Sherlock stars - exclusive picture gallery Martin Freeman and Louise Brealey, and the show's co-creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, got together at this year's Radio Times covers party (RADIO TIMES)

Radio Times staff
1:37 PM, 01 February 2013

It's not often you get a Hollywood actor like Martin Freeman, his Sherlock co-star Louise Brealey and Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat – the showrunners of two of the biggest properties in British TV – in the same room together at the same time. But Radio Times managed it, at our annual covers party earlier this week.

It provided a great photo opportunity, as you can see in the exclusive gallery below, and also a chance to chat to some of the stars.

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Sherlock's Martin Freeman: I'll punch Benedict Cumberbatch again if I have to! (RADIO TIMES)

The star says he hopes John Watson's reaction to his friend's return from the dead is "something very violent"

Paul Jones

9:23 AM, 31 January 2013

Martin Freeman has already told us he's still pretty much in the dark when it comes to Sherlock series three, but he knows as well as anyone that the detective's return from the dead is unlikely to provoke quite the same reaction from his character John as it did from the literary Dr Watson in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original story.

"I think [Sherlock co-creator] Mark [Gatiss] felt probably that fainting is not very 2013," said Freeman, speaking to Radio Times at our annual covers party. "I don't know what [John's reaction] is gonna be, but hopefully something very violent."

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Lara Pulver on a Sherlock return: “It would be a pleasure – I had a lovely chemistry with Benedict” (RADIOTIMES)

The actress is ready to reprise her risque role as whip-smart dominatrix Irene Adler opposite "old friend" Benedict Cumberbatch

Paul Jones
10:34 AM, 22 January 2013

Actress Lara Pulver is ready to pick up her whip and step back into the thigh-high boots of dominatrix Irene Adler, should Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss come calling once again.

Pulver said a return to the BBC1 series “would be an absolute pleasure” and described the “lovely chemistry” she shared with its star Benedict Cumberbatch during some challenging scenes.

Pulver's role in series two episode A Scandal in Belgravia saw her dress up in S&M gear, and strip down to nothing, as her character engaged in a sexually charged battle of wits with the detective. But she said Cumberbatch had made the revealing scenes run smoothly.

“When you’re having to be that intimate with someone, barriers just come down because you’re having to trust that person, you’re having to feel very safe in their presence,” Pulver told access hollywood.

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Doctor Who and Sherlock battle for National Television awards BBC1 shows among those nominated for best drama alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Matt Smith for best actor John Plunkett The Guardian, Monday 7 January 2013 (THE GUARDIAN)

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch will be competing for National Television awards best actor against rival Matt Smith of Doctor Who. Both shows are also up for best drama. Photograph: AP

Sherlock and Doctor Who will go head to head later this month for two of the big prizes at the National Television awards, which will feature a special award to celebrate the success of the Olympics and Paralympics.

The two BBC1 shows are both nominated for best drama, along with ITV1's Downton Abbey and Merlin, which has just been brought to an end by BBC1.

Doctor Who's Matt Smith and Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch are in the running for the best drama actor prize, along with Merlin's Colin Morgan and Daniel Mays, who starred in ITV1's Mrs Biggs.

The nominations bode well for Steven Moffat, the Doctor Who showrunner who is also, along with former League of Gentlemen star Mark Gatiss, co-creator of Sherlock.

There is another Doctor Who nomination for Karen Gillan, who played the doctor's former companion Amy Pond and bowed out of the series last year.

Gillan is nominated in the drama performance female category, along with Miranda Hart of BBC1's Call The Midwife, Suranne Jones of ITV1's Scott & Bailey and Sheridan Smith (Mrs Biggs).

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Downton Abbey, Sherlock and Skyfall nominated for 2013 Producers Guild awards (TELEGRAPH)

Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey. Photo: Andrew Crowley

By Alice Vincent, Entertainment writer online11:43AM GMT 03 Jan 2013


Downton Abbey’s producers, including creator Julian Fellowes, are up for the Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama award from the Producers Guild of America. The other shows in the category include popular shows Mad Men, Homeland and Game of Thrones.

In the motion picture category, long-standing Bond producer siblings Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson are nominated for Skyfall, alongside Life of Pi, Argo and Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes last year.

Writers Mark Gatkiss and Steven Moffat, also responsible for episodes of Doctor Who, are nominated for their joint production of Sherlock, the crime drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch, in the long-form television category.


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