Movies: Benedict Cumberbatch

The evolution of Holmes on screen, from silent movies to new TV versions, with contributions from Sherlock's past and present....

Mog feels a little ignored during the Thomas family's Christmas preparations. When she spots the huge Christmas tree, she freaks out and climbs to the roof, where she refuses to move no matter how hard the family tries....

Since 2017, Letters Live has produced 11 shows at the Union Chapel, with no two shows being the same....

Antarctica is the most extreme continent on our planet—higher, colder, and even drier than any other on Earth, and although it is thousands of miles away, what happens here affects every single one of us....

Inspired by "Letters of Note", the bestselling anthology compiled by Shaun Usher, and "To the Letter" by Simon Garfield, Letters Live is a series of curated, live events that celebrate the enduring power of literary correspondence. Performed by a re...

After the planes hit on 9/11, Morgan Stanley security chief Rick Rescorla put into effect plans that he had developed years before. Rick had seen the potential for an airborne suicide attack on the twin towers as part of evaluating the risk posed to ...

Explore how writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss created the hit television sensation. Take a personal voyage through the versions of Holmes that have served as inspirations for the new series - the original stories, their factual origins, hundreds...

A fairytale thriller film set one night in a 1930's London theatre where all is not what it seems....

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Adapted from Mikey Walsh's wildly engrossing hit memoir of growing up in England's Romany Gypsy community in the 1980s....

The causes and consequences of solar weather....

Hills Like White Elephants is a 2002 short film based on a story by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway's story was published in 1927 in the second collection of short stories titled Men without Woman....

A scene from The World of Suzie Wong, in which the male protagonist walks from the Star Ferry Pier to Nam Kok Hotel in Wan Chai, is superimposed with various scenes from other films featuring Hong Kong, or inspired by it, to present how Hollywood’s i...

A British stage performer uses his skills to help the Allies during World War II....

At the very top of the globe, lies a spectacular, frozen realm. But don’t be fooled by appearances…this place is not frozen in time. It’s a dynamic ecosystem and for thousands of years, its indigenous people and wildlife have found ways to survive an...

Take a deep dive into the film critics are crowning the year's best, Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog. An exploration of complex masculinity, secret passion and the taming of the west, the cast and crew — including stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirs...

Franny Stone's dark past of love, loss, crime and motherhood unfolds on an odyssey through stormy seas with a team of misfit fishermen....

The making of the first "Sherlock" season....

From Boris Karloff to Mel Brooks - Frankenstein has fired the imagination of generations of artists who have created their own interpretation of this Gothic masterpiece. Frankenstein: A Modern Myth looks at some of these depictions, including Danny ...

In The Turning Point, written by Michael Dobbs, Benedict Cumberbatch takes the role of Guy Burgess while Matthew Marsh plays the part of Winston Churchill. The play was part of the Sky Arts Theatre Live! Series, which won the Broadcasting Press Guild...