Sherlock’s Apprentice
“Escape Room Workshops - More than a mystery. It’s a mind game — and you’re in it.”
Sherlock’s Apprentice is not just an experience —
it’s built to transform learning into an immersive game of deduction, language, and nerve.
Inspired by the BBC’s Sherlock, Sherlock’s Apprentice reimagines each episode as a live, interactive challenge. Participants don’t just follow the clues — they chase them. They interrogate suspects, analyse timelines, and reconstruct fractured narratives under pressure. It’s tense. It’s smart. And it’s designed to stick with you.
This isn’t passive learning or standard team training. It’s a mystery in motion. A game played in real time. Every workshop, escape room, styled experience is built to sharpen critical thinking, accelerate collaboration, and ignite confident communication — all through the lens of story-driven problem-solving.
Whether you’re in education, business, or somewhere in between, Sherlock’s Apprentice delivers a modern, cinematic approach to engagement and language learning. It works just as well in classrooms as it does in boardrooms — in person, online, or hybrid — for anyone ready to think fast and speak clearly under pressure.
You don’t have to be a fan of Sherlock to play.
But once the game begins, there’s no turning back.
What Is It?
Sherlock’s Apprentice is a 13-part, escape-room-style workshop series that transforms every episode of BBC’s Sherlock into an interactive English language and logic adventure.
Designed for:
Secondary Schools (KS3–KS5 / IB MYP–DP)
Universities & Language Institutions
Corporate Training & Team Building
Every workshop is adaptable for in-person, hybrid, or online delivery, and built around collaboration, storytelling, and immersive problem-solving.
“When I've eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how mad it might seem, must be the truth.”
- Sherlock Holmes
Featured Workshop: A Study in Pink
Level: B1–C1
Duration: Full day (Two 3-hour sessions)
Morning: Discover Sherlock’s World
Part 1: Entering Sherlock’s World (45 mins)
Clip: Sherlock & Watson meet at Bart’s Hospital
Focus: Vocabulary (e.g., crime scene, deduction, evidence), Grammar (past tenses & modals)
Discussion: “How does Sherlock see what others miss?”
Part 2: Apprentice Detective Skills Training (60 mins)
Rotating Detective Stations:
🔍 Observation & Deduction (scene analysis)
🧠 Logic Puzzle – Jennifer Wilson’s Pink Suitcase
💬 Communication – Dialogue reconstruction from transcripts
Part 3: Escape Room – The Pink Suitcase Mystery (75 mins)
Solve the case using language, logic & teamwork.
Clues include:
The Victim’s Phone
The Abandoned Taxi
Identifying the Killer
Afternoon: Delve into Sherlock’s Mind Palace
Part 4: Language Deep Dive (30 mins)
Transcript analysis of Sherlock’s deductions
Task: Learners perform mini-deductions of classmates
Part 5: Interactive Mystery Investigation (90 mins)
Audio clue analysis
Event sequencing
Roleplay Interview: Interrogate the cab driver (facilitator-led)
Part 6: The Final Apprentice Test & Debriefing (60 mins)
Group Case Presentations
Language targets: deduction modals, narrative tenses, conditionals
Reflection & facilitator feedback
What’s Included
✅ Script excerpts & dialogue reconstructions
✅ Props: pink suitcase, maps, ID cards, bottles
✅ Puzzle materials, clue trails, visuals
✅ Audio clips and collaborative team tasks
✅ Custom facilitator guide & flexible lesson plan
Language Adaptability
Level Support Provided:
B1–B2 Scaffolded grammar, guided puzzle-solving, simplified clues.
B2-C1 Advanced language production, open-ended deductive tasks.
Explore the Full Workshop Series
Each session brings a Sherlock episode to life with narrative immersion, cross-disciplinary learning, and English fluency practice:
Why It Matters
In 2025, engagement is everything. And in a world where attention is short and education risks becoming passive, Sherlock’s Apprentice offers something different.
It turns passive learners into active thinkers
It strengthens teamwork, reasoning, and communication
It shows that language learning isn’t a test — it’s an experience
Through collaborative play, deductive logic, and immersive storytelling, learners build transferable skills they can take beyond the classroom — into life, work, and every conversation that matters.
Delivery Options
We offer:
On-site delivery & facilitation
White-label kits for teachers & trainers
Virtual workshop hosting for remote teams
All materials provided.
Ready to Begin?
Book A Study in Pink or request the full 13-episode series brochure.
Contact: david@hudsonconsultancyonline.com
