BBC's Sherlock Wins Best Drama Series from Royal Television Society

The Royal Television Society Programme Awards for 2010 were announced yesterday, and the BBC series Sherlock won for Best Drama Series.

In a statement issued by the society about the series, "Updating a classic was a daunting task but the bravura of this production's writing and directing successfully made it feel new and modern. This was one of the most original and entertaining new series for years."

Sherlock debuted on BBC in the UK last summer airing three episodes, with the US premiere on PBS's Masterpiece Mystery! last October. It has been renewed for a second season.

In our review of Sherlock, we called the series "creative and innovative with well written scripts and a great look yet still respect[ing] the characters originally created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle more than 100 years ago."