Who directed the Sherlock episode The Reichenbach Fall?
Answer
Toby Haynes
Answer
Toby Haynes
Toby Haynes directed the Sherlock episode "The Reichenbach Fall."
It is the third and final episode of Sherlock's second series, written by Stephen Thompson and first broadcast on BBC One on 15 January 2012. Haynes directs the episode's mixture of courtroom drama, psychological manipulation and action as Moriarty attempts to ruin Sherlock's public reputation and force him into an apparently impossible choice.
The title refers to Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, where Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty apparently die in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1893 story "The Final Problem." Sherlock relocates the climactic fall to the roof of St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, turning the literary reference into a modern media spectacle.
Haynes is sometimes confused with Paul McGuigan, who directed several earlier Sherlock episodes, including "A Study in Pink," "The Great Game" and "A Scandal in Belgravia." Nick Hurran directed "The Hounds of Baskerville," the preceding episode, while Euros Lyn directed "The Sign of Three." "The Reichenbach Fall" runs for approximately 88 minutes and became famous for the unanswered question of how Sherlock survived.
Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026