I'm Missing BBC Sherlock Series 3

There must be some irony in the largest Sherlock Holmes publisher in the world not being able to see the latest instalments of BBC Sherlock. I've watched the first two series several times and was as eager as the next Sherlockian/Holmesian/Doylean (delete as appropriate) to see the next ones.

Then I saw the scheduling and knew straight away that I would have to wait until I am back in the UK to get my Sherlock fix - probably all three in a row in one sitting.

So why am I missing them? Well, my wife (Sharon) and I are still on our xmas and new year project in Kasarani, Nairobi - helping out at the Happy Life orphanage and gathering the research for a book.
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The Sherlockian links are tenuous at best - though we are ensuring that the new school that Happy Life are building outside Nairobi in the community of Juja Farm will have plenty of Sherlock Holmes books for the older kids.

So there we have it. There's one working small TV in the orphanage and has about thirty shouting screaming toddlers bouncing around it whenever it's on and it certainly doesn't tune in to BBC1 - and despite paying my license fee [small dig at the BBC for travellers] I can't use iplayer here in Kenya - I'll have to settle for all three episodes in one hit.

And from the early reviews of Episode 1 that might not be a bad thing as it sounds like Stephen and Mark played it softly, softly with the fans for the first one.

Just don't tell me how he survived the fall - that's one spoiler I'm desperate to avoid.....