Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA new TV series, with the working title “Moriarty”, is set to reinvent the Sherlock Holmes universe by focusing on his arch-nemesis, Professor James Moriarty. The series is a collaboration between Fremantle and Archery Pictures, the production company from Bafta-nominated producer Kris Thykier, while the writers will be Chris Cornwell and Oliver Lansley. In the show, Moriarty is a Durham University professor of criminal psychology who secretly masterminds sophisticated crimes across northern England. He is forced to join the police as a consultant, partnering with Detective Imogen Burrows, to dismantle a rival criminal empire while concealing his true identity. While casting is yet to be announced, actors who have previously played Moriarty include Jared Harris, Andrew Scott and Donal Finn.Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Sherlock Holmes nemesis Moriarty to lead new drama series
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA new TV series, with the working title “Moriarty”, is set to reinvent the Sherlock Holmes universe by focusing on his arch-nemesis, Professor James Moriarty. The series is a collaboration between Fremantle and Archery Pictures, the production company from Bafta-nominated producer Kris Thykier, while the writers will be Chris Cornwell and Oliver Lansley. In the show, Moriarty is a Durham University professor of criminal psychology who secretly masterminds sophisticated crimes across northern England. He is forced to join the police as a consultant, partnering with Detective Imogen Burrows, to dismantle a rival criminal empire while concealing his true identity. While casting is yet to be announced, actors who have previously played Moriarty include Jared Harris, Andrew Scott and Donal Finn.Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
