Use the partnership, not just Holmes’s name
Hartswood’s Sherlock first-series record places Holmes and Dr. Watson meeting in London in 2010 and credits Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. CBS’s 2012 schedule announcement instead describes its Elementary pairing of Holmes with Joan Watson in New York, investigating cases with the NYPD.
The distinction is not simply British versus American audio on one programme. These are different adaptations with separately cast relationships and episode lists. If you remember Joan Watson, retain Elementary and Lucy Liu in the request. If you mean Freeman’s John Watson, retain Sherlock and the London production.
Read format at the level the source actually supports
Hartswood lists the first Sherlock series as three named programmes: A Study in Pink, The Blind Banker and The Great Game. Each has a 90-minute commissioned format and its own 2010 release date. That supports a first-series planning decision; it is not a statement that every related special or later edition has an identical runtime.
For a viewing session, check the selected item’s actual duration. A long-form Sherlock instalment and a conventional episode from another adaptation are not equivalent units merely because each is called episode one. Do not promise a group that both will fit the same time slot without checking the chosen records.
Keep adapted stories separate from episode equivalence
Both works draw on the Holmes tradition, but a shared source character or familiar story reference does not prove that matching episode numbers adapt the same case. If your purpose is adaptation comparison, identify the specific story relationship and episode titles rather than pairing entries by their ordinal position.
A useful bounded question is how each selected opening establishes the detective–Watson partnership. Support the discussion with scenes after viewing. The production sources establish casting, city and format; they do not establish a judgment about which adaptation is more faithful, clever or enjoyable.
Resolve a mixed search result
Save “Sherlock — Cumberbatch/Freeman — London” or “Elementary — Miller/Liu — New York,” followed by the exact episode title. If artwork and synopsis appear to disagree, return to the individual programme record and compare credited roles. A broad search collection can contain both without making either a continuation of the other.
Finally, verify the Canadian edition’s current tracks and access separately. The historical CBS schedule and Hartswood production record identify works; they do not prove that both are available together in a particular subscription. No episode viewing or comparative performance review is implied by this source-based distinction.
Sources and scope
Scope notes distinguish published documentation, supplied information and editorial methods. They do not report a hands-on service test.
- Hartswood Films: Sherlock, first series — London 2010 opening, Cumberbatch/Freeman cast and three separately listed 90-minute first-series programmes. Primary official indexed excerpts or explicitly read page sections reviewed; programme playback and Canadian account availability not tested.
- CBS: 2012–2013 schedule announcement — Indexed official Elementary/JoanWatson/NewYork premise; full-page follow-up redirected to location-not-allowed, so no additional page details used. Primary official indexed excerpts or explicitly read page sections reviewed; programme playback and Canadian account availability not tested.
- Paramount Global Content: Elementary — Explicit Jonny Lee Miller/Sherlock, Lucy Liu/Joan Watson, Manhattan premise and 2012–2019 production identity; strengthens recovered casting evidence. Primary official indexed excerpts or explicitly read page sections reviewed; programme playback and Canadian account availability not tested.
