Sherlock, Doctor Who and Bake Off in BBC's Christmas TV lineup

Mystery of how Holmes survived rooftop fall is solved, Peter Capaldi makes Doctor Who debut, and Open All Hours returnsIt is a mystery that gripped the nation. Finally the BBC will reveal how Sherlock Holmes survived falling to his apparent certain death, in a festive TV lineup that will also include the first outing for Peter Capaldi as the Time Lord in the new Doctor Who.The BBC's Christmas and new year holiday season of programmes, announced on Tuesday, will include PD James' Pride and Prejudice sequel, Death Comes to Pemberley, starring Matthew Rhys as Mr Darcy; an adaptation of David Walliams' children's book Gangsta Granny; and festive editions of Strictly Come Dancing, Call the Midwife and The Great British Bake Off.The bawdy sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys will be back, as will another BBC sitcom from the gentler end of the spectrum, the return after nearly 30 years of Open All Hours, with David Jason.But it is Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role in Sherlock that is most likely to grip viewers' imaginations. Conspiracy theories abound as to exactly how Holmes faked his death after the second series climaxed in January 2012 with the supersleuth's dramatic rooftop plunge.Since the show was last on BBC1, both Cumberbatch, in the Star Trek sequel Into Darkness, and his co-star Martin Freeman, in The Hobbit, have become established big-screen stars.The showrunner Steven Moffat said there was a "clue everybody's missed" after Holmes's standoff with his nemesis, Moriarty. Two... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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