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Episode of Sherlock
"The Abominable Bride"
Sherlock episode
Promotional release poster
Episode no.
Episode 10
Directed by
Douglas Mackinnon
Written by
Mark Gatiss
Steven Moffat
Produced by
Sue Vertue
Featured music
David Arnold
Michael Price
Cinematography by
Suzie Lavelle
Editing by
Andrew McClelland
Original air date
1 January 2016 (2016-01-01)
Running time
93 minutes
Guest appearances
Andrew Scott as James Moriarty
Jonathan Aris as Anderson
Yasmine Akram as Janine Donlevy
Catherine McCormack as Lady Carmichael
Tim McInnerny as Sir Eustace Carmichael
Natasha O'Keeffe as Emelia Ricoletti
Stephanie Hyam as Jane
Episode chronology
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"The Abominable Bride" is a special episode of the British television programme Sherlock. The episode was broadcast on BBC One, PBS and Channel One on 1 January 2016. It depicts the characters of the show in an alternative timeline: the Victorian London setting of the original stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. The title is based on the quote "Ricoletti of the club foot and his abominable wife" from "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" (1893), which refers to a case mentioned by Holmes.[1] The story also draws on elements of original Conan Doyle stories of Holmes such as "The Five Orange Pips" (1891) and "The Final Problem" (1893).
The episode won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie, the first win of the series in that category.
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