UK Company Developing Reality Competition Series Inspired by the World of Sherlock Holmes

Remarkable Entertainment struck a deal with the Conan Doyle Estate to develop the unscripted show.

British film director Guy Ritchie (L) gives instructions prior to the shooting of a scene in "Sherlock Holmes 2", on the cathedral square in Strasbourg, France, on Feb. 4, 2011. Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images

Amateur sleuths can put their deductive reasoning skills to the test in a new reality series competition inspired by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary Sherlock Holmes.

Remarkable Entertainment, a subsidiary of Banijay UK Productions, announced on Wednesday that it had struck a deal with the Conan Doyle Estate to develop an unscripted show that draws on the world of his famous fictional detective.