Explore how writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss created the hit television sensation. Take a personal voyage through the versions of Holmes that have served as inspirations for the new series - the original stories, their factual origins, hundreds of film adaptations - to arrive at their thoroughly modern Sherlock. Moffat and Gatiss explain the challenges they encountered adapting the original adventures of the iconic super-sleuth. Go behind the scenes on the set of the hit television series, including interviews with actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Lara Pulver, who talk about the reinvention of their fictional characters.
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Benedict Cumberbatch
Himself / Sherlock Holmes
Known for
Doctor Strange
The Imitation Game
Martin Freeman
Himself / Dr. Watson
Known for
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Sherlock
Steven Moffat
Himself
Also in
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
The Science of Doctor Who
Mark Gatiss
Himself / Mark Gatiss
Known for
Sherlock
Taboo
Andrew Scott
Himself / Jim Moriarty
Known for
Fleabag
1917
Lara Pulver
Herself / Irene Adler
Known for
MobLand
Da Vinci's Demons
Susannah Ward Director
United States release January 19, 2014
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 19, 2014
TV · PBS
United Kingdom
November 3, 2014 · Physical
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