Fans of Sherlock will be pleased to hear Benedict Cumberbatch may come back as the titular character. Season five could still be coming to Netflix and the BBC after the creators teased more episodes. Here is everything we know about season five of the popular detective series.

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When will Sherlock season 5 be released?

There is no official release date for a new series of Sherlock but we can expect the show to arrive in either 2022 or 2023.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman take the lead roles in the series, which ended back in 2017.

Co-showrunner Steven Moffat told Digital Spy: “I haven't really thought about it. Mark [Gatiss, co-showrunner]’s been doing other stuff as well, so we haven't sat down and had a proper talk about what we would do with another series."

Moffat and fellow creator Mark Gatiss said they have been looking into Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories for further inspiration.

During a question and answer session to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Sherlock's debut, the creators discussed what sort of direction the main characters would take.

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