According to Benedict Cumberbatch;
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/sherlock-ending-benedict-cumberbatch-1201876352/
Great show. Don't know why would they end it. It's not taking much of their time since they're averaging only 1 episode every 9 month for the last 6 years.
It's not for sure.
shareUnless S4 is very poorly received (which I think is doubtful) there will probably be more Sherlock at some point in the future. There may be a longer break than usual, however. It's my impression that S3 and S4 were commissioned at the same time, but there isn't currently a commission for S5.
shareLooks like someone's bucking for more money to me. Steven Moffat has said he'll be surprised if they don't do series 5, he and Mark Gatiss have talked about planning the arc for series 4 & 5 at the same time while sitting on the catering bus during filming for series 3 and suddenly BC is naysaying. Doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to work out what's going on there!
shareI don't think anybody concerned is short of a few bob. They've all got other stuff to do.
shareLooks like someone's bucking for more money to me.That's the least likely reason, IMO. They all love doing "Sherlock," and none of them need it to provide them with a ton of money. They're all doing very well with their other projects.
I sincerely hope this isn't true, and that they're merely taking a longer break in between.
shareI think it will be the last. Everybody is way too famous and busy for this show, and even at the height of its popularity they weren't exactly getting to work about it. That said, will they make a special ten or twenty years from now? I don't see why not. I think it's likely there could even be a movie at some point.
"I said no camels, that's five camels, can't you count?"
I think it's down to budget cuts and the lack of mobility and rising cost for employing the European crew to travel back and forth to Wales.
Best summed up in one word:Brexit.
Although visa changes are not yet in place regarding European expatriates, article 51 will come about in Feb 2017.
Sherlock might not be the only programme affected....