Sherlock

2010 • BBC

4.8

4.38K reviews

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Seasons 1-3 episodes (16)

1 Series 1, A Study in Pink

10/23/10

Season-only

A woman in pink lies dead in a derelict house. She is the fourth in a series of seemingly impossible suicides. DI Lestrade is the best Scotland Yard has got, but even he knows that there's only one man who can help. Elsewhere in London, a war hero, invalided home from Afghanistan, meets a strange but charismatic genius who is looking for a flatmate; Dr John Watson and Sherlock Holmes are meeting for the first time.

2 Series 1, The Blind Banker

10/30/10

Season-only

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.

3 Series 1, The Great Game

11/5/10

Season-only

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.

4 Series 2, A Scandal in Belgravia

4/10/13

Season-only

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

5 Series 2, The Hounds of Baskerville

1/7/12

Season-only

Sherlock's most famous case. A Hound from Hell. A terrified man. But is a monster really stalking Dartmoor? What seems like fantasy in Baker Street is a very different prospect in the ultra-secret army base that looms over the moor...

6 Series 2, The Reichenbach Fall

1/14/12

Season-only

The Tower of London, Pentonville Prison, the Bank of England. All broken into on the same day! Only James Moriarty could do it, but why didn't he steal anything? Soon a darker purpose unfolds. The final battle between the masterminds. And neither can hope to walk away from it.

7 Series 3, The Empty Hearse

12/31/13

Season-only

Two years after Sherlock's 'death', Dr John Watson has got on with his life. But, with London under threat of a devastating terrorist attack, Sherlock is about to stage his outrageous resurrection. But if he thinks everything will be just as he left it, he's in for a very big surprise...

8 Series 3, The Sign of Three

1/4/14

Season-only

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!

9 Series 3, His Last Vow

1/11/14

Season-only

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?

101 Uncovered- The Return

1/27/14

Season-only

Sherlock's back! The world's greatest detective comes back from the dead. But how did he do it? We go behind-the-scenes of the first episode cast read-through, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman where the answer to television's greatest mystery was first revealed. And we uncover the unlikely friendship between Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson.

102 Uncovered- The Women

1/27/14

Season-only

The stars of Sherlock talk about the women in the life of TV's greatest detective. Sherlock Holmes may be great at solving mysteries, but he's clueless about women. We launch an investigation into the women in Sherlock's life. Mary Morstan is marrying his best friend. Irene Adler stole his heart. He doesn't know Molly exists. And Mrs Hudson's always there to pick up the pieces.

103 Uncovered- The Villains

1/27/14

Season-only

We meet the great villains who've battled with TV's greatest detective. There's Jim Moriarty, his nemesis. There's Charles Augustus Magnussen, the only man Sherlock Holmes truly hates. And then there's Mycroft Holmes - Sherlock's brother and the last word in sibling rivalry. All of them have had influence over those closest to Sherlock. And all of them cause him grief.

104 Unlocking Sherlock

1/27/14

Season-only

Find out how writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss created the television hit Sherlock, taking Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original adventures of the Victorian super sleuth and transforming them into a worldwide sensation. And we go behind the scenes on set with the stars of Sherlock. Featuring interviews with lead actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

105 Pilot: A Study In Pink

5/13/14

Season-only

In this un-aired one hour pilot, our modern day Sherlock and John meet for the first time in contemporary London. A serial killer is on the loose and the only connection is a seeming obsession with th colour pink. Sherlock, an analytical and deduction obsessive, is helping the police out with their enquiries just for fun, when he runs into potential flatmate Dr John Watson, just back from serving in the war in Afghanistan and sporting a limp. Together the two make a formidable duo...

106 Meet the Makers Part 1

1/1/14

Season-only

Go behind the lens and get an exclusive look at Series 3 from the makers of Sherlock. Hear an exclusive run-down of each brand-new episode and find out what the creators are looking forward to in the build up to the most anticipated TV series of 2014.

107 Meet the Makers Part 2

1/2/14

Season-only

About this show

Set in 21st Century London, this thrilling, funny, fast-paced contemporary reimagining of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic features some of Sherlock Holmes' most famous adventures. Co-created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, Sherlock stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as his loyal friend, Doctor John Watson.

Ratings and reviews

4.8

4.38K reviews

Tim Wintle

October 31, 2014

I'm a massive Sherlock Holmes fan: From the original canon, through the radio and black and white film productions of the Rathborne / Bruce period right up to "Sherlock" and "Elementary". To me, the production of Sherlock seriously lets it down. The script writing is good, the plots are clever with smartly placed nods towards the previous Sherlock Holmes works, and the acting is good - but the whole post production process completely destroys the series for me. Nowhere is this more obvious than by watching the two different versions of the pilot which were filmed - they're identical in terms of scripting, but the origional unaired version (on the Season 1 DVD) carries the character of Holmes far better - There's none of the camera darting all over the place with ridiculous facts and numbers spashed on top of the scene, Sherlock just figures stuff out. Conan Doyle's Sherlock is a smart guy who these days we'd describe as "on the spectrum" - he grafts hard, focuses on things, and figures stuff out. I think the production of "Sherlock" (especially post production) completely destroys the characterization. I find "Elementary" far truer to Holmes' true character.

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Topsy Turvy

August 13, 2021

They found the perfect actors for Sherlock, Watson, Mycroft, Molly, Mrs Hudson & Moriarty in my opinion. But I don't believe they had the best writers. The writers seem to have genuinely run out of clever ideas. I was never a fan of Watson's wife. It was a mistake to build her up. She's ruined 2 series of Sherlock for me. Even after being killed off she came back to haunt us. So much time wasted on her. Her character should've been explored in a spin off, not here.

3 people found this review helpful

Thomas Long

January 18, 2014

**POTENTIAL SPOILERS** "Just a tinsy bit...disappointed..." I don't feel this series was worth waiting two years for, It was rather boring and each episode seemed to decay Sherlock Holmes from his power to stun an audience into thinking "what a man", nothing he did seemed to impress me as the previous two series, it seems slightly rushed and far too predictable (but I think that was partly due to the writing) the answer for how he faked is own death seemed rather "Johnathan creek" and quite over the top.

2 people found this review helpful