The Blind Banker

"**The Blind Banker**"
"The Blind Banker"
Sherlock episode
	Title card of the episode
Episode no.	Series 1; Episode 2
Directed by	Euros Lyn
Written by	Stephen Thompson
Based on	"The Adventure of the Dancing Men"; by Arthur Conan Doyle
Featured music	David Arnold; Michael Price;
Cinematography by	Steve Lawes
Original air date	1 August 2010
Running time	88 minutes
Guest appearances
	Louise Brealey as Molly Hooper; Zoe Telford as Sarah Sawyer; Gemma Chan as Soo Lin Yao; Paul Chequer as D.I. Dimmock; Bertie Carvel as Seb Wilkes; Daniel Percival as Eddie Van Coon; Al Weaver as Andy Galbraith; Howard Coggins as Brian Lukis; Janice Acquah as Museum Director; Jack Bence as Raz; John MacMillan as Community Police Officer; Olivia Poulet as Amanda;
Episode chronology
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"The Blind Banker" is the second episode of the television series Sherlock, first broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on 1 August 2010. It was written by Stephen Thompson and directed by Euros Lyn.

Sherlock is a loose adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, set in the modern day. "The Blind Banker" follows Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and John Watson (Martin Freeman) as they investigate a series of ciphers representing numbers in an ancient Chinese numeral system which have been left by a Chinese smuggling ring who are intent to kill to retrieve an item one of them stole.

It attracted 8.07 million viewers on BBC One and BBC HD. Critical reception was generally positive, though some reviewers felt it was inferior to the first episode. The episode was also criticised for its orientalist clichés.