A war hero, invalided home from Afghanistan, meets a strange but charismatic genius who is looking for a flatmate - it is London in 2010, and Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes are meeting for the first time. A string of impossible suicides has Scotland Yard baffled - and only one man can help.
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Role | Contributor |
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Sherlock Holmes | Benedict Cumberbatch |
Dr John Watson | Martin Freeman |
DI Lestrade | Rupert Graves |
Mrs Hudson | Una Stubbs |
Molly Hooper | Louise Brealey |
Sgt Sally Donovan | Vinette Robinson |
Jeff | Phil Davis |
Ella | Tanya Moodie |
Helen | Siobhan Hewlett |
Sir Jeffrey Patterson | William Scott-Masson |
Margaret Patterson | Victoria Wicks |
Writer | Steven Moffat |
Director | Paul McGuigan |
Producer | Sue Vertue |
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