BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Secret message in the credits

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** February 3, 2014 6:15 pm

This was on the US version which aired recently:

**Posted by the_dancing_woman** February 4, 2014 6:39 am

Haha, this certainly is odd and also sort of cool. The only question here is why did they do this? Just to please themselves with the reference?

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** February 4, 2014 9:31 am

I guess so. Sort of an Easter Egg for the fans, perhaps.

**Posted by the_dancing_woman** February 4, 2014 10:17 am

It's one of the many reasons why I love people like Gatiss and Moffat.
(Needed a bit to grasp what you meant by "Easter Egg", sorry)

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**Posted by Wholocked** February 4, 2014 10:49 pm

Can someone tell me what the secret message is? That video was too low res for me to make out the letters when they were red on black

**Posted by LeahinTexas** February 9, 2014 9:04 am

That is not unique to Sherlock. They do that for all Masterpiece Mystery! programs. I noticed in other programs, before Sherlock even premiered.

**Posted by LeahinTexas** February 9, 2014 9:05 am

And after I make two posts, I can post a link that briefly explains it!

**Posted by LeahinTexas** February 9, 2014 9:08 am

MASTERPIECE | PBS (Masterpiece Theatre) The red letters that you see during the MASTERPIECE Mystery! end credits are sly references to the program that immediately preceded it. It's all in good fun, and we just want to keep you on your toes!November 2, 2010 at 8:07am · 10

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