A still from the TV series Sherlock shows actors Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch in character as Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes
Highlights
- Can Sherlock Holmes help unlock the mystery of the insular mystery that is North Korea? The British government considers it elementary.
- Britain says it used an episode of TV series Sherlock to encourage change in the communist state.
- The drama, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the detective, was shown at the Pyongyang International Film Festival in 2012.
- The British Foreign Office has revealed the the diplomatic drive behind the screening in a document outlining its activities in North Korea. It says it spent 287.33 pounds buying rights to the episode and lists the reason as "encouraging change."
- The Office also said on July 3 that the screening was "a small part of a cultural exchange program we have with North Korea to show a different perspective of the outside world than they are normally shown."
Can Sherlock Holmes help unlock the mystery of the insular mystery that is North Korea? The British government considers it elementary.
Britain says it used an episode of TV series
Sherlock to encourage change in the communist state. (Also read:
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The drama, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the detective, was shown at the Pyongyang International Film Festival in 2012.
The British Foreign Office has revealed the the diplomatic drive behind the screening in a document outlining its activities in North Korea. It says it spent 287.33 pounds buying rights to the episode and lists the reason as "encouraging change."
The Office also said on July 3 that the screening was "a small part of a cultural exchange program we have with North Korea to show a different perspective of the outside world than they are normally shown."