Help the Go Jetters as they travel around the world fixing glitches caused by Grandmaster Glitch: Sherlock: The Abominable Bride is available to watch on Australia’s own Stan and in select cinemas from 2 January 2016.Go Jetters, Go! Introducing the first official Go Jetters app! Safe, ad-free fun for your little ones. There’s still time to catch up on the first three seasons before the New Year’s Day special airs, so go ahead and fall in love with this most excellent program. The mysteries, the machinations and the riddles, all make for captivating viewing strung together by the thread of endearing relationships and the occasional heartbreaking realisation. Whatever the reason behind its stellar success, Sherlock continues to capture the imagination of viewers the world over. “There’s one moment that we’ve dreamed of doing forever – you’ll know it,” said Gatiss, with a smile like the cat that’s got the cream. The team are tight-lipped about what we can expect from the upcoming special, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, which transports our intrepid investigators to Victorian London to follow the trail of a killer ghost. As we always say: it’s a show about a detective, not a detective show.” “For us, we’re sort of keying into that, but the fact is Sherlock Holmes is always a slightly bigger-than-life thing.
They’re very gruesome, but people don’t mind watching it over their Sunday tea.
There’s a huge obsession in Britain with pathology programs. “But in our time, people have gotten interested in the nuts and bolts of it. People were always interested in what they call ‘the scarlet thread of murder’. “The Holmes stories are deliberately sensational – it’s a very Victorian thing. “The popularity of Sherlock Holmes is the beginning of that,” said Gatiss.
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You can’t deny the thrill of watching Sherlock in the throes of deduction, his mind reeling with tiny details, the bread crumbs left behind by the mystery.Ĭonsidering the popularity of police procedural programs, this series couldn’t have come at a better time. This is an undeniable aspect of the series’ appeal: to captivate an audience with the simple act of investigation. “Most of the stories don’t even have villains in them.” “The truth is, Sherlock Holmes doesn’t need a great villain,” said Moffat. Photo: BBCįor Moffat, the mystery of the story is antagonist enough for Holmes. “ Spectre did it well when they’re sitting around the boardroom table, discussing the most heinous crimes – it’s just business to them.” Andrew Scott as James Moriarty. Unless they have a lair and a volcano, they just tend to be people with huge power. But the great thing is, they don’t know they’re the villain. It’s not just in Bond films or Sherlock Holmes, they’re out there. “We have discussed a lot about what a villain is in the 21st Century,” said Gatiss. Naturally, one of the most important relationships is that of Holmes and the series’ formidable villain, Moriarty.įor the writers, crafting a villain worthy of Sherlock Holmes’ attention is a calculated act. Much like the Holmes brothers, the chemistry between many of the relationships in the series is captivating, underpinning each episode and adding another level of complexity. Mark Gatiss as Mycroft Holmes (left) and Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes. The sibling rivalry between the two is played with aplomb by both actors, spicing up the many scenes they share. Vertue agrees: “I think the fear of Mark and Steven making a show that they didn’t want to watch keeps pushing them.”Īs well as writing for the series, Gatiss also plays Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock’s brother. It was a passion project from the beginning.” If you know Sherlock Holmes, you know that we do. “I genuinely think that’s what people recognised from the beginning. “The absolute truth is because we love it,” said Gatiss. In Australia recently to promote the New Year’s Day special, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, creators and writers Mark Gatiss ( The League of Gentlemen, London Spy) and Steven Moffat ( Doctor Who, Coupling), and producer Sue Vertue ( Coupling, Supernova), are nothing but animated when debating why their series is the most popular Sherlock Holmes of all time. Basically, a staggering amount of people can’t get enough of Sherlock. The season finale of episode three is also the most tweeted about episode of TV in the social media platform’s history. Now watched in 247 countries, the show’s third season amassed an audience of over 12.7 million viewers, earning the title of most-watched drama series in UK television history.
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