Charity auction: Ben and many more!

Remember that Annos Africa auction?  That was announced back in July.  It's all for charity, and Ben's got a lovely suit up there.

His suit has gone to £2650 thus far.  In about 48 hours.

John Finnemore... Zürich!

A tale told in Tweets... why not?

So the series finale for #CabinPressure, titled Zurich, will air on BBC Radio on 23 and 24 December as two 30-minute episodes.
— ♫ Jen ♫ (@jenrjones) August 28, 2014

PBS: stream s3!

This may only for the USA -- sorry if that's so! -- but be sure to confirm it first.  Go try the links, do.

Because it's been announced on the PBS tumblr and Twitter; also Netflix, Apple TV, Roku, and mobile devices.

PBS is giving its viewership the gift of Sherlock s3.  For free.  Stream the 2014 episodes up through 25-Sept-2014.

Sherlock gets 7 Emmys!

Buzzfeed:  “Sherlock” Was The Biggest Winner At The Emmys.

Variety puts it differently.

Sherlock hunts down Emmys hat-trick says the Glasgow Evening Times.

But you gotta love Forbes and their headline, Emmys 2014: BBC The Big Winner As 'Sherlock' Beats 'Breaking Bad' And 'Game Of Thrones'.  Although that writer doesn't actually like our show, it's still a great headline.

In case you missed it, 2 wks ago we won 4 Emmys! Yan (editing), Neville (cinematography) Doug & team (sound); and David & Michael (music).
— Louise Brealey (@louisebrealey) August 26, 2014

Benedict wins the IB Challenge!

I take it back, I should have known that Ben would have a load of fun taking on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from Tom.  The chance to ham it up on screen for us all and tease fandom like crazy?  Perfect opportunity!



He made his video (above) into the best little movie with as much fun as possible.  If he wasn't the director as well as the plotter-in-chief, I'd be terribly shocked.

The Daily Mail has screen shots and his dialog there, in case you couldn't hear Ben speak very well (certainly I couldn't).  I love the final lonely ice cube sliding down his car!

Cumbercupcake: first #BenedictCumberbatch #IceBucketChallenge more to come lol, donate here http://t.co/L16eNjjx1l pic.twitter.com/QowwHXjZOX
— cumbermuffin (@vereentjoeng) August 22, 2014

More Cumbercupcakes of his video here.  8)  They are mildly NSFW, in case you're wondering.

Ice bucket challenge to Ben.

Tom Hiddleston just challenged Benedict to the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS.  I've linked it via the Tweet as well as the direct link, just in case.  ;)

Hello @NathanFillion. In reply. #IceBucketChallenge for #ASL. All yours Benedict & @TheRealLukevans. Please donate a… http://t.co/0WEkqxAXa4
— Tom Hiddleston (@twhiddleston) August 18, 2014

Of course, nothing is complete unless Sherlock's challenged too.  So The Woman took care of that.  She was... inspired by Tom.  Clearly.  8)

*Texts Sherlock* Nominated you for the #IceBucketChallenge. Paid all necessary donations. Wear white. Or nothing. Nothing works best. IA
— Irene Adler (@The_Whip_Hand) August 18, 2014

S3 speculation, shipping, fic...

Includes S3 spoilers!

Some January 2014 speculation on His Last Vow before it came out.

AU Sherlock fic Hitting the Water at Sixty Miles an Hour by what_alchemy, set before s3 came out, but occurring after Sherlock returns.  Very well written.  Features Mummy Holmes.

More s3 shipping from The Empty Hearse, via tumblr.