Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have both confirmed that there will be a third series of Sherlock.

The co-creators of the show took to Twitter to reveal the news after the end of the concluding episode of Sherlock's second series, which aired tonight (January 15).

Moffat wrote: "#sherlock Yes of course there's going to be a third series - it was commissioned at the same time as the second. Gotcha!", while Gatiss tweeted: "Gotcha! And of course there'll be a third series! It was commissioned at the same time as series two!!"

Martin Freeman, who plays Dr John Watson, recently admitted that he hoped that there would be a third series.

Benedict Cumberbatch has also teased that a further run of the show could be "quite hard", given the conclusion of series two.

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