The BBC television series that updates Sherlock Holmes to the modern day is titled Sherlock. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the series relocates Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories from Victorian London to the present day while preserving many of their central characters and mysteries.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays Sherlock Holmes, with Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson. Their partnership begins after Watson returns from military service in Afghanistan and moves into 221B Baker Street. Modern tools such as texting, GPS, the internet, and forensic technology replace many of the period methods used in Doyle’s original stories.
Sherlock premiered on BBC One in 2010 and ran for four series, ending its regular run in 2017. It produced 13 episodes, generally presented as feature-length mysteries, plus the 2016 special The Abominable Bride, which shifts much of its story into a Victorian setting.
The title is easy to confuse with Elementary, another modern Sherlock Holmes adaptation. Elementary is an American series starring Jonny Lee Miller, whereas Sherlock is the BBC production starring Cumberbatch.