14 DAY TRIAL // Some time ago, Benedict Cumberbatch was teasing his many fans (the Cumberladies we’ll call them) with a super secret and super exciting new project for BBC One, the same network that produces and airs (in the UK) the hit series “Sherlock,” in which he plays a modern version of the world-famous detective.
BBC One has revealed what that secret project is, and while you might experience some disappointment in learning that it’s not something bigger, I can assure you that, if you’re a fan, you will love it and forget everything else the minute you press play on the video below.
That’s the trailer for A Lifetime of Original British Drama on the BBC, a sort of an ad for the network, including footage from already established and very popular shows to upcoming ones, all of it set against the backdrop of Cumberbatch’s velvet voice reciting Shakespeare – Hamlet’s “All the world’s a stage” speech, to be more exact.
As a bonus, the trailer also includes that much talked about kiss between Sherlock and Moriarty, shown on the premiere episode of “Sherlock” season 3, the one that tried to explain how he had staged his death.
Other shows referenced in it are the upcoming “The Casual Vacancy,” which is based on one of J.K. Rowling’s most recent non-Harry-Potter-related novels, “Luther” with the talented and stylish Idris Elba, “EastEnders,” “The Fall” with Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan, “The Missing,” “The line of Duty to Peaky Blinders,” and of course, “Sherlock.”
Speaking of the popular detective, he won’t be back on BBC One until December 2015, when a Christmas special will air ahead of the season 4 premiere in January 2016.