"They don’t tell me anything and I’m so glad because it means I can say “no, he’s dead.” I feel so grateful to [the Sherlock team] for what they’ve given me. I’ll miss them enormously. Sherlock has changed all our lives so much for the better"

Richard Madeley might be a real-life Alan Partridge, but he knows a story when he sees one, says Jack Seale in his weekly TV review

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