless criminal mastermind puts Sherlock on a distracting crime-solving spree via a series of hostage human bombs through which he speaks.
Sherlock must confiscate something of importance from a mysterious woman named Irene Adler.
Sherlock and John investigate the ghosts of a young man who has been seeing monstrous hounds out in the woods where his father died.
Jim Moriarty hatches a mad scheme to turn the whole city against Sherlock.
|
Benedict Cumberbatch | Sherlock Holmes |
|
Martin Freeman | Dr. John Watson |
|
Una Stubbs | Mrs. Hudson |
|
Rupert Graves | DI Lestrade |
|
Loo Brealey | Molly Hooper |
|
Mark Gatiss | Mycroft Holmes |
|
Andrew Scott | Jim Moriarty |
|
Amanda Abbington | Mary Morstan |
|
Jonathan Aris | Anderson |
|
Vinette Robinson | Sgt Sally Donovan |
|
Tanya Moodie | Ella |
|
Lindsay Duncan | Lady Smallwood |
|
Yasmine Akram | Janine |
|
Sian Brooke | Elizabeth |
|
David Nellist | Mike Stamford |
|
Simon Kunz | Sir Edwin |
|
Wanda Ventham | Mrs. Holmes |
|
Timothy Carlton | Dad |
|
Lisa McAllister | Anthea |
|
Zoe Telford | Sarah |
|
Paul Chequer | DI Dimmock |
|
Tom Brooke | Bill Wiggins |
|
Lara Pulver | Irene Adler |
|
Ed Birch | Tom |
|
Phil Davis | Jeff |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
|---|---|
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |