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Unlocking Sherlock

TV Movie | Documentary

7.8

Release Date

January 19, 2014

Duration

60 min

Status

Released

Language

en

Overview

Explore how writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss created the hit television sensation. Take a personal voyage through the versions of Holmes that have served as inspirations for the new series - the original stories, their factual origins, hundreds of film adaptations - to arrive at their thoroughly modern Sherlock. Moffat and Gatiss explain the challenges they encountered adapting the original adventures of the iconic super-sleuth. Go behind the scenes on the set of the hit television series, including interviews with actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Lara Pulver, who talk about the reinvention of their fictional characters.

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Benedict Cumberbatch

Himself / Sherlock Holmes

Benedict Cumberbatch

Martin Freeman

Himself / Dr. Watson

Martin Freeman

Steven Moffat

Himself

Steven Moffat

Mark Gatiss

Himself / Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss

Andrew Scott

Himself / Jim Moriarty

Andrew Scott

Lara Pulver

Herself / Irene Adler

Lara Pulver