Sherlock is a British television series produced by Hartswood Films for BBC Wales, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series. It was created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, who wrote one episode each. Paul McGuigan directed the first and third episodes; Euros Lyn directed the second, which was written by Stephen Thompson.
It is a contemporary update of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr. Watson. Una Stubbs appears as their landlady Mrs. Hudson, and Rupert Graves as DI Lestrade.
Filming took place at various locations, including London and Cardiff. The three-part series was transmitted on BBC One and BBC HD, in July and August 2010. The critical reception was mostly very positive. These episodes, along with the unaired pilot, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 30 August 2010. Following the critical acclaim that the first episode attracted, BBC executives were reportedly interested in commissioning more stories. On 10 August 2010, it was confirmed that Sherlock has been renewed for a second series.
-via Sherlock's wikipedia
So yeah, this show is absolutely fucking amazing. There's not a damn thing wrong with it and it became one of my all-time favourite television shows within the first 10 minutes.
I had to download torrents of the show due to my being in America.
So... anyone else like it? Anyone else like the Sherlock Holmes series in general? If so you NEED to watch this. It's so perfect. You'll love it...
August 15th, 2010 at 04:35am