Sherlock Holmes is a government official. Mycroft has a unique civil service position as a kind of human database for all aspects of government policy. He lacks Sherlock's interest in physical investigation, however, preferring to spend his time at the Diogenes Club. Holmes says that he first developed his methods of deduction as an undergraduate; his earliest cases, which he pursued as an amateur, came from fellow university students. A meeting with a classmate's father led him to adopt detection as a profession, and he spent several years after university as a consultant before financial difficulties led him to accept John H.
The Hounds of Baskerville The Hounds of Baskerville "The Hounds of Baskerville" is the second episode of the second series of the BBC crime drama series "Sherlock", which follows the modern-day adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and was first broadcast by BBC One on 8 January 2012. It was written by co-creator Mark Gatiss, who also portrays Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's brother in the series, and was directed by Paul McGuigan. The episode is a contemporary adaptation of "The Hound of the Baskervilles", one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous works. In the episode, Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his crime-solving partner John Watson (Martin Freeman)