All violins played by Sherlock (four different ones in four seasons) are borrowed from Cardiff Violins and in season three it was a £1200 Con Fuoco.
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Baker Street, the original location of Arthur Conan Doyle's books, is said to now have too much Sherlock-related signage to be used as a filming location for the show. The BBC actually shot exteriors
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Benedict Cumberbatch's parents play Sherlock Holmes's parents. Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton (real name Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch) appeared in the first episode of series three, having tea at
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Watson's wife Mary Morstan is played by Martin Freeman's former real-life spouse Amanda Abbington.
