BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 » Let's talk all things lovely about Ben...

SusiGo · August 18, 2015 9:19 am

I think in Germany Ben has become quite a common and popular name and without any connection to "our" Benedict. I also know some boys/men called Benedikt but Ben is definitely more common.

Ivy · August 18, 2015 6:03 pm

hahaha

kornmuhme · August 18, 2015 11:24 pm

As far as I know the name Ben is among the Top 10 list of German male baby names.

ukaunz · September 11, 2015 12:46 am

Benedict is doing his bit for the Save the Children charity, trying to help Syrian refugees.
http://www.helpiscoming.org

http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/news/celebrity/2015/09/11/benedict-cumberbatch-and-caitlin-moran-launch-help-is-coming-single-for-refugee-crisis

http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/604350/Benedict-Cumberbatch-fronts-Save-The-Children-video-highlight-refugee-crisis

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/11/help-is-coming-how-i-chose-a-forgotten-crowded-house-song-to-help-syrian-refugees

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SusiGo · September 11, 2015 7:33 am

This is a wonderful message that hopefully reaches a lot of people.

tonnaree · September 11, 2015 12:56 pm

Bless him, he really does try to use his super powers for good.

ukaunz · October 3, 2015 10:25 am

In an interview with Rudi Dharmalingam, who plays Guildenstern in Hamlet, he says:
"Benedict is wonderful to work with, generous, humble and very playful"
http://www.desiblitz.com/content/rudi-dharmalingam-uncovers-theatre-and-hamlet

SusiGo · October 6, 2015 11:48 am

Here is a little video in connection with the Save Soho campaign:

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-10-06/benedict-cumberbatch-bumps-into-larry-lamb-to-talk-about-the-tragedy-of-londons-disappearing-soho

besleybean · October 14, 2015 3:13 pm

Pleased to see it!

Ivy · October 14, 2015 9:20 pm

I wasn't sure where to post this, there are some Hamlets threads but it's not really his Hamlet, so in this thread felt right because he is lovely in it.

http://cumberbuddy.tumblr.com/post/131175885459/benedict-visited-a-school-in-east-ham-to-check-out

Discription: "Benedict visited a school in East Ham to check out their version of Hamlet and their thoughts. Brilliant."

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besleybean · October 15, 2015 6:05 am

I'm glad you did post it, because I wanted to come on here and talk about the whole show and didn't really know where to go to do so!
The South Bank show last night on Hamlet was excellent and mainly fetaured Benedict. He was brilliant, at his best, talking about his craft.
Looks like the clip you posted is the one where he went into an East London state school, to see a drama group's presentation of the The ' To be or not ot be ' speech.
Those kids were amazing and I think Benedict was very impressed by them too!

Ivy · October 15, 2015 7:25 am

The text in the discritption I posted had the wrong colour, therefore you couldn't see it. When you said "looks like...." I thought "yes exactly that's actually mentioned in the discription!"

Too bad there isn't a better video, but I guess it's just a matter of time.

ukaunz · October 15, 2015 8:34 am

This video has Benedict talking about Black Mass, being a father, and his support of refugees, so I found it hard to choose which thread to post it in. However, it was the moment he spots his parents on the red carpet that made me smile the most

Edit: Not the best video quality, so I went looking and found another one here; it has extra footage, but this time the sound is a bit tinny and you don't get to see him hug his dad.

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Vhanja · October 15, 2015 9:57 am

He's lovely as always, And I love that moment with his parents.

besleybean · October 15, 2015 11:52 am

Oh and lovely Emily is there, too.
I hadn't seen her for a bit and was worried she was no longer around!

SusiGo · October 15, 2015 6:11 pm

Ivy wrote:
I wasn't sure where to post this, there are some Hamlets threads but it's not really his Hamlet, so in this thread felt right because he is lovely in it.

http://cumberbuddy.tumblr.com/post/131175885459/benedict-visited-a-school-in-east-ham-to-check-out

Discription: "Benedict visited a school in East Ham to check out their version of Hamlet and their thoughts. Brilliant."

What a wonderful video!

Just to let you all know - I deleted my thread with the link to the full South Bank Show video. It has been taken down from YT and from the source I linked as well. In case there is any legal way to watch it, I will open a new thread.

besleybean · October 15, 2015 6:18 pm

Ah right...which means it will disappear from my social media posts, too...I did wonder how long it would last!

Ivy · October 15, 2015 7:18 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Just to let you all know - I deleted my thread with the link to the full South Bank Show video. It has been taken down from YT and from the source I linked as well. In case there is any legal way to watch it, I will open a new thread.

We could have used the thread for gifs and short videos of the southbank show and then hopefully later see the whole video.

here's a very short one http://nixxie-fic.tumblr.com/post/131208803630/new-video-clip-from-last-nights-south-bank-show
That white shirt and blue pants outfit is totally sexy

Last edited by Ivy (October 15, 2015 7:19 pm)

SusiGo · October 15, 2015 7:21 pm

Good idea. I started a new one and have posted your link in there, Ivy.

Last edited by SusiGo (October 15, 2015 8:08 pm)

ukaunz · October 15, 2015 8:07 pm

And because of my time zone I've missed watching it