Not the kind of thing I would usually give the time of day to, but was given the box set of season 1-3 as a gift.

Verdict? Predictably shallow, cosy, unrepentantly middle class and totally implausible self-satisfied claptrap which obviously assumes that as a viewer I'm so dumb I need "WRITING" to appear on the "SCREEN" to tell me what Cumberdict Bendibatch is actually "THINKING" when he's solving crimes. What the hell? That has to be the most patronising gimmick I have ever seen on a TV show. That wildly offensive faux pas combined with the smart assed yet also bland script and BC's aloof, arrogant approach to the role of Holmes meant I was more than happy to bail out after the first episode. Apart from that I thought it was great!