and former writer and Executive Producer Steven Moffat teased the possibility of it returning. With the announcement that Max Irons has been cast as Sherlock Holmes' older brother Mycroft Young ...

Co-created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, Sherlock stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as his loyal friend, Doctor John Watson. Rupert Graves plays Inspector Lestrade.

It's a different feeling, being back for a second series, says Steven: "Last time nobody knew about us and there was some scepticism about 'modernising' Sherlock Holmes. And now look at Benedict ...

Sherlock Holmes's forensic detective skills were called into question ... century Periodic Table of the Visual Elements (as seen below) to Sherlock writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss in a bid to ...