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Sherlock

Drama: Crime

Blunt, brilliant Sherlock teams up with war veteran Dr Watson to solve impossible crimes.

Blunt, brilliant Sherlock teams up with war veteran Dr Watson to solve impossible crimes. When the truth is revealed, it's never what you think. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

The Empty Hearse

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Sherlock: Series 3

Benedict Cumberbatch

Martin Freeman

Una Stubbs

Rupert Graves

Mark Gatiss

Andrew Scott

Louise Brealey

Amanda Abbington

Jonathan Aris

David Fynn

Jeremy Lovering

Sue Vertue

Sherlock: Series 3: Episode 1: The Empty Hearse

Episode 1

Episode 1: The Empty Hearse

Series 3

BBC One - Sherlock, Series 3, The Empty Hearse

Sherlock returns! But for Watson, it might be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'.

Contemporary crime drama. Two years after his apparent death and with London under a terrorist threat, Sherlock Holmes walks back into Dr John Watson's life.

'Just one more miracle, Sherlock. Stop being dead.' Two years after the devastating events of The Reichenbach Fall, Dr John Watson has got on with his life. New horizons, romance and a comforting domestic future beckon. 

But with London under threat of a huge terrorist attack, Sherlock Holmes is about to rise from the grave with all the theatricality that comes so naturally to him. It's what his best friend wanted more than anything, but for John Watson it might well be a case of 'be careful what you wish for!' 

If Sherlock thinks everything will be just as he left it, though, he is in for a very big surprise...

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Sherlock returns - but will things ever be the same again?

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