"as tie-in editions, with cover art featuring Cumberbatch and Freeman. ""A Study in Scarlet"" and ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" were released in Autumn 2011, with introductions by Moffat and Gatiss respectively. ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"", ""The Sign of Four"" and ""The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"" were released in March 2012, with introductions by Cumberbatch, Freeman and Thompson respectively. Two more books, ""The Return of Sherlock Holmes"" and ""His Last Bow"", were released in December 2013, ahead of the premiere of the third series. They featured introductions by Gatiss and Moffat respectively. According to ""Radio Times"", the popularity of"
"the traditional Holmes and Watson. This was also reflected in the title of the series. Director Paul McGuigan came up with the idea of putting text messages on the screen instead of having cut-away shots of a hand holding the phone. The producers found it difficult to coordinate the schedules of the principal players and Moffat and Gatiss for a second series. Cumberbatch and Freeman both worked on the 2012 film """", and Moffat continued as ""Doctor Who""s showrunner and head writer. In response to the time pressure, ""The Guardian"" asserted, the series ""features reworkings of three of Conan Doyle's"
"July 2010. In the series, created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, the stories' original Victorian setting is replaced by present-day London. Cumberbatch's Holmes uses modern technology (including texting and blogging) to help solve crimes. Similarly, on 27 September 2012, ""Elementary"" premiered on CBS. Set in contemporary New York, the series features Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as a female Dr. Joan Watson. The 2015 film ""Mr. Holmes"" starred Ian McKellen as a retired Sherlock Holmes living in Sussex, in 1947, who grapples with an unsolved case involving a beautiful woman. The film is based on"
"be replaced in the role by Chris Chibnall in 2018. In May 2016, Steven Moffat stated in the 500th issue of ""Doctor Who Magazine"" that he would be writing the first and last three episodes of the series. Furthermore, he stated that the series would consist mostly of single-part stories so that the new companion, Bill Potts, could have more stories to explore her character, though two-parters would still be present in the series. Moffat also wrote the 2017 Christmas special, after the tenth series has concluded. Lawrence Gough directed the first two episodes of the tenth series, while Frank"
"in 2006–2008, 2010–2015 and 2017–2018, and Christmas Day specials every year since 2005. No full series was broadcast in 2009, although four additional specials starring David Tennant were made. Davies left the show in 2010 after the end of series 4 and the David Tennant specials were completed. Steven Moffat, a writer under Davies was announced as Davies' successor along with Matt Smith as the new doctor. In January 2016, Moffat announced that he would step down after the 2017 finale, to be replaced by Chris Chibnall in 2018. The tenth series debuted in April 2017, with a Christmas special"
"particular, was praised. For their performances in the episode, Cumberbatch and Freeman both won the Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, respectively. Moffat also won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for his work on the episode. John Watson, whose wife Mary is now visibly pregnant, finds an unkempt Sherlock Holmes living in a crack house under the influence of drugs. John attempts to force him to rehabilitate, but Sherlock insists that he was undercover"
"had previously announced that if a series of ""Sherlock"" was commissioned, Gatiss would take over the duties of executive producer so that he could concentrate on producing ""Doctor Who"". Moffat and Vertue became interested in casting Cumberbatch as the title character after watching his performance in the 2007 film ""Atonement"". The actor was cast after reading the script for the creative team. ""Cumberbatch"", says ""The Guardian"", ""has a reputation for playing odd, brilliant men very well, and his Holmes is cold, techie, slightly Aspergerish"". Cumberbatch said, ""There's a great charge you get from playing him, because of the volume of"
"refilmed, this time directed by Paul McGuigan. The British Board of Film Classification has rated the pilot as a 12 certificate (not suitable for children under 12) for video and online exhibition, and it is included as an additional feature on the DVD released on 30 August 2010. John Watson (Martin Freeman), an Army doctor injured in Afghanistan, meets Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) who is looking for a flatmate to share a flat at 221B Baker Street, owned by landlady Mrs. Hudson (Una Stubbs). The police, led by Detective Inspector Lestrade (Rupert Graves), have been baffled by a strange series"
"tenth series would be his last. On 6 April 2017, the BBC announced that John Simm would be returning in his role as the Master alongside Gomez. David Bradley made a cameo appearance as the First Doctor at the end of the series finale, ""The Doctor Falls"", which led into the 2017 Christmas special, ""Twice Upon a Time"". In July 2015, the annual review for BBC Worldwide indicated that it had invested in a tenth series of the programme. It was announced in January 2016 that Series 10 would be Steven Moffat's final series as showrunner, after which he will"
"Freema Agyeman, Noel Clarke, John Barrowman, Elisabeth Sladen, Tommy Knight, Jessica Hynes and Russell Tovey. The story features the Tenth Doctor (Tennant), who has been running from a prophecy of his impending demise, as he is drawn into a scheme by his old nemesis, the Master (Simm). The Master brings the human race under his control as part of an elaborate plan to restore the world of his and the Doctor's own people, the Time Lords, from their demise in the Time War referred to in the series. The Doctor is able to avert this, but incurs fatal injuries. In"
"and her work in ""Victoria"" was difficult to arrange. Moffat said ""How many times have I killed that girl off and she was right there in my last shot! It's absolutely extraordinary. The unkillable Coleman!"" The episode was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Rachel Talalay, who wrote and directed the two-part finale of the tenth series, ""World Enough and Time"" / ""The Doctor Falls"", respectively. In January 2016, Moffat announced that he would step down as the programme's showrunner after the tenth series, to be replaced by Chris Chibnall beginning with the eleventh series in 2018, but a"
"and with certain aspects condensed and changed in order to fit the two-hour format. The film was directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, Peter Morgan, and Billy Ray. Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams and Helen Mirren appear in the lead roles. In an April 2009 interview to promote the film, Affleck, who plays Congressman Stephen Collins, said he drew on the experiences of Gary Condit, Eliot Spitzer, and John Edwards while preparing for the role. The film was generally well received, but not as lauded as the series. State of Play"
"led by Chibnall, alongside executive producers Matt Strevens and Sam Hoyle, after Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin stepped down at the conclusion of the tenth series, and marks the third era of production in the revived series, following Russell T Davies' tenure as executive producer from 2005–2010, and Moffat's from 2010–2017. It is both the first regular episode of the revived era to be broadcast on Sunday, instead of Saturday, alongside subsequent episodes in the series, and the only episode not to feature any opening titles or credits. Since its first broadcast in the UK, the episode has received positive"
"starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench, Sophie Okonedo and Tom Sturridge. The plays were produced in 2015 by the same team that made the first series of films but were directed by the former artistic director of Royal Court Theatre and Olivier Award winner, Dominic Cooke. They are based on Shakespeare's first tetralogy: ""Henry VI, Part 1"", ""Henry VI, Part 2"", ""Henry VI, Part 3"" and ""Richard III"". The adaptation presents ""Henry VI"" in two parts, incorporating all three ""Henry VI"" plays. Benedict Cumberbatch was nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Leading Actor and ""The Wars of"
"Bereavement (film) Malevolence 2: Bereavement, is a 2010 American psychological thriller film starring Michael Biehn, Alexandra Daddario, John Savage and Nolan Gerard Funk. It is a prequel to director Steven Mena's previous film ""Malevolence"", and centers on a child who is abducted and forced to bear witness to a madman's crimes. Martin Bristol, a young boy with congenital analgesia, is kidnapped by psychotic Graham Sutter. At his farmhouse, Graham cuts Martin's cheek before butchering a captive young woman in front of him. Martin attempts to escape, but Graham catches him and returns him to the farmhouse, where he continues to"
"acting as a career. After graduating from Duke in 1980, he attended the National Theater Institute at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. He married actress Beth Toussaint in 1996. They have a daughter, Tess, born in 1999. Jack Coleman (actor) John MacDonald Coleman (born February 21, 1958) is an American actor and screenwriter, known for playing the role of Steven Carrington in the 1980s prime time soap opera ""Dynasty"" (1982–1988), and for portraying Noah Bennet in the science-fiction drama series ""Heroes"" (2006–2010) as well as his recurring roles as State Senator Robert Lipton on ""The Office"" (2010–2013) and as State"
"is combined with the struggle for survival among men (the red blood) and those creatures born of mud (the black blood) that had once ruled the lands that men now rule. Love, secrets, betrayal, and unthinkable and incomprehensible ties between red blood and black blood, are the forces that drive each of the inhabitants of this remote land. On 12 March 2015, Kieran Bew was cast in the series to play the title role; other cast included William Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Ed Speleers, David Ajala, Ian Puleston-Davies, Ellora Torchia, Gísli Örn Gardarsson, Susan Aderin, Kirsty Oswald, Laura Donnelly, Edward Hogg,"
"to 5.9 million viewers by the final episode of the fourth series, the lowest overnight ever recorded by the show. In the 2011 BAFTA awards, the show as a whole won the award for Best Drama Series, while Freeman (as Dr Watson) won the award for the Best Supporting Actor. Cumberbatch was nominated for Best Actor. Andrew Scott won 2012's Best Supporting Actor, beating Freeman, for his work in the second series, which was nominated in other categories. Following multiple nominations for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011) and 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (2012), the show won multiple Emmys at"
"and final nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. On September 20, 2009, the show won its fourth Emmy Award when Glenn Close won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The series earned three nominations at the 67th Golden Globe Awards, including Close for Best Actress, and Byrne and William Hurt for their supporting roles. For its third season, ""Damages"" earned its most acting nominations at the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards. Along with Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, and Ted Danson returning in their respective categories, featured cast additions Martin Short and Lily Tomlin as newly nominated actors. Short"
"In the meantime, Charlie Phillips was awarded in Editing: Fiction and the sound team (John Mooney, Jeremy Child, Howard Bargroff, Doug Sinclair) won Sound: Fiction. The episode managed to win all three Craft categories it was nominated for. The episode was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Miniseries or Movie. Benedict Cumberbatch was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his portrayal of Sherlock and Martin Freeman was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his portrayal of Watson. Moffat and Paul MacGuigan were also nominated for their writing and"
"appeared together in Series 2 of BBC drama ""The Lotus Eaters"" in 1973 and Series 3 and 4 of BBC series ""Sherlock"" in 2014 as the parents of the title character, played by their son, actor Benedict Cumberbatch. Timothy Carlton Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch (born 4 October 1939), known professionally as Timothy Carlton, is an English actor. Carlton was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, the son of Pauline Ellen Laing (née Congdon), who died on 11 October 2007, and Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, a decorated naval officer of both World Wars and a prominent figure of London high society. His grandfather,"
"already appeared in the series 4 episode ""The Fires of Pompeii"" as Caecilius, the father of the family that the Doctor saves from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. He had also appeared in """" as the civil servant John Frobisher. On 22 January 2016, the BBC announced that Moffat would be stepping down as show runner and be replaced by Chris Chibnall as lead writer and executive producer. In addition, Series 10 of ""Doctor Who"" would debut in Spring 2017, with a Christmas special airing in 2016. On 30 January 2017, Peter Capaldi announced he would be stepping down as"
"elements of a Shakespeare play."" In a November 2009 interview, Emmerich said the heart of the movie is in the original title, ""The Soul of the Age"", and revolved around three main characters: Ben Jonson, William Shakespeare, and the Earl of Oxford. In a subsequent announcement in 2010, Emmerich detailed the finalised plot line: ""It's a mix of a lot of things: it's an historical thriller because it's about who will succeed Queen Elizabeth and the struggle of the people who want to have a hand in it. It's the Tudors on one side and the Cecils on the other,"
"Contagion (film) Contagion is a 2011 American medical thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Marion Cotillard, Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, and Jennifer Ehle. The plot of ""Contagion"" concerns the spread of a virus transmitted by fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order in a pandemic, and finally the introduction of a vaccine to halt its spread. To follow several interacting plot lines, the film makes use of the multi-narrative ""hyperlink cinema"""
"a Drama Series, Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series, and Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series. Notable nominations included Martin Sheen and Rob Lowe for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, John Spencer and Richard Schiff for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Stockard Channing for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Oliver Platt for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Aaron Sorkin for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for ""In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"", and Laura Innes for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for ""Shibboleth"". Thomas Del Ruth"
"is produced by Boulder Media for Boat Rocker Media, who acquired FremantleMedia's kids and family entertainment business in January 2018. It is directed by Robert Cullen, with Brian Cosgrove, one of the original creators being a creative consultant. In the United States, the series was picked up by Netflix. Alexander Armstrong and Kevin Eldon voice Danger Mouse and Penfold, Dave Lamb takes the role of the narrator, whilst Stephen Fry and Ed Gaughan take on the roles of Colonel K and Baron Greenback respectively. Armstrong's ""Pointless"" co-host Richard Osman also appears in the series as Professor Strontium Jellyfishowitz. It was"
"Jack Coleman (actor) John MacDonald Coleman (born February 21, 1958) is an American actor and screenwriter, known for playing the role of Steven Carrington in the 1980s prime time soap opera ""Dynasty"" (1982–1988), and for portraying Noah Bennet in the science-fiction drama series ""Heroes"" (2006–2010) as well as his recurring roles as State Senator Robert Lipton on ""The Office"" (2010–2013) and as State Senator William Bracken on ""Castle"" (2012–2015). Coleman's first major role was in ""Days of Our Lives"", where he appeared from 1981 to 1982 as the character of Jake Kositchek (aka ""The Salem Strangler""). He also made an"
""""", directed by Matthew Vaughn and co-written by Jane Goldman, was released in February 2015. The film stars Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Michael Caine, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Sophie Cookson, Sofia Boutella, Jack Davenport, and Mark Hamill. A sequel to this film, subtitled """", was released in September 2017. Sequel and prequel films in the series are in development, and the franchise is due to expand to television with an eight-hour limited series. Novelizations of the films have been published, and numerous ""Kingsman"" video games have been released since 2012. The first volume, ""The Secret Service"" (2012), is set"
"into account. The series received positive reviews, with praise for Moffat's story arc and the performances of Smith, Gillan, and Darvill. However, reviewers noted Amy's lack of character development and the series' diminished emotional appeal. It received a number of awards and nominations; ""Vincent and the Doctor"" and the two-part finale were nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form), with the award going to the finale. Smith was the first actor playing the Doctor to be nominated for a BAFTA award. The series was accompanied by a and tie-in books and video games; four of the"
"Churchill in ""The Gathering Storm"" ""'2004 Bill Nighy as Cameron Lloyd in ""State of Play"" ""'2005 Rhys Ifans as Peter Cook in ""Not Only But Always"" ""'2006 Mark Rylance as Dr. David Kelly in ""The Government Inspector"" ""'2007 Jim Broadbent as Frank Pakenham in ""Longford"" ""'2008 Andrew Garfield as Jack Burridge / Eric Wilson in ""Boy A"" ""'2009 Stephen Dillane as Anthony Hurndall in ""The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall"" In 2010, BAFTA split the category into Leading Actor and Supporting Actor. This is the list of BAFTA TV Awards for Leading Actor. The following people have been awarded the British"
"fantastic little snippet of emotion, harking back to the early days of Doctor Who,"" specifically praising the farewell scene. Dek Hogan of Digital Spy mirrored Conaghan's beliefs; he called Moffat's script ""witty"" and hoped that Davison would return to film a full-length episode. Time Crash ""Time Crash"" is a mini-episode of the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". It was broadcast on 16 November 2007, as part of the BBC One telethon for the children's charity Children in Need. Written by Steven Moffat, it starred David Tennant and Peter Davison as the Doctor. The episode, set during the last"
"Predicament Predicament is a 2010 comedy horror film based on the 1975 novel by Ronald Hugh Morrieson and starring Jemaine Clement of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords plus Tim Finn of the Finn Brothers. Filmed in Hawera and Eltham in Taranaki, it was the last Morrieson novel to be adapted for cinema; his other three novels were filmed in the 1980s. Predicament is ""a powerful and disturbing account of the psychological fantasy world of adolescence with the familiar small-town setting"" of Morrieson's writing, so is a coming-of-age novel and a crime comedy. Naïve teenager Cedric Williamson is"
"Foster (film) Foster (also known as Angel in the House) is a 2011 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Jonathan Newman, based on his 2005 short film. Part of it was shot at Legoland Windsor in April 2010. The film stars Golden Globe winner Toni Collette, Ioan Gruffudd, Richard E. Grant, BAFTA Award winner Hayley Mills and Maurice Cole. The spouses Alec and Zoey, are a depressed couple, because of a tragedy of two years ago, the death of their only son Samuel, hit by a car, at the age of only 5 years old, dying in the blow,"