Sherlock

When a chance encounter brings soldier John Watson into Sherlock's life, it's apparent the two men couldn't be more different, but Sherlock's intellect coupled with John's pragmatism soon forges an unbreakable alliance as they investigate a series of baffling cases together.

Sherlock Series 1 release dates →

1. E3

   3. The Great Game

   Finale 16 years ago

   A strange clue in an empty room, a blood-soaked car, a priceless Old Master, a deranged bomber. With the clock ticking, the curtain rises on a battle of wits between Sherlock, John and the shadowy stranger who seems to know all the answers...

2. E2

   2. The Blind Banker

   16 years ago

   A mysterious cipher is being scrawled on the walls around London. The first person to see the cipher is dead within hours of reading it. Sherlock plunges into a world of codes and symbols, consulting with London's best graffiti artists. He soon learns that the city is in the grip a gang of international smugglers, a secret society called the Black Lotus.

3. E1

   1. A Study in Pink

   16 years ago

   A war hero, invalided home from Afghanistan, meets a strange but charismatic genius who is looking for a flatmate; it is London, 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.

A Royal scandal, a dazzling game of cat and mouse. The seductive Irene Adler is cold, calculating, brilliant. Has Sherlock finally met his match?

Sherlock Series 2 release dates →

1. E3

   3. The Reichenbach Fall

   Finale 14 years ago

   The return of Moriarty. The crime of the century. Can Sherlock possibly survive?

2. E2

   2. The Hounds of Baskerville

   14 years ago

   A hound from hell. Sherlock's most famous case. But is a monster really stalking Dartmoor?

3. E1

   1. A Scandal in Belgravia

   14 years ago

   Blackmail threatens the monarchy and Sherlock is about to meet the woman who beats him.

Sherlock is back, but will things ever be the same again?

Sherlock Series 3 release dates →

1. E3

   3. His Last Vow

   Finale 12 years ago

   A case of stolen letters leads Sherlock Holmes into a long conflict with Charles Augustus Magnussen, the Napoleon of blackmail, and the one man he truly hates. But how do you tackle a foe who knows the personal weakness of every person of importance in the Western world?

2. E2

   2. The Sign of Three

   12 years ago

   Sherlock faces his biggest challenge of all – delivering a Best Man’s speech on John’s wedding day! But all isn’t quite as it seems. Mortal danger stalks the reception – and someone might not make it to the happy couple’s first dance. Sherlock must thank the bridesmaids, solve the case and stop a killer.

3. E1

   1. The Empty Hearse

   12 years ago

   Two years on from reports of his Reichenbach Fall demise, Sherlock resurfaces as London comes under threat of a huge terrorist attack. John, though, has mixed feelings about his friend's shocking return.

The fourth series begins with the nation’s favourite detective, the mercurial Sherlock Holmes, back once more on British soil, as Doctor Watson and his wife, Mary, prepare for their biggest ever challenge - becoming parents for the first time.

Sherlock Series 4 release dates →

1. E3

   3. The Final Problem

   Finale 9 years ago

   Holmes and Watson travel to Europe to escape Moriarty's vengeance.

2. E2

   2. The Lying Detective

   9 years ago

   Sherlock faces perhaps the most chilling enemy of his long career: the powerful and seemingly unassailable Culverton Smith – a man with a very dark secret indeed.

3. E1

   1. The Six Thatchers

   9 years ago

   Why is someone destroying images of Margaret Thatcher? Is there a madman on the loose? Or is there a much darker purpose at work?