Year 2010 Video Release 2010-11-09 Studio Warner Bros. Genre TV Series MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 461 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis A contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, Sherlock is a thrilling, funny, fast-paced adventure series set in present-day London. Co-created by Steven Moffat Doctor Who, Coupling and Mark Gatiss, Sherlock stars BAFTA-nominee Benedict Cumberbatch Hawking, Amazing Grace as the new Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman The Office, Love Actually , as his loyal friend, Doctor John Watson. Rupert Graves plays Inspector Lestrade. The iconic details from Conan Doyle's original books remain they live at the same address, have the same names and, somewhere out there, Moriarty is waiting for them. And so across three thrilling, scary, action-packed and highly modern-day adventures, Sherlock and John navigate a maze of cryptic clues and lethal killers to get at the truth.