Lara Pulver's nude scenes in Sherlock top the BBC iPlayer charts

London: The episode, called A Scandal In Belgravia, featured Pulver as Irene Adler who filmed one notable scene entirely naked except for her high heel shoes.

According to the Sun.co.uk report, the programme — the first show of the second series which screened on New Year’s Day — drew around 100 complaints from viewers who were offended by the nude scenes.

The BBC responded to the complaints about Sherlock saying the nudity had been carefully discussed “to ensure it was appropriate for a pre-watershed audience”.

New figures show it has now been viewed 2.5million times on the iPlayer — 600,000 more than the next most popular show, which was the third instalment of the drama series.

Sherlock proved to be a massive draw in general, taking all of the top three places in the most-watched list in the period from January to April of this year.