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Dear faithful readers,

yesterday new Sherlock Holmes series debuted on BBC One. And well after I got over my initial shock I kind of want to see for myself if it is any good.

Yes it’s all modern and shit. BUT before you turn you nose thinking it some silly attempt of old aunty Beeb of being all hip and modern (which is partly true) the series has been created and written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss (of Doctor Who fame). And it stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Given I don’t think I’ve seen Cumberbatch in anything that I can remember but Freeman was in both The Office (the original), The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Shaun of the Dead.

So let’s try and not be judgy beforehand. I was all judgy about Guy Ritchie’s version and it turned out pretty darn great.
You can check out the trailer below.

* And before someone gets on my case that the phrase Elementary my dear Watson was never used in any of Arthur Conan Doyle’s work, I am well aware of that. I just thought it’d be nice for a title. So there.