fitting ending which would as its overall final episode.

It is no secret how the BBC program went to great lengths just to put Sherlock's fourth season into production and eventual rollout. The show's latest installment had a three-year in-between hiatus from its predecessor, outside of 2016's Christmas special - "just leave it. Fortunately, in a new statement, the producer sounds more optimistic about the possibility of another Sherlock season, it would just take a lot of time and patience from the fans.

Sitting down with Radio Times, Gatiss has opened up on when we can expect the next installment of the mystery-thriller. He has itted that the wait for Sherlock season 5 would be "even longer" than what fans had to endure in its last outing. He has also revealed that there are “no immediate plans" for a return to 221B Baker Street.

Despite this, fans can take comfort in Gatiss' additional comment about everyone involved willing and eager to come back to the series, including two of its lead actors:

“Everyone’s really very up for it; it’s just so very difficult to schedule everyone. It’s just so hard to get Benedict and Martin’s diaries to align. And there’s always the Fawlty Towers principle of just leaving it where it is. I think in a few years time [if] we came back and said, ‘Shall we do another one?’ I think everyone would be very happy to.”

Cumberbatch and Freeman are both busy with their respective Marvel Studios projects (among other things) - the former plays the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Stephen Strange and the latter takes on the role of C.I.A. elite agent, Everett K. Ross. Cumberbatch is currently working on filming for next year's epic blockbuster Black Panther due for a theatrical rollout this February.