There are very few programs currently on television I can truly enjoy, but the BBCs Sherlock was completely enthralling!
Having battled with, and ultimately enjoyed Sir Arthur Connan Doyle's prose as a teenager, I was horrified by Hollywood's recent attempts to sex up the most British of character, Sherlock Holmes. When, in 2010, came Stephen Moffat and Mark Gattis's dramatic modernisation of such a classic, Victorian story, I was at first wary that it may be yet another bastardisation of a great British literature!
But I needn't have worried, this slick adaptation stayed true to its 19th century source material, yet beautifully relevant to the 21st century. Clever writing, and excellent casting, the realtionship between Benedict Cumberbatch's exquisitly played Holmes and Martin Freeman's fresh take on Dr Watson , have ensured that in two brief series, Sherlock has crafted 6 of the most famous mysteries in litterary history into wonderfully modern stories, that continually keep viewers guessing!
I look forward to the third series with great anticipation...
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