Sherlock Holmes appears to have an appointment with one of his most challenging adversaries in the upcoming season ofSherlock: himself.
The BBC released a new trailer for the fourth season of the hit series that castsDoctor StrangeandStar Trek Into Darknessstar Benedict Cumberbatch as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective and it seems to show Sherlock Holmes struggling to come to grips with some of his deepest, darkest secrets.Captain America: The First AvengerandThe Girlactor Toby Jones appears quite prominently in the trailer as Culverton Smith, a character introduced in Doyle’s 1913 storyThe Adventure of the Dying Detective.
Sherlockis scheduled to return for its fourth season on January 1, more than a year on hiatus as Cumberbatch and co-star Martin Freeman appeared in various big-screen and television projects. The last episode ofSherlockto air was the 2015 Christmas Special,The Abominable Bride. The third season concluded in February 2014, so it’s been more than two years since that last full season ofSherlockaired.
The fourth season of the series reportedly brings Sherlock back to British soil and kicks off with an episode titledThe Six Thatchers— likely a reference to Doyle’s 1904 storyThe Adventure of the Six Napoleons, in which Sherlock and Dr. John Watson investigate a mystery involving smashed statues of Napoleon Bonaparte. The new season will also unfold as Watson (Freeman) and his wife, Mary (Amanda Abbington), welcome their first child.
Over the course of the show’s three seasons,Sherlockhas earned a long list of accolades to go along with its high audience ratings, including 34 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the show, its cast, and the creative team behind it, and won nine Primetime Emmy Awards — including one forThe Abominable Brideand for both Cumberbatch and Freeman. Series co-creator Steven Moffat also won a Primetime Emmy Award for writing the 2013 episodeHis Last Vow.
Along with the series’ usual debut on BBC,Sherlockwill air on PBS in the U.S.
