Sherlock

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crime drama television series mystery television series television series

Sherlock is a modern television adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the brilliant but eccentric consulting detective in contemporary London.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime drama television series → mystery television series → television series →
adaptationOf	Sherlock Holmes canon →
basedOn	Sherlock Holmes stories →
basedOnWorkBy	Arthur Conan Doyle →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
createdBy	Mark Gatiss → Steven Moffat →
featuresCharacter	Dr. John Watson → Inspector Lestrade → Jim Moriarty → Mrs. Hudson → Mycroft Holmes → Sherlock Holmes →
firstAiredInCountry	United Kingdom →
firstAiredOnChannel	BBC One →
format	television series →
genre	crime drama → detective fiction → mystery →
hasMainCharacterOccupation	consulting detective →
hasNotableFeature	complex serialized story arcs → feature-length episodes → high-functioning sociopath characterization of Sherlock Holmes → modern-day adaptation of Sherlock Holmes → use of contemporary technology in detective work →
medium	television →
originalLanguage	English →
originalNetwork	BBC One →
portraysEra	21st-century London →
producedBy	BBC → Hartswood Films →
settingLocation	London →
settingTimePeriod	contemporary era →
stars	Andrew Scott → Benedict Cumberbatch → Mark Gatiss → Martin Freeman → Rupert Graves → Una Stubbs →
starsAsCharacter	Andrew Scott as Jim Moriarty → Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes → Mark Gatiss as Mycroft Holmes → Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson → Rupert Graves as DI Greg Lestrade → Una Stubbs as Mrs. Hudson →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Andrew Scott → Benedict Cumberbatch → Martin Freeman ("Sherlock (TV series)") → Martin Freeman ("Sherlock: The Abominable Bride") → Robert Downey Jr. ("Sherlock Holmes") → Steven Moffat → Toby Jones ("Sherlock (TV series)") →	notableWork
Andrew Scott →	awardReceivedFor
Andrew Scott →	characterIn
Steven Moffat →	coCreatedSeries
Steven Moffat →	coCreatorOf
Masterpiece →	hasNotableAdaptation
BBC →	notableProgram