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End of sleuth

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch hints next series of hit BBC show, which is set to air next year, could be the LAST

Actor says show is 'complete' but 'never say never'

SHERLOCK star Benedict Cumberbatch has hinted that the next series could be the last.

The hit BBC drama’s fourth instalment, with Cumberbatch as sleuth, is due early next year.

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Benedict Cumberbatch hints at end of SherlockCredit: BBC

The 40-year-old said it felt like the “end of an era”.

He admitted he would “never say never” but the series felt “complete”.

Cumberbatch told GQ mag: “I’d love to revisit it, I’d love to keep revisiting it, I stand by that, but in the immediate future we all have things that we want to crack on with and we’ve made something very complete as it is, so I think we’ll just wait and see.

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Fourth series of Sherlock will be shown at the end of the yearCredit: BBC

“The idea of never playing him again is really galling.”

He hit back at criticism for attacking a slow response to the Syrian refugee crisis.

The star, answering calls to house a refugee in his London pad, said it had been gutted and had no electricity or water.

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