Television series

Sherlock & Daughter

Name: Sherlock & Daughter
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Released: 2025
Cast: David Thewlis, Blu Hunt, Ardal O'Hanlon, Fiona Glascott, Joe Klocek

A contemporary Sherlock Holmes joins forces with a young American woman who may be his daughter to solve her mother's murder and untangle a global conspiracy. It's a character-driven mystery thriller that uses the detective formula as scaffolding for a stranger-becomes-family story. For anyone who loves procedurals with emotional weight and the particular thrill of watching a guarded person learn to care.

TVMaze rating

3.5

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