# Is Benedict Cumberbatch the best (gay or not) Sherlock Holmes ever?

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**Created:** [December 31, 2011, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-benedict-cumberbatch-the-best-gay-or-not-sherlock-holmes-ever/607926 "2011-12-31T08:13:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-benedict-cumberbatch-the-best-gay-or-not-sherlock-holmes-ever/607926/30 "2012-01-02T20:57:24Z")

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> [@MarcusF](#):
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> In fact I was quite surprised to find it on pre-watershed on BBC 1 given the “profession” of Sherlock’s adversary.

I downloaded it off iPlayer, and didn’t realise that it broadcast at ten past eight! That probably pushed the boundary of what they could get away with at that time of the day! 😃

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