A new TV adventure called Sherlock North is in the works charting the consulting detective’s time in Finland when he was on the run from Professor Moriarty. The planned ten-part series is being overseen by Finnish/US production house Snapper Films and will draw on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s description of Holmes’ stay in Finland when he is on the run from his arch adversary after faking his own death at the Reichenbach Falls.
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Mark Gatiss’ response to a Sherlock critic is a true work of art
Sherlock producer and actor Mark Gatiss has made a poetic response to critics who have attacked the show’s latest series for being too much like James Bond. The star, 50, wrote a five-verse piece, complete with rhyme, explaining how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective had always been a skilled fighter.
Get this! ‘Sherlock’ star Benedict Cumberbatch is related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
That’s elementary, according to genealogy website Ancestry.com. Cumberbatch is distantly related to author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created the brilliant but quirky sleuth some 130 years ago, the website said on Sunday.
Researchers find Cumberbatch related to Holmes’ creator
Genealogy detectives have discovered that Benedict Cumberbatch, the British actor who portrays Sherlock Holmes in the PBS television series, is distantly related to the author who created the iconic character more than a century ago. Cumberbatch, 40, and the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who died in 1930, were 16th cousins, twice removed, according to the web site Ancestry.com.
Researchers Find Benedict Cumberbatch Is Distantly Related to Sherlock Holmes’ Creator
Genealogy detectives have discovered that Benedict Cumberbatch, the British actor who portrays Sherlock Holmes in the PBS television series, is distantly related to the author who created the iconic character more than a century ago. Cumberbatch, 40, and the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who died in 1930, were 16th cousins, twice removed, according to the web site Ancestry.com.