martin freeman portrayed watson in the recent bbc show'sherlock'.
martin freeman portrayed watson in the recent bbc show'sherlock'.
who portrayed watson in the recent bbc show 'sherlock?
martin freeman
sherlock is a british crime drama television series based on sir arthur conan doyle's sherlock holmes detective stories. created by steven moffat and mark gatiss, it stars benedict cumberbatch as sherlock holmes and martin freeman as doctor john watson. 13 episodes have been produced, with four three-part series airing from 2010 to 2017, and a special episode that aired on 1 january 2016. the series is set in the present day, while the one-off special features a victorian period fantasy resembling the original holmes stories. "sherlock" is produced by the british network bbc, along with hartswood films, with moffat, gatiss, sue vertue and rebecca eaton serving as executive producers. the series is supported by the american station wgbh-tv boston for its "masterpiece" anthology series on pbs, where it also airs in the united states. the series is primarily filmed in cardiff, wales, with north gower street in london used for exterior shots of holmes and watson's 221b baker street residence.
sherlock (tv series)
patrick macnee was cast as sherlock holmes. previously, macnee had portrayed watson three times: once to roger moore's sherlock holmes in a 1976 tv movie, "sherlock holmes in new york" and twice with christopher lee ("incident at victoria falls" and "sherlock holmes and the leading lady"). this film made macnee only the fourth actor to have played both sherlock holmes and dr. watson, joining reginald owen (watson in the 1932 film "sherlock holmes", and then holmes in 1933's "a study in scarlet"), jeremy brett (watson on stage in "the crucifer of blood" and holmes on television in "the adventures of sherlock holmes") and carleton hobbs (who played both roles in british radio adaptations).
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