{"id":12629,"date":"2025-09-12T22:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/12629\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T22:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:18:07","slug":"doctor-who-star-confirmed-to-play-sherlock-holmes-in-captivating-new-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/12629\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who star confirmed to play Sherlock Holmes in “captivating” new series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doctor Who<\/a> star Nicholas Briggs will be taking on the role of Sherlock Holmes<\/a> in a new audio series. <\/p>\n

Sherlock Holmes Untold will follow the iconic detective as he explores six intriguing cases from across his career, each referencing one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s original Holmes stories. <\/p>\n

The eight-part audio drama will be led by Briggs, whose previous acting credits include voicing the Daleks and the Cybermen on Doctor Who<\/a>. Meanwhile, fellow Doctor Who<\/a> voice actor Richard Earl will be playing Doctor John Watson. <\/p>\n

What to Read Next<\/p>\n

The series will debut on 1 October 2025, with new episodes being released weekly. Each 30-minute instalment promises “a cracking cast, confounding crimes and a captivating cliffhanger”. <\/p>\n

Sherlock Holmes Untold is available to pre-order now for \u00a324.99 exclusively from Big Finish<\/a>. After all eight episodes have concluded, fans will be able to download the complete boxset.<\/p>\n

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“Fans of the Sherlock Holmes stories will know that Conan Doyle absolutely sprinkles them with all of these little mentions of unchronicled cases. Sometimes stories that were incomplete or unsatisfying, sometimes stories too scandalous to be told,” said writer Jonathan Barnes said. <\/p>\n

“This whole series is about building and extrapolating from the hints that Doyle left behind, almost like breadcrumbs for us to follow.”<\/p>\n

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The audio series will also feature a range of well-known characters from the world of Sherlock Holmes<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Starring alongside Briggs and Earl are Timothy Bentinck as Mycroft Holmes, John Banks as Colonel Sebastian Moran and Inspector Lestrade, and Harriet Kershaw as Esmerelda North.<\/p>\n

Aurora Dawson-Hunte will appear as Gabrielle Phillimore and Emily, while Christopher Naylor will play Prime Minister Jasper Cranfield. <\/p>\n

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Doctor Who airs on BBC One in the UK and Disney+<\/a> elsewhere. Classic episodes of Doctor Who are available on BBC iPlayer in the UK.<\/p>\n

Interested in talking about Doctor Who? Visit our dedicated sub-forum<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Lettermark\"<\/p>\n

Divya is a freelance writer with experience in entertainment and lifestyle news. Described as a “telly addict” since childhood, Divya was able to translate her interests into a BJTC-accredited, Honours degree in Journalism and Media. After working in communications and marketing, Divya joined Digital Spy<\/a>\u00a0as a Freelance News Reporter. She has also written for various publications including\u00a0Metro<\/a>,\u00a0Asian World News\u00a0and\u00a0TwitCelebGossip;\u00a0as well as interviews, features and reviews on her own blog. Divya prides herself on her TV,\u00a0film<\/a>\u00a0and showbiz knowledge, always offering (not so) fun facts to her long-suffering friends and family. From\u00a0soaps<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0superheroes<\/a>, Divya is the go-to person for tailored recommendations\u00a0and up to date information.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Doctor Who star Nicholas Briggs will be taking on the role of Sherlock Holmes in a new audio…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[635,13202,637,146,1345,85,46,636,13201,411],"class_list":["post-12629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-8adec20d-891a-4962-876c-df95ab611fb0","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-hasproduct-true","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-doctor-who-star-to-lead-new-sherlock-holmes-series","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}