“I can never resist a touch of the dramatic.”

A Study in Pink.

In the first of three episodes of the new BBC TV drama series Sherlock, Watson and Holmes meet, and together tackle the case of the Impossible Suicides.  Episode one, entitled A Study in Pink, will be screened on BBC One on Sunday 25 July 2010 at 9pm – 10.30pm.  It’s also being shown simultaneously, and repeated the following day at 12.30am, on BBC HD.  Benedict Cumberbatch plays Sherlock Holmes with Martin Freeman taking the Dr Watson role.  The part of DI Lestrade is undertaken by Rupert Graves while Una Stubbs is cast as Mrs Hudson.  Naturally, Sherlock is everywhere in this week’s (w/c 24 July 2010) TV listings magazines.  For example: Radio Times says ‘What could have been the defiling of a sacred text comes off superbly,’ while TV Times thinks the drama is ‘Outstanding,’ and gives it a 5-star rating.

Getting Sherlock Holmes Role a ‘Joy and Worry’ – Cumberbatch.

Catch this news story at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10725501.  For other great links to Sherlock, check our last Bulletin.

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