Murdoch Mysteries
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Murdoch Mysteries |
 | |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2008 |
| Production company |
Shaftesbury Films , Rogers Media (Seasons 1-5) , UKTV , ITV Studios , CBC (Season 6) |
| length | 42 minutes |
| Episodes | 169+ in 11+ seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Crime , drama |
| Theme music | Robert Carli |
| idea |
Books: Maureen Jennings |
| production |
Scott Garvie , Noel Hedges , Cal Coons , Christina Jennings , Jan Peter Meyboom |
| First broadcast | January 20, 2008 (Canada) on Citytv |
| occupation | |
Murdoch Mysteries is a Canadian crime series that has been produced for the Canadian broadcaster Citytv since 2007 . It is based on the novel series Detective Murdoch by Maureen Jennings and is about the Canadian detective William Murdoch, who worked in Toronto , Ontario in the 1890s . She started in Canada on January 20, 2008 on Citytv.
In early March 2018, CBC extended the series for a twelfth season.
action
Murdoch Mysteries succeeds the police detective William Murdoch, who solves criminal cases in the Canadian city of Toronto in the 1890s using methods that were advanced at the time, including fingerprinting , surveillance , and blood tests . Since he is way ahead of his time, he keeps clashing with colleagues from other stations and above all with his direct superior, Inspector Brackenreid. In solving his cases, William is supported by doctor Julia Ogden and his inexperienced colleague Constable Crabtree.
characters
- Detective William Murdoch
- William is an intelligent, observant detective who uses techniques that are unusual for his time, such as blood tests and fingerprints. Born in Nova Scotia as the son of a fisherman, he was raised in a Jesuit- run orphanage after his mother's death , which means he speaks fluent French and is now a devout Catholic. For a long time William harbored a grudge against his father, whom he originally blamed for his mother's death and who left him to the Jesuits after his mother's death. Although William has a photographic memory and an enormous amount of knowledge, which he mainly acquired self-taught, he often finds it difficult to communicate emotionally with other people. Due to his unusual techniques and his impartial opinion, he often clashes with his boss, Inspector Brackenreid. From the second season he has a secret on / off relationship with Julia Ogden, which she makes public at the beginning of the third season. At the end of the third season, she ended the relationship again.
- Inspector Thomas Brackenreid
- Thomas is the chief of police station No. 4. In contrast to Det. Murdoch, Backenreid initially likes to carry out most of his interrogations through threats and violence. For him, quick results count more than thorough examinations and he often forms his judgment about suspects on the basis of social positions or personal impressions. He grew up in Yorkshire and served in the British Army before becoming a police officer, including fighting in Afghanistan . Now he and his wife have two sons, enjoy going to the theater and having a drink. Quickly excitable and persistent, with a sarcastic sense of humor, he is very good at traditional policing and proud of his job. He often disagrees with Williams' methods, but uses them at times when he thinks they deserve it.
- Dr. Julia Ogden
- Julia is a daughter from a wealthy family and a talented pathologist and undertaker . Her mother has already died and she has a strained relationship with her father, as she was one of the first women in Canada to study medicine against his will and is still single. She likes to conduct her autopsy accompanied by loud music. She suppresses the often unpleasant sides of her job with a somewhat macabre sense of humor. During her studies, she was caught swimming nude with some of her colleagues from the university and therefore already has a criminal record. From the second season she has a secret relationship with William Murdoch, which she makes public at the beginning of the third season. Julia knows about Williams' longing for a family of her own, but since she cannot have children through an illegal abortion, she confronts William with a fait accompli at the end of season three and leaves Toronto for a children's hospital in Buffalo . In Buffalo, she becomes engaged to a doctor at the children's hospital and returns to Toronto with her fiancé in season 4, where she resumes her old position.
- Constable George Crabtree
- George is William's inexperienced partner, but he often gives useful insights into cases and, under Det. Murdoch's guidance , does most of the forensic legwork, such as collecting evidence. He is eager and often utters random things that he thinks will help Murdoch solve the case, which they don't really do. He also frequently refers to his aunts, each of whom has been named after a variety of flowers. George's lively and sometimes a bit clumsy manner, as well as his inexhaustible imagination, are a wonderful contrast to Williams' somewhat stiff and serious personality and it always leads to inevitably funny situations. Georg Crabtree is played by Jonny Harris, who is actually a comedian, which one notices over and over again in the role of George.
occupation
| Role name | Actress | Main role (season) |
Supporting role (season) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detective William Murdoch | Yannick Bisson | 1- | ||
| Dr. Julia Ogden | Hélène Joy | 1- | ||
| Inspector Thomas Brackenreid | Thomas Craig | 1- | ||
| Constable George Crabtree | Jonny Harris | 1- | ||
| Constable Higgins | Lachlan Murdoch | 1- | ||
| Sally Pendrick | Kate Greenhouse | 3 | ||
| James Pendrick | Peter Stebbings | 3 | ||
| Dr. Llewllyn Francis | Paul Rhys | 4th | ||
| Dr. Darcy Garland | Jonathan Watton | 4– |
Charisma
- Canada
The first broadcast in Canada began on January 20, 2008 on the local broadcaster Citytv . After thirteen episodes aired, the first season ended on April 13, 2008. The second season was broadcast between February 10 and May 27, 2009, the third from March 14 to June 13, 2010 and the fourth from June 7 to August 31, 2011. Despite steadily increasing audience numbers the broadcaster Citytv announced in September 2011 that it would not produce another season after the fifth season. Two months later it was announced that the broadcaster CBC would take over the series after the fifth season and produce a sixth season. The broadcast of the fifth season is planned from June 6, 2012.
- Great Britain
In the UK , the first season was shown from February 19 to May 20, 2008 by Alibi . While the second was broadcast parallel to Canada from February to May 2009, the third began a month before Canada on February 16, 2010. This ended in May 2010, before the fourth season between February 15 and May 10 2011 was seen. The fifth season was broadcast from February 28 to May 22, 2012.
- International
Internationally, the series is broadcast in France by France 3 , in Turkey by Digiturk , in Australia by its 13th Street branch, in Sweden by Kanal 9 , in Italy by Rai 3 and by the Russian broadcaster TWZ . So far there is no German-language broadcast, neither in Germany , nor in Austria or Switzerland .
Publications
A DVD release of the first season with region code 1 was released on June 16, 2009. The release in Great Britain with region code 2 and in Australia with region code 4 was released on February 9 and June 26, 2009. The second season was released respectively on May 4, 2010 in the US, February 15, 2010 in the UK, and February 10, 2011 in Australia. The third season went on sale May 3 in the US and February 9, 2011 in Australia. In the UK, however, there was no separate third season, but only the first three seasons as a complete box on August 30, 2010. On May 23, 2011, the fourth season was released there. The fourth season was released in the USA and Australia on May 29 and June 6, 2012.
Various seasons of the series have so far been released on Blu-ray Disc in the United States alone. The third season appeared on May 3, 2011, the first on April 17, 2012 and the fourth season on May 29, 2012.
Awards and nominations
In Canada, the series was well received by critics, so it received a total of eight nominations from the Directors Guild of Canada between 2008 and 2011 , including that of the best drama series and some in the creative categories such as production design , sound editing and directing . In the end, however, she was only able to win that of Outstanding Sound Processing in a TV Series . In 2008 and 2009, the series also found consideration for the most important television award in Canada, the Gemini Award , through its 15 nominations, of which it ultimately won two. At the Young Artist Awards 2009 , Jesse Bostick was nominated for an award for his guest role in the episode Child's Play (season 1, episode 10) .
Web links
- Murdoch Mysteries in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
- Murdoch Mysteries at TheTVDB.com
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Diane Wilde: New dates for Murdoch Mysteries premiere . TV eh? . January 8, 2008. Archived from the original on January 11, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
- ↑ Canada's most watched drama Murdoch Mysteries renewed for season 12 .
- ^ Murdoch Mysteries heads for final season . CBC approx . September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
- ↑ Debra Yeo: CBC picks up Murdoch Mysteries . TheStar.com . November 16, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
- ↑ 30th Annual Young Artist Award - Nominations . Young Artist Award . Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2012.