BBC One’s Sherlock will return for a third series, co-creator Steven Moffat has confirmed.
The second series of the critically acclaimed re-telling of SirArthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes concluded on BBC One on Sunday evening.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman star as Sherlock and Watson respectively alongside Rupert Graves as Inspector Lestrade and Una Stubbs as landlady Mrs Hudson.
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Spoilers for the final episode below.
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The final episode, The Reichenbach Fall, saw Holmes branded a fraud after nemesis James Moriarty waged a campaign to discredit the detective.
Posting on Twitter Moffat, who co-created the series with Mark Gatiss, told fans: “Yes of course there’s going to be a third series – it was commissioned at the same time as the second. Gotcha!”
The first two series are also available on BBC DVD and Blu-ray from Amazon.co.uk and HMV.com
Series One and Two are available from Tunes for watching on iPads, iPhones, computers and the Apple TV.