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Virtually the same interview as posted on other sites/newspapers as it must have been a roudnd table interview.

There’s just two days to wait until Sherlock is back on our screens, and we’ve reached our final cast interview! Ahead of the show’s New Year’s Day return, you can check out our interviews with Martin Freeman(John Watson), Andrew Scott (Jim Moriarty) and Lara Pulver (Irene Adler) below…

But now it’s time for the big man - Sherlock himself, actor Benedict Cumberbatch. Digital Spy and a few other excited journalists caught up with the star - in the midst of shooting series two - to discuss his return as the super sleuth. Read on for insights into Sherlock, his friends and his greatest foe…

Does it feel good coming back to a show that’s an established success?
“Yeah, very. Although because we had such a nice reception first time round, expectations are high. We want to keep it evolving as much as we can, within the parameters we set ourselves - which are obviously to do with being loyal to the original [Conan Doyle stories] and what we set out to do with this series.

“It has evolved, which is great, but people who want some more [like the first series] will not be disappointed.”

Are you excited about tackling the most iconic stories in the Holmes canon?
“Yeah, very, very excited! There’s a weight of expectation, but it’s brilliant, because those are the [stories] that everyone is most familiar with. Again, there’s trepidation and [you feel] a responsibility because people have a very set idea in their minds of what those stories are - what the outcome is, the relationships…

“But the scripts I’ve read have been fantastic. They’re just brilliantly imaginative, engaging and witty. They’re utterly loyal to the intention of the original, but are thoroughly fresh and perky. So any fears I had were allayed instantly.”

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