Benedict Cumberbatch (21 page)

5: Strange Islands

6: Fragile Paradise

Series Producer: Huw Cordey

Executive Producer: Fiona Pitcher

[The series was broadcast in the USA under the title
Wild Pacific
.]

2009:
12 August

THEATRE LIVE!: THE TURNING POINT (Role: Guy Burgess)

Sky Arts 1 (Wednesday, 2100–2200)

Directed by: Fiona Laird

Written by: Michael Dobbs

Series presented by: Sandi Toksvig

Cast included: Matthew Marsh (Winston Churchill).

2009:
13 September

AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MARPLE: MURDER IS EASY (Role: Luke Fitzwilliam)

ITV1 (Sunday, 2000–2200)

Directed by: Hettie Macdonald

Cast included: Julia McKenzie (Miss Marple), Steve Pemberton (Henry Wake), Shirley Henderson (Honoria Waynflete), Sylvia Syms (Lavinia Pinkerton), James Lance (Dr Geoffrey Thomas), Hugo Speer (James Abbot), Anna Chancellor (Lydia Horton), Jemma Redgrave (Jessie Humbleby), David Haig (Major Hugh Horton), Tim Brooke-Taylor (Dr Edward Humbleby).

2009:
6–13 December

SMALL ISLAND (Role: Bernard)

BBC1 (Sundays, 2100–2230)

Directed by: John Alexander

Cast included: Naomie Harris (Hortense), David Oyelowo (Gilbert), Ruth Wilson (Queenie), Ashley Walters (Michael).

2010:
5 April

VAN GOGH: PAINTED WITH WORDS (Role: Vincent Van Gogh)

BBC1 (Monday, 1710–1830)

Directed by: Andrew Hutton

Presented and produced by: Alan Yentob

Cast included: Jamie Parker (Theo Van Gogh), Aidan McArdle (Paul Gauguin), Rowena Cooper (Anna Van Gogh), Christopher Good (Theodorus Van Gogh).

2010:
9–23 May

STEPHEN HAWKING’S UNIVERSE (Narrator)

Discovery Channel (UK) (Sundays, 2100–2200)

Writer and co-narrator: Stephen Hawking

Directors: Martin Williams, Nathan Williams, Ian Riddick

(The three-part series had premiered on the Discovery Channel in the USA on 25 April 2010. Its UK terrestrial premiere came via Channel 4 from 18 September–2 October 2010.)

2010–present:

SHERLOCK (Role: Sherlock Holmes)

BBC1

Unaired Pilot (made 2009; included on Series 1 DVD, released 30 August 2010)

Directed by: Coky Giedroyc

Written by: Steven Moffat

Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Rupert Graves (Inspector Lestrade),
Zawe Ashton (Sgt Sally Donovan), Phil Davis (Jeff), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper).

Series 1 (July–August 2010):

1.1: A Study in Pink
(25 July 2010; Sunday, 2100–2230)

Directed by: Paul McGuigan

Written by: Steven Moffat

Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Rupert Graves (Inspector Lestrade), Vinette Robinson (Sgt Sally Donovan), Phil Davis (Jeff), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper).

1.2: The Blind Banker
(1 August 2010; Sunday, 2030–2200)

Directed by: Euros Lyn

Written by: Steve Thompson

Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper), Zöe Telford (Sarah), Paul Chequer (DI Dimmock), Gemma Chan (Soo Lin Yao).

1.3: The Great Game
(8 August 2010; Sunday, 2100–2230)

Directed by: Paul McGuigan

Written by: Mark Gatiss

Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Rupert Graves (Inspector Lestrade), Vinette Robinson (Sgt Sally Donovan), Mark Gatiss (Mycroft), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper), Andrew Scott (Moriarty), Zöe Telford (Sarah), John Sessions (Kenny Prince), Haydn Gwynne (Miss Wenceslas).

Series 2: January 2012

2.1: A Scandal in Belgravia
(1 January 2012; Sunday, 2010–2140)

Directed by: Paul McGuigan

Written by: Steven Moffat

Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Rupert Graves (Inspector Lestrade), Mark Gatiss (Mycroft Holmes), Andrew Scott (Jim Moriarty), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper), Lara Pulver (Irene Adler), Oona Chaplin (Jeanette), Danny Webb (DI Carter)

2.2: The Hounds of Baskerville
(8 January 2012; Sunday, 2030 –2200)

Directed by: Paul McGuigan

Written by: Steven Moffat

Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Rupert Graves (Inspector Lestrade), Mark Gatiss (Mycroft Holmes), Andrew Scott (Jim Moriarty), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper), Russell Tovey (Henry Knight), Amelia Bullmore (Dr Stapleton), Clive Mantle (Dr Frankland).

2.3: The Reichenbach Fall
(15 January 2012; Sunday, 2030–2200)

Directed by: Toby Haynes

Written by: Steve Thompson

Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Rupert Graves (Inspector Lestrade), Mark Gatiss (Mycroft Holmes), Andrew Scott (Jim Moriarty), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper), Katherine Parkinson (Kitty Riley), Vinette Robinson (Sgt Sally Donovan), Tanya Moodie (Ella), Jonathan Aris (Anderson).

2010 – present:

SHERLOCK (Role: Sherlock Holmes)

…

Series 3: January 2014

3.1: The Empty Hearse
(1 January 2014; Wednesday, 2030–2200)

Directed by: Jeremy Lovering

Written by: Mark Gatiss

Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Rupert Graves (DI Lestrade), Mark Gatiss (Mycroft Holmes), Amanda Abbington (Mary Morstan), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper), David Fynn (Howard Shilcott)

3.2: The Sign of Three
(5 January 2014; Sunday, 2100-2225)

Directed by: Colm McCarthy

Written by: Steve Thompson

Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Rupert Graves (DI Lestrade), Mark Gatiss (Mycroft Holmes), Amanda Abbington (Mary Morstan), Vinette Robinson (Sgt Sally Donovan), Lara Pulver (Irene Adler), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper), Alastair Petrie (James Sholto)

3.3: His Last Vow
(12 January 2014; Sunday, 2100-2230)

Directed by: Nick Hurran

Written by: Steven Moffat

Cast includes: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Rupert Graves (DI Lestrade), Mark Gatiss (Mycroft Holmes), Amanda Abbington (Mary Morstan), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper), Lars Mikkelsen (Charles Augustus Magnussen), Lindsay Duncan (Lady Smallwood)

2010:
14 October

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU (Guest Host)

BBC1 (Thursday, 2100–2130)

Director: Paul Wheeler

Team captains: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton

Guests: Victoria Coren, Jon Richardson

2011:
28 July

THE RATTIGAN ENIGMA: BENEDICT
CUMBERBATCH
ON TERENCE RATTIGAN (Presenter/Narrator)

BBC4 (Thursday, 2100–2200)

Produced and directed by: Sally Thomson

Executive producer: Michael Poole

Contributors: Adrian Brown, Michael Darlow, Terence Davies, Jean Dorney, David Hare, Benedict Nightingale, Thea Sharrock.

2011:
7 August (USA)

CURIOSITY: DID GOD CREATE THE UNIVERSE? (Narrator)

Discovery Channel (USA) (Sunday, 2000–2100 EST)

Executive producers: Simon Andreae, Alan Eyres, John Smithson, Susan Winslow, Ben Bowie

Presented by: Stephen Hawking.

2012:
17 March

ARENA: THE DREAMS OF WILLIAM GOLDING (Reader)

BBC2 (Saturday, 2130–2300)

Directed by: Adam Low

Contributors included: John Carey, Stephen King, Nigel Williams.

2012:
13–27 September

STEPHEN HAWKING’S GRAND DESIGN (Narrator)

Discovery UK (Thursdays, 2000–2100)

1: The Meaning of Life

2: The Key to the Cosmos

3: Did God Create the Universe?

Directed by: Dan Clifton, Matthew Huntley

With: Stephen Hawking

2012:
24 August–21 September

PARADE’S END (Role: Christopher Tietjens)

BBC2 (Fridays, 2100–2230)

Directed by: Susanna White

Written by: Tom Stoppard, based on the novels of Ford Madox Ford

Series cast included: Rebecca Hall (Sylvia Tietjens), Roger Allam (General Campion), Adelaide Clemens (Valentine Wannop), Rupert Everett (Mark Tietjens), Miranda Richardson (Mrs Wannop), Sasha Waddell (Glorvina), Janet McTeer (Mrs Satterthwaite), Anne-Marie Duff (Edith Duchemin), Patrick Kennedy (McKechnie), Rufus Sewell (Reverend Duchemin), Stephen Graham (Vincent MacMaster).

2012:
31 October

FRANKENSTEIN: A MODERN MYTH (Narrator/Contributor)

Channel 4 (Monday, 2305–0010)

Directed by: Adam Low

Readers: David Bradley, Daniel Ings, Sarah Mowat

Contributors: Dr Gwen Adshead, Philip Ball, Danny Boyle, Nick Dear, Daisy Hay, Stephen Hebron, Philip Hoare, Jonny Lee Miller, Miranda Seymour, Helen Wallace, John Waters.

2012:
8–15 November

WWI’S TUNNELS OF DEATH (Narrator)

Channel 5 (Thursdays, 2000–2100)

1: The Killing Fields (8 November 2012)

2: Earthquaking the Ridge (15 November 2012)

Directed by: John Hayes-Fisher

Experts: Alexandra Churchill, Peter Doyle, Paul Reed.

2013:
10 February (USA)

THE SIMPSONS (Role: Voice of Alan Rickman/Prime Minister)

Fox (USA) (Sunday, 2000–2030)

(Season 24, Episode 12:
‘Love is a Many Splintered Thing’
)

Directed by: Michael Polcino

Voice cast included: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer.

Guest voices included: Zooey Deschanel (Mary Spuckeler), Max Weinberg, Robert A. Caro.

2013:
2 November

LIVE FROM THE NATIONAL THEATRE: 50 YEARS ON STAGE (Role: Rosencrantz)

BBC2 (Saturday, 2100–2315)

Directed by: Nicholas Hytner

Participants included: James Corden, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Derek Jacobi, Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, Roger Allam, Simon Russell Beale, Frances de la Tour, Christopher Eccleston, Alex Jennings, Rory Kinnear, Adrian Lester, Anna Maxwell Martin, Andrew Scott, Penelope Wilton.

2002

HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS (Role: The Man)

Written and directed by: Paige Cameron

Cast included: Greg Wise (The American), Emma Griffiths Main (The Girl), Todd Boyce (The Husband), Paige Cameron (The Woman).

2003

TO KILL A KING (Role: Royalist)

Directed by: Mike Barker

Cast included: Tim Roth (Oliver Cromwell), Dougray Scott (Sir Thomas Fairfax), Olivia Williams (Lady Anne Fairfax), James Bolam (Denzil Holles), Corin Redgrave (Lord de Vere), Finbar Lynch (Cousin Henry), Julian Rhind-Tutt (James), Adrian Scarborough (Sergeant Joyce), Jeremy Swift (Earl of Whitby), Rupert Everett (King Charles I).

2006

AMAZING GRACE (Role: William Pitt the Younger)

Directed by: Michael Apted

Cast included: Ioan Gruffudd (William Wilberforce), Albert Finney (John Newton), Michael Gambon (Charles Fox), Youssou N’Dour (Oloudah Equiano), Bill Paterson (Lord Dundas), Toby Jones (Duke of Clarence), Ciaran Hinds (Lord Tarleton), Romola Garai (Barbara Spooner), Rufus Sewell (Thomas Clarkson).

2006

STARTER FOR 10 (Role: Patrick Watts)

Directed by: Tom Vaughan

Cast included: James McAvoy (Brian Jackson), Alice Eve (Alice Harbinson), Rebecca Hall (Rebecca Epstein), Mark Gatiss (Bamber Gascoigne), Charles Dance (Michael Harbinson), Lindsay Duncan (Rose Harbinson), Dominic Cooper (Spencer), James Gaddas (Martin Jackson), Catherine Tate (Julie Jackson), James Corden (Tone).

2007

INSEPARABLE (Roles: Joe/Charlie)

Directed by: Nick White

Cast included: Natalie Press (Jean), Dylan Byrne (Son), Bijan Daneshmand (Doctor), J.D. Kelleher, Richard Shanks (Heavies).

2007

ATONEMENT (Role: Paul Marshall)

Directed by: Joe Wright

Cast included: James McAvoy (Robbie Turner), Keira Knightley (Cecilia Tallis), Harriet Walter (Cecilia Tallis), Brenda Blethyn (Grace Turner).

2008

THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL (Role: William Carey)

Directed by: Justin Chadwick

Cast included: Mark Rylance (Sir Thomas Boleyn), Kristin Scott Thomas (Lady Elizabeth Howard), Jim Sturgess (George Boleyn), Natalie Portman (Anne Boleyn), Scarlett Johansson (Mary Boleyn), Eric Bana (Henry Tudor).

2009

BURLESQUE FAIRYTALES (Role: Henry Clark)

Written and directed by: Susan Luciani

Cast included: Anna Andresen (The Mermaid), Stephen Campbell Moore (Peter Blythe-Smith), Jim Carter (The Compère), Lindsay Duncan (Ice Queen), Barbara Flynn (Mrs Argyle), Sophie Hunter (Annabel Blythe-Smith), Anna Lanyon (Queen of Hearts), Kevin Howarth (Jimmy Harrison).

2009

CREATION (Role: Joseph Hooker)

Directed by: Jon Amiel

Cast included: Paul Bettany (Charles Darwin), Martha West (Annie Darwin), Jennifer Connelly (Emma Darwin), Jeremy Northam (Reverend Innes), Toby Jones (Thomas Huxley).

2010

THE WHISTLEBLOWER (Role: Nick Kaufman)

Directed by: Larysa Kondracki

Cast included: Rachel Weisz (Kathryn Bolkovac), Vanessa Redgrave (Madeleine Rees), Monica Bellucci (Laura Leviani).

2010

FOUR LIONS (Role: Negotiator)

Directed by: Chris Morris

Cast included: Kayvan Novak (Waj), Nigel Lindsay (Barry), Riz Ahmed (Omar), Adeel Akhtar (Faisal), Preeya Kalidas (Sofia), William El-Gardi (Khalid), Mohammad Aqil (Mahmood), Craig Parkinson (Matt), Arsher Ali (Hassan), Alex Macqueen (Malcolm Storge MP), Julia Davis (Alice), Wasim Zakir (Ahmed).