BBC's Sherlock wins best drama award at Baftas

John Plunkett @ MediaGuardian - Television - on 22/5/11
Series starring Benedict Cumberbatch Loading... and Martin Freeman Loading... beats Downton Abbey and Misfits at TV awards ceremonyIt was appropriate that BBC1's acclaimed modern retelling of the Sherlock Holmes story should triumph at the Bafta TV awards on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday. The updated crime drama beat ITV1's Downton Abbey to the best drama series prize and one of its stars, Martin Freeman, won best ...
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Series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman beats Downton Abbey and Misfits at TV awards ceremony.

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David Attenborough, Jo Brand, Trevor McDonald, Martin Freeman, British Academy Television Awards, Steve Coogan, Benedict Cumberbatch, Graham Norton, Eric Morecambe, Miranda Hart, BBC Four, Vicky McClure, YouTube, Tom Hollander, Rob Brydon, Paulus Alexandrinus

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