![]() All crowded into something that looks suspiciously like Kryal Castle*. THE WIZARDS OF AUS New series ★★★ Tues-Thurs from 19 January, 8.30pm, SBS2 As intelligent entertainment, this is hard to beat.īenedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman star in Sherlock– intelligent entertainment, that's hard to beat. It's the self-conscious proselytising that can sometimes have you rolling your eyes. The whole meta-story thing is fine – fun, even. And – without wanting to be churlishly hypercritical – it's in that quarter that the cracks start to show. But this has always also been about giving things a 21st century shake-up, and Moffat and Gatiss are clearly still working with that at the forefront of their minds. Certainly The Abominable Bride not only has the costumes and manners of a good 19th century thriller, it has that distinctive style of storytelling too. One of the things that's been really enjoyable about this reimagining is the way the writers have embraced the plotting and narrative style of Conan Doyle's stories, both to refresh them and then move on to their own, original tales. ![]() There's certainly more entertainment – and more ideas – than you can poke a meerschaum pipe at in this rollercoaster of a story and, as always, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are both terrific as Holmes and Watson, respectively. And given that, when studied closely, some of Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories also defied logic, perhaps they should be allowed a certain licence. I'm not sure Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat quite pull off the ole old-timey-yet-contemporary Sherlock in this special episode but it's a glorious ride all the same.
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