By Ernie Estrella : December 8, 2011

I love British television but there are some days I wished I was actually in the UK to watch it. One of those days is this upcoming New Year’s Day when the second season of Sherlock. Co-Creator and head writer, Steven Moffat tweeted today:

“Sherlock returns, Sunday, Jan 1st, 8.10pm, BBC1. First the woman, then the Hound and then, of course, the fall…”

What he’s referring to are the three titles of each 90-minute films: A Scandal in Belgravia, The Hounds of Baskerville and The Reichenbach Fall.

A Scandal in Belgravia is described as follows:

Compromising photographs and a case of blackmail threaten the very heart of the British establishment, but for Sherlock and John the game is on in more ways than one as they find themselves battling international terrorism, rogue CIA agents, and a secret conspiracy involving the British government. But this case will cast a darker shadow over their lives than they could ever imagine, as the great detective begins a long duel of wits with an antagonist as cold and ruthless and brilliant as himself: to Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler will always be THE woman.

Moffat and co-creator Mark Gatiss’ (also Doctor Who writers) contemporary take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is the must-see version of the famed private investigator starring Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock Holmes), Martin Freeman (Dr. John Watson), Mark Gatiss (Mycroft), Rupert Graves (Inspector Lestrade), Andrew Scott (Moriarty), Una Stubbs (Mrs. Hudson) Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper) and Lara Pulver (Irene Adler). It took TV by storm in England in the summer of 2010 reaching over 9 million viewers for each episode and in the States when it eventually aired on PBS in the fall of that same year. It won the British Academy Television Awards in 2010 and was nominated for an 2011 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Mini-Series, Movie or Dramatic Special. If you haven’t seen this yet, spend the holidays with the DVD or blu-ray of Season One.

For all of my fellow stateside BuzzFocus readers, we have to wait until May to see it air on PBS on Masterpiece. Or for those who savvy with TheTelly.net you too can get BBC One on your laptop, TV or mobile device. By the way, if you need your Benedict Cumberbatch fix this winter, you can catch him in the film adaptation of John le Carré’s espionage novel, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. You can also see Martin Freeman in the role that I was introduced to his talent in the original Office as Kevin which just came out in a 10th Anniversary DVD.

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