Team SH / the Special.

"Jim Moriarty, hi." #sherlock #andrewscott #BenedictCumberbatch #moriarty pic.twitter.com/uULm5Dd814

— jgoulding (@scalperjim) December 22, 2015

I had to start with the Legos.  Because they're -- as Arthur would say -- BRILLIANT.  So this is a bit of a grab bag.  Enjoy!

Martin Freeman reads a classic Christmas tale on @BBCRadio4 at 07.45 GMT on Christmas Day https://t.co/M0vU5pjL5x

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) December 21, 2015

SPOILERS EXIST after this point:  you have been warned.

YT and the Special!

Starting out with some bonus candy from SDCC 2014:  Benedict Cumberbatch on Sherlock Season 4, Doctor Strange, Penguins of Madagascar.  Published on Jul 25, 2014.

Christmas and Team SH Tweets.

And because we can't stop thinking about our Christmas gift coming from the BBC...

Here's a trailer that is mildly spoilery for the special, using Mark's text (in second Tweet).

Dearest @Markgatiss STOP Your telegram to Dr Watson has arrived STOP #Telegram221B pic.twitter.com/8qWYIdeeB5

— Sherlock (@Sherlock221B) December 16, 2015

My dear Watson. Stop. See you on the television and the kinema on New Year’s Day! Stop. Please don’t ever. Stop. #Telegram221b

— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) December 16, 2015

Team Sherlock (!) and Dr. Strange.

Actually, to sum up -- this is all Twittery and links which includes the Moff's award [go, Steven!] via Louis Moffat, plus Mark's interview, and then it's all Ben:  Little Favour, Dr. Strange, Hollow Crown's Richard III.

ᒪIᖴETIᗰE ᗩᑕᕼIEᐯEᗰEᑎT ᗩᗯᗩᖇᗪ. ᔕO ᑭᖇOᑌᗪ pic.twitter.com/7EJ5ET0fF7

— Louis Moffat (@Curly_Moffat) October 24, 2015

Mark Gatiss is interviewed by Tor.com... and it's a lot of fun, trust me!

. @marvel's #DoctorStrange now filming at #Longcross Film Studios in Surrey, via @Screendaily #BenedictCumberbatch

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) November 11, 2015

And there's also new promo pictures of Ben as Richard III out.  They must be on tumblr -- and certainly on Twitter! -- 'cause I'm not finding them via Google.  8(  Apparently the gif and the pics are clipped from the trailer for the BBC's upcoming show lineup.

Awards: Ben's CBE! Moff's OBE.

Wayyyy too many Tweets... maybe a link or two as well.  ;b

Congratulations again, Mr. Cumberbatch. Hope you will be a sir one day! #CBE pic.twitter.com/VvWcCukG2A

— Cumbercat (@catpat23) November 10, 2015

The BBC on Honours, including CBE.  Ben's agency says "Congratulations to our newest "Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" (and no, I didn't know what CBE stood for either!).

small vid of #BenedictCumberbatch at Buckingham Palace #CBE https://t.co/byhY6wigh4 pic.twitter.com/RLWcBKAdCd

— lichtblickpink (@lichtblickpink) November 12, 2015

Andrew's birthday; cons; VIDS; China!

Happy birthday to #Sherlock & #SPECTRE star Andrew Scott! Watch his BAFTA 60 Sec Challenge: https://t.co/LNRXv5fZUU pic.twitter.com/H0QKJPPeur

— BAFTA Guru (@BAFTAGuru) October 21, 2015

Remember how they had some big shindig back in April 2015?  I found some videos of the guys there for us all to enjoy.

There you go, have some early Halloween candy.  :b

Team Sherlock news... + Special.

The #Hobbit #Coins of #Sherlock’s #MartinFreeman and #BenedictCumberbatch http://t.co/kAHiNdwsZe #TheHobbit #LOTR pic.twitter.com/ylwiLcg0pC

— World Hobbit Project (@WorldHobbit) September 8, 2015

Some Team Sherlock news for you after the cut.  :D  And a teeny snippet about the upcoming 2015 Sherlock special ep too.

#TheHobbit <3 MT @Grabeelfan Quotes about #MartinFreeman #HappyBirthdayMartinFreeman pic.twitter.com/ElHj2Ua7s8

— Anne Zanoni (@ninja_CE) September 9, 2014

Cumberbatch update 2 via Tweets.

. @DailyMirror article on stunt doubles includes this pic of Benedict and @ZacharyQuinto from #startrek #intodarkness pic.twitter.com/NOBHCZZmm2

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) June 9, 2015

Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of, who do the things no one can imagine. RIP Alan Turing who died on this day in 1954

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) June 7, 2015

Amazing! Congratulations! https://t.co/6xPUHYPaU1

— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) June 5, 2015

Graham Moore; also Cumberbatched. ;)

That's a 2014 excerpt from a four-part set; here's the first of Standard Talks: BAFTA New York Part 1 of 4.  (In part 4, Ben gets very quiet and hard to hear.)


Benedict Cumberbatch Pens Letter for Funeral of 'Sherlock Holmes' Superfan at THR.

Benedict Cumberbatch: fanboy, photobomber, award-circuit rider at the LA Times.

Benedict Cumberbatch is for life not just for the Oscars at Radio Times.

Cabin Pressure pics; Terry Pratchett.

Thank you!! RT @DavidTylerPozz: We've put up some nice photos of the last-ever #CabinPressure recording... https://t.co/vBOeI7Hbl0
— EuroAirdotCon (@euroairdotcon) February 13, 2015

Oh my God! Talalyla on Tumblr has a series of pics from the recordings of #CabinPressure and they are brilliant! http://t.co/Nec9cFptoB
— EuroAirdotCon (@euroairdotcon) February 13, 2015

Grab bag: petition, Martin, TIG, Ian, awards--

I told you everything leads back to Hawking.  ;b

Photoset: He was shooting The Imitation Game, and we were shooting The Theory of Everything around the same... http://t.co/s2D0Vd3ZQd
— ESRA (@EsraSherlocked) January 31, 2015

The tumblr link here.  :)

The @ADG800 awards take place in LA tonight: wishing lots of luck to Maria Djurkovic for @ImitationGame and @arwelwjones for #Sherlock
— cumberbatchforum (@cumberbatchfrm) January 31, 2015

And Sherlock s3 ep3: His Last Vow won the ACE Eddie award yesterday.

CP: Zurich art/spoilers.

Short interruption:  BBC Cabin Pressure was named Best Comedy of the Year by the BGA.  :D

Many many congratulations to @JohnFinnemore for his trio of http://t.co/JRZumidCyW awards incl comedy of the year for #CabinPressure
— Cumberbatchweb (@cumberbatchweb) January 26, 2015

The BGA article about John's awards is here.  I'm afraid I don't know what the third award is for, and the Interweb doesn't seem to be updated on it.  Yet.

Is setlock a set problem?

MARTIN FREEMAN DOESN'T DISLIKE HIS FANS (or amirite @CHIMPSINSOCKS?) So annoyed by click-baiting "news" sites. #Sherlock
— Fangirl Quest (@FangirlQuest) January 19, 2015

Martin made the news Monday in bringing up what setlock does to their performances.

His interview at the Independent on hobbits, Cumbermania, and... The Eichmann Show.  Radio Times has outtakes here, but do read the full interview for context, please!

I admit that when Sue asked folks during s3 filming to let them film unimpeded, I agreed.  I still do.  Ben has mentioned that when they filmed Hearse, there were times that having fans there was not helpful... when you're doing something dangerous, like they were, you don't want anyone around who isn't part of cast or crew.

BBC vids, and a little more setlock.

BBC trailers for The Eichmann Show (BBC movie starring Martin) and Mr Selfridge (the TV series Amanda stars in), both from Amanda's TL.


I don't have much setlock, but it does look like filming is being kept under wraps.  If the UK's anything as frigid as the US, this is excellent.  We don't want anyone ill again!

Waiting for #setlock pic.twitter.com/3Pzz3FU3Yi
— Ruther (@Ruther2) January 14, 2015

Week 1 setlock: bits 'n' pieces.

This setlock appears to be from Day 1 of filming (I hadn't seen most of these, however.  They may only be on tumblr) from nixxie-fic's tumblr.  I've included the Tweet I found this in, since I had major problems with my browser when I had this screen open originally.

#Setlock #Sherlock #ShSpesh I'm dying !!! pic.twitter.com/wzbIeMGPy3
— Ana Farias (@AnaSPFarias) January 6, 2015

Hawking this weekend!

A brief interruption to your scheduled programming... the BBC's Hawking will air this Saturday, 10-Jan-15, on the Discovery Channel at 10pm.  In the States and also the UK, it looks like.

Ben starred in this 2004 biopic, and it's rather hard to get hold of.

Today is also Stephen Hawking's 73rd birthday.

Happy Birthday Stephen Hawking! #DontThrowItAway pic.twitter.com/8oyunNLwmO
— Hiddles Tigress (@hiddlestigress) January 9, 2015

Happy NYE, dear fandom.

I feel like the set of #Sherlock would be the best place to murder and dismember someone without anyone suspecting a thing.
— Irene Adler (@The_Whip_Hand) December 29, 2014

Anyone primed for s4 setlock?  Yes?  No?  Maybe?

This is where bribing Anthea would be handy, you know.  Because it's not like Mycroft would let us watch CCTV footage.

But I get those pics from Twitter and tumblr, so they are from other fans, bravely hunting the wild setlock in its native habitat.

In lieu of fresh setlock, since filming is just under a week away...

Radio 4 loves you: Merry Christmas!

'Marke well the fate of alle who meddle with suche as theye do notte understande'. #GoodOmens ep. 3, tonight 23.30 pic.twitter.com/hbkHJcswCO
— BBC Radio 4 (@BBCRadio4) December 23, 2014

Did you miss any eps of Good Omens?  They're up on the BBC iPlayer for the next four weeks, unless they haven't aired yet.  In which case, they will be... soon.  8)

RT: @neilhimself To listen again, or even for the first time, to the first two episodes of #GoodOmens: http://t.co/KjAmZaUi1A
— BBC Radio 4 (@BBCRadio4) December 23, 2014

CP: Zurich parts 1 and 2.

At last!  Cabin Pressure came to Zurich... today and tomorrow.

You can listen to Part 1 via the BBC iPlayer for the next four weeks.  Part 2 airs at 18:30 GMT tomorrow, 24-Dec-2014, on Radio 4.

Possibly you already knew that.  :)

If you don't live in GMT, use the time zone map to find the time proper for you.

After the live broadcasts on Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra, which are open worldwide [huzzah, dear Beeb!] you can always use BBC iPlayer.

Strewth!  I was very grateful, since I am NOT in the UK area whatsoever.

Zurich and Good Omens!

In case you didn't know, Cabin Pressure's finale Zurich is nigh.  As in mere days away.

Are you ready for Cabin Pressure to land before Christmas 2014?

BBC Radio 4 will air Zurich part 1 on Tuesday 23rd and Zurich part 2 on Wednesday 24th December, at 6.30pm GMT.

(Pssst, if you can't get the BBC iPlayer to work, try the tumblr sites in this post.)