Sherlock

With Season Four due to arrive next year, Sherlock and Watson return in with a Victorian-themed special, which is perhaps the most perplexing episode to date.

For the second year running and for its final season, Breaking Bad won Outstanding Drama Series at the 66th Annual Emmy Awards. It virtually swept the awards in an especially stacked year, also picking up awards for Best Actor Bryan Cranston, Best Supporting Actress Anna Gunn, Best Supporting Actor Aaron Paul, and Best Writing for …

“He [Professor Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undedicated in this great city. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. He has a brain of the first order” -“The Final Problem” (1893) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Professor …

There has been a lot of development since last week’s heartwarming episode. “The Sign of Three” divided fans and critics alike, as most commented on the change of tone, its overindulgent sentimentality, and lack of mystery. But it nonetheless nicely set the stage for the showdown between our eponymous hero and his most challenging adversary to date.

Sherlock, Season 3, Episode 2, “The Sign of Three” Directed by Colm McCarthy Written by Steve Thompson Aired Sunday, 5th Jan 2014 on BBC1 Considering last week’s amazing episode, trying to top last week’s exciting season opener of Sherlock seems like a daunting task.  But co-creators Gatiss and Moffatt have taken a slightly different turn in the latest …

Sherlock, Season 3, Episode 1, “The Empty Hearse” Directed by Jeremy Lovering Written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffatt Aired Wednesday, 1st Jan 2014 on BBC1 It has been almost two years since Sherlock Holmes was seen faking his death, leaving his faithful companions John Watson and Mrs. Hudson to grieve his unfortunate passing.  In …

One of the most popular series to emerge out of British television over the past few years has been the BBC series Sherlock. A modern day re-imagining of the iconic detective, the series co-created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss has garnered a number of fans, despite having only six episodes over two seasons, with …

At the Edinburgh TV Festival, Neil Cross, the writer and creator of the popular BBC crime drama Luther, said that he is working on a screenplay for a film prequel to Luther. Idris Elba would return along with Warren Brown, Indira Varma, and Steve Mackintosh and the film would focus on Luther’s relationship with his wife Zoe, ending …

When starting a new television show, the thing I look forward to the most is the title sequence, so it only felt right to devise this list when I heard the theme was favourite television shows this month. In early television there wasn’t a huge focus on title sequences; their only purpose was to present the …

10. (tie) The Thick of It Is there a better tonic for election-year hype than an Armando Iannucci series? The apparently-final series of the show that made Iannucci’s name, The Thick Of It, upped the ante on its pitch-black style, stripping nearly all of its characters of any remaining semblances of humanity and daring us …

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Directed by Peter Jackson Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo Del Toro New Zealand and USA, 2012 Who can blame Peter Jackson for not wanting to leave Middle-Earth? His adaptation of The Lord of the Rings book series, written by J.R.R. Tolkien, was an enormously successful …

Elementary – Pilot episode Directed by Michael Cuesta Written by Rob Doherty Aired on Thursday, September 27th 2012, 10/9c on CBS. Now, it is going to be a good year or so before the much-anticipated third series of Sherlock returns to UK TV screens.  As much as fans cannot wait to see how Cumberbatch’s Holmes marks his return, …

  In February, news of an upmost upsetting nature came to light. Barely a month after the second season of Sherlock finished on UK screens, CBS revealed their intention to do a version of the show – Elementary – but based in New York. I’m going to be honest. Quite frankly, the idea may not …

Season 2, Episode 3: “The Reichenbach Fall” Written by Steve Thompson Directed by Toby Haynes Aired Sunday January 15th, 2012 at 9pm GMT on BBC 1 We knew that this day would come.  We’ve been looking forward to it for long enough.  So how do you end a brilliant second season of our favourite consulting …

Tonight, UK viewers will see Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock Holmes go against his nemesis James Moriarty, played by the wonderfully creepy Andrew Scott, in the latest adaptation of the novel, ‘The Final Problem‘.  For Sherlock fans, it is the final installment in a thrilling three-episode series but for others, it spells the end of the eponymous …

Season 2, Episode 2: The Hounds of Baskerville Written by Mark Gatiss Directed by Paul McGuigan Aired Sunday January 7th, 2012 at 8.30pm GMT on BBC 1 After last week’s quite thrilling episode A Scandal in Belgravia, fans are treated to an adaptation of one of, if not the most, famous Sherlock Holmes stories – The …

Season 2, Episode 1: A Scandal in Belgravia Written by Steven Moffatt Directed by Paul McGuigan Aired Sunday January 1st, 2012 at 8.10pm GMT on BBC 1 (Contains spoilers) Sherlock fans have been waiting for the second season for a long time.  With Martin Freeman’s commitments to the forthcoming Hobbit films, fans of the rejuvenated …