Young Sherlock (British TV series)

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Young Sherlock
Genre Mystery
Inspired by Young Sherlock Holmes
by Andrew Lane
Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
ShowrunnerMatthew Parkhill
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Matthew Parkhill
  • Guy Ritchie
  • Andrew Lane
  • Simon Kelton
  • Ivan Atkinson
  • Simon Maxwell
  • Dhana Gilbert
  • Colin Wilson
  • Marc Resteghini
Production companies
Original release
Network Amazon Prime Video

Young Sherlock is an upcoming television series set to release on Prime Video. The series is an adaptation of Andrew Lane's Young Sherlock Holmes book series, itself a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories. The series will be directed by Guy Ritchie and will star Hero Fiennes Tiffin as Holmes.

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Premise

As a 19-year-old at Oxford University, Sherlock Holmes is not yet the master detective he grows up to be. He is raw and unfiltered, and he lacks discipline. A murder at Oxford puts Holmes's freedom at risk, and he sets out to solve his first murder mystery that leads him to a global-level conspiracy. [1]

Cast

Production

Development of a television series adaptation of the Young Sherlock Holmes books written by Andy Lane was first reported in April 2024 with Hero Fiennes Tiffin starring as a young Sherlock Holmes and Guy Ritchie attached to the project as well. [2] Amazon Prime Video ordered eight-episodes of the series in May 2024 to be executive produced by Inspirational Entertainment and Motive Pictures. The series is written by showrunner Matthew Parkhill, who also executive produces. Ritchie will direct and executive produce alongside Lane, Simon Kelton, Ivan Atkinson, Simon Maxwell, Dhana Gilbert, Colin Wilson, and Marc Resteghini. [3]

The series will be written and showrun by Matthew Parkhill, and directed by Guy Ritchie, who had previously helmed two unrelated cinematic Holmes adaptations: Sherlock Holmes (2009), and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). The role of the nineteen year old Holmes will be played by the twenty-six year old Hero Fiennes Tiffin who had previously worked with Ritchie on The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare . [4]

In June, Fiennes Tiffin's uncle Joseph Fiennes was cast as Sherlock's father, alongside Natasha McElhone as his mother. [5] In July, Zine Tseng, Colin Firth and Dónal Finn joined the cast. [6] [7] [8]

Filming of the series began in the United Kingdom in July 2024. [9]

Max Irons was seen filming scenes in late August. [10] In September, Irons was confirmed to be playing Mycroft Holmes. [11]

Release

Young Sherlock will consist of 8 episodes and will air on Prime Video. [4]

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