After a year where aside from a few stage plays and the ever-dependable 'Sherlock & Co' there has been a Sherlockian drought, 2025 promises to be a Sherlockian cornucopia. Please see below for my preview of the delights to come.
Television
Sherlock & Daughter - Filmed in Ireland, this upcoming mystery series created by Brendan Foley, features Sherlock Holmes (David Thewlis) becoming embroiled in a malevolent conspiracy involving his archenemy Professor Moriarty (Dougray Scott), and ending up joining forces with Amelia Rojas (Blu Hunt), a young Native-American woman whose mother was recently murdered. As they work together to crack the case, Amelia also sets out to prove that the great detective is her long lost father. The series is due to air on 1st January 2025, on the CW Network in the US, whilst Discovery+ will air the series in the UK and Ireland.
Watson - A
new US mystery drama series starring Morris Chestnut as the good Doctor, from the creators of 'Elementary', which picks up one year after Sherlock Holmes's apparent death at the hands of his archenemy Moriarty, with Watson resuming his medical practice by opening the "Holmes Clinic" in Pittsburgh to treat patients with strange and unidentifiable medical issues. Soon however, he must face his past when evidence surfaces indicating that Moriarty is still alive. The series will premiere in the US on
CBS on 26th January 2025. The show will move to its regular Sunday night
time slot on 16th February 2025. In the UK, the series will be available via Paramount +. [Click here for trailer]
Young Sherlock Holmes - A series based on the Andrew Lane books, directed by Guy Ritchie (returning to the world of Holmes) that will be released on Amazon Prime later in 2025. The
series follows a 19-year-old Sherlock Holmes who becomes involved in a
murder at Oxford and uncovers a conspiracy, and has recently finished filming across the UK, including Cardiff, Monmouth, Bristol, and (unsurpisingly) Oxford. Playing Holmes is Hero Fiennes Tiffin (Tom Riddle in 'The Goblet of Fire'), with his uncle Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone playing Holmes' parents, Donal Finn as Moriarty, and Max Irons as Mycroft.
Theatre
Sherlock Holmes: A New Adventure - A new stage play written by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel (who have previously adapted 'The Girl on the Train' and 'The Da Vinci Code' for the stage), and directed by Rob Ashford, that will premiere at Aviva Studios in Manchester in Autumn 2025. The play will then run in the West End and on Broadway.
Sherlock Holmes and the Hunt for Moriarty - A world premiere production from Blackeyed Theatre that will tour the UK starting in September 2025. This adaptation, by the team that has previously adapted 'The Sign of Four' and 'The Valley of Fear' follows Holmes and Watson as they race across Europe to bring Moriarty to justice.
Sherlock Holmes And The Twelve Days Of Christmas - This Christmas-themed offering had been written by comedians, writers and actors Humphrey Ker and David Reed, who were both members of successful sketch comedy troupe The Penny Dreadfuls. Although not a musical, instead a play with songs, the most exciting news about it is that it features new songs penned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (working together for the first time in 13 years). Rice (whose son is producing) indicated recently on ITV's Lorraine show that it should be in the West End for Christmas 2025 at a venue to be confirmed (but my money's on ALW's The Other Palace).
Two other excellent one-man Sherlockian plays also continue to tour the world - Tim Marriott in 'Watson: The Final Problem' (click here for tour dates) and Nigel Miles-Thomas in 'Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act' (click here for tour dates).
Audio
Sherlock & Co - This amazing podcast continues its journey through the 60 canonical stories with updated modern-day versions of each of them. It also has a growing online fandom to rival that of 'Sherlock' at its height.
The Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast
- Another amazing podcast focusing on the production of the Granada series, and featuring interviews with both cast and crew. [And they organise excellent events and produce prop replicas as well]
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