BBC Sets Vague Sherlock Premiere Date

The BBC Press Office has announced that their new Sherlock Holmes re-imagining from Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat and Who writer Mark Gatiss is to air some time during Week 30, 24-30 July 2010. 

The  3-part drama stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson.  Each episode is 90 minutes long, and has been written by Steven Moffat,Mark Gatiss, and Stephen Thompson, and directed by Paul McGuigan and Euros Lyn.

Press Release

The world's favourite detective has emerged from the fog. With sparkling scripts and unforgettable performances from the two leads, Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) andMartin Freeman (John Watson), this isSherlock for a new generation.

Sherlock Holmes was always a modern man. It's the world that got old. Now he's back as he should be: edgy, contemporary, difficult – and dangerous – in three new dramas on BBCOne.

Watson, a doctor, soldier and war hero, is fresh from military service in Afghanistan. A chance encounter brings him into the world ofSherlock Holmes, a loner, detective and genius. The two men couldn't be more different, but Sherlock's inspired leaps of intellect, coupled with John's pragmatism, soon forge an unbreakable alliance.

A woman in pink lies dead in a derelict house, the fourth in a series of impossible suicides. DI Lestrade is the best Scotland Yard has got, but even he knows he can't compare to the young man who can tell a software designer by his tie or an airline pilot by his thumb.

Sherlock has a unique analytical mind, earning his living and staving off boredom by solving crimes. The weirder and more baffling the better…

Across three thrilling, scary, action-packed and hugely entertaining episodes,Sherlock and John navigate a maze of cryptic clues and lethal killers to get at the truth.

Sherlock Holmes is played by Benedict Cumberbatch, John Watson by Martin Freeman, Mrs Hudson by Una Stubbs, Inspector Lestrade by Rupert Graves, Molly Hooper by Louise Brealey and Sargeant Sally Donovan by Vinette Robinson.

Source: TVOvermind