Sherlock season 4 release date: Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman set to return in January 2017
Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The detective drama’s New Year special, “The Abominable Bride”, took lead stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman back in time to the Victorian period and helped ease some of the pain but alas, there will be no more fresh episodes in 2016. “We do have the next Sherlock announced, coming up about a year from now,” said president Paula Kerger. “As you know, they are produced almost like films and we’re hoping the next one will be about a year from now.” So there you have it, you can expect Sherlock in January next year, probably on New Year’s Day if past series are anything to go by. Shooting is scheduled to begin in April to fit around Cumberbatch and Freeman’s hectic schedules, with show runner Steven Moffatt teasing answers to “questions which nobody has asked”.
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