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An interview with Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes in BBC One's Sherlock. How did it feel reading the first script of the new series? It’s always a kind of cold-faced thrill ...

"I was thrilled with how the first series of Sherlock was received," says Benedict, commenting on the response to the first series of his contemporary consulting detective. "It was such great fun ...