Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that next year’s special will see Sherlock Holmes in a situation where he is “really pressed”.

Shooting on the special will begin in January 2015, with Season 4 shooting later next year.

Cumberbatch told Empire: “I can’t give any plot away… but [the writers’] pitch for the Christmas special and the series beyond that is just phenomenal.”

He teased: “We’ve never seen [Sherlock] being really pressed yet, so that will be interesting.”

Mark Gatiss revealed earlier this month that next year’s Sherlock special will be co-written by Steven Moffat and himself: “Steven and I are writing the special at the moment, which we’re shooting in January.”

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