It is a while since I watched anything so entertaining on so many levels (possibly the 1st Cranford was the last thing). I thought it was bloody brilliant!!! Wonderfully acted, brilliant twist with Mark Gatkiss as Mycroft and all together hugely pleasurable
I thought it was very good. It had a dark, se7en-style feel to it and, although set in the present day, had these echoes of the past, and the original Holmes period, all over it. I didn't think Phil Davis' was quite right as the cabbie, however. Didn't find him at all chilling, which he should have been, and towards the end it was slightly lacking in tension, I thought, but overall I really enjoyed it and now have it on Series Record.
Something to look forward to on Sunday nights. Thank God for that!
Are these three episodes a trial run / extended pilot for future series or intended to be a one-off. I would love to see this become a returning thing.
Yeah, it was very good... see, the BBC can do it when they try.
They're the only UK broadcaster that can, and that's the reason I'm against scrapping the license fee and privatising it / shutting it down, we'd be left without any decent British drama.
I enjoyed it as a well-scripted drama, and I like Martin Freeman, but, for me, they were not Holmes and Watson, and Holmes was characterised as way over the top, in fact rather like the current Doctor Who character but that may be because of the creator Steven Moffat.
They're the only UK broadcaster that can, and that's the reason I'm against scrapping the license fee and privatising it / shutting it down, we'd be left without any decent British drama.
ITV I guess could point at Whitechapel, and Channel 4 are capable of broadcasting the odd excellent drama, such as Boy A. I guess the issue for all of our broadcasters is that for every Whitechapel and Sherlock, they produce a far higher proportion of rubbish drama as well.
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I thought it was very good. It had a dark, se7en-style feel to it and, although set in the present day, had these echoes of the past, and the original Holmes period, all over it. I didn't think Phil Davis' was quite right as the cabbie, however. Didn't find him at all chilling, which he should have been, and towards the end it was slightly lacking in tension, I thought, but overall I really enjoyed it and now have it on Series Record.
Something to look forward to on Sunday nights. Thank God for that!
Brilliant
Excellent
Characters are fantastic
cant wait for next week
Anyone else gone on Holmes' website, it really exists.
Stumped on this, but who played the serial killer? I recognised his voice but couldn't put a finger on it...
They're the only UK broadcaster that can, and that's the reason I'm against scrapping the license fee and privatising it / shutting it down, we'd be left without any decent British drama.
The Twitterverse is almost entirely in favour too.
http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23sherlock
And, like I said, this was like Monk on steroids!
Everything about it was brilliant - absolutely love Benedict Cumberbatch!!!! Best thing on TV in ages! Bit of Dr Who in there - but who cares!
Can't wait til next week:D
ITV I guess could point at Whitechapel, and Channel 4 are capable of broadcasting the odd excellent drama, such as Boy A. I guess the issue for all of our broadcasters is that for every Whitechapel and Sherlock, they produce a far higher proportion of rubbish drama as well.
Phil Davis