BENEDICT Cumberbatch has admitted that he first thought taking hit show Sherlock back to the Victorian era for a one-off special was “madness”.

In the New Year’s Day episode, Sherlock Holmes and companion John Watson (Martin Freeman) will haunt the eerie streets of London in the year 1895 to solve the case of The Abominable Bride.

But Benedict had reservations about the time travel.

“I thought it was madness. I thought (the writers) had finally lost the plot, jumped the shark, all the other cliches of television gone mad with itself.

“Then they expanded the idea and pitched it to me properly and I think it’s fantastic. Absolutely brilliant,” he said.

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EMMERDALE’S Chas Dingle will finally be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after becoming so terrified that she accidentally stabs her friend Diane.

Chas (Lucy Pargeter) has been struggling since she witnessed Robert Sugden being shot in the village at the end of September. She has since become convinced that she is being stalked after noticing strange changes in her home – unaware that she has been committing the acts herself while sleepwalking.

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A DRESS worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz has sold for more than £1 million at auction.

One of the original costumes made for the young star of the 1939 film sold in less than three minutes when it went under the hammer in New York.

The blue-and-white chequered pinafore and blouse were expected to fetch between £530,000 and £800,000, but were eventually snapped up for £1,035,532 – including buyer’s premium – in front of a crowd of 200 at Bonhams auctioneers.

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GEORDIE Shore’s Gaz Beadle has sparked rumours he could be entering the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! jungle after revealing he has flown to Australia.

The 27-year-old TV personality wrote he is headed Down Under in a series of tweets, shortly after wrapping the 12th series of the MTV reality show.

Gaz even let slip he is flying to Australia’s Gold Coast, which is close to where I’m A Celebrity is being filmed.

It is thought Gaz could be replacing Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews, who made a shock exit from the jungle after coming clean about his addiction to steroids.

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