Sherlock: The Great Game (BBC-1 8 Aug 2010, with Andrew Scott)

In The Great Game the final episode in the first season, Holmes and Watson think they have an open and shut case when they investigate the death of a civil servant found dead on a railway line but this is just the start of a veritable game of cat and mouse that tracks across a twenty year old murder case, the rediscovery of a priceless Old Master and the arrival on the scene of Holmes’ arch nemesis Moriarty.

A fabulous end to the series as another key Holmesian figure arrives on the scene after hanging around in the shadows for the previous two episodes. Some nice guest appearances in this episode too not least from John Sessions and the always reliable David Rayall. Watch out too for a small role for Wallander’s daughter as played by Jeany Spark.

production details
UK / BBC One – Hartswood Films / 1×90 minute episodes / Broadcast 8 August 2010 @ 9.00pm

Writer: Mark Gatiss / Music: David A. Arnold / Director: Paul McGuigan

Series: Sherlock Season 1 Episode 3

guest cast
SAN SHELLA as Alan West
LAUREN CRACE as Lucy
ANDREW SCOTT as Jim
CAROLINE TROWBRIDGE as Mrs Monkford
PAUL ALBERTSON as Mr Ewart
JOHN SESSIONS as Kenny Prince
DI BOTCHER as Connie Prince
STEFANO BRASCHI as Raoul
JEANY SPARK as Homeless Girl
ALISON LINTOTT as Julie
HAYDN GWYNNE as Miss Wenceslas
DOUG ALLEN as Joe
DAVID RYALL as Lord Huxley
JOHN LEBAR as Golem
LYNN FARLEIGH as Professor Cairns
KEMAL SYLVESTER as Tube Guard
MATTHEW NEEDHAM as Bezza
DEBORAH MOORE as Crying Woman
NICHOLAS GADD as Scared Man
RITA DAVIES as Blind Lady