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Murdoch Mysteries

Name: Murdoch Mysteries
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Released: 2008-01-24
Rating: 7.667

★ 7,7 /10 (300 Votes)

2008 EN 20 Seasons

Overview

A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.

Stream

First air date

24/01/2008

Votes

300

Popularity

55.9

Forensic sleuthing in the age of invention.

Genres

Mystery Drama

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Created by

Maureen Jennings

Networks

CBC Television, Citytv

Language

Last air date

2026-04-13

Episodes

331

Episode runtime

60 min

Website

www.cbc.ca

Season 1

13 episodes • 2008 • ⭐ 7,3

The Catholic detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) solves his cases in Protestant Toronto at the turn of the centur…

Season 2

13 episodes • 2009 • ⭐ 7,2

William Murdoch has to deal with high-profile criminals and solves the mysterious cases in his usual manner in his own s…

Season 3

13 episodes • 2010 • ⭐ 7,1

From Bristol in England to Chinatown in Toronto - in the third season, progressive criminologist William Murdoch is draw…

Season 4

13 episodes • 2011 • ⭐ 7,7

Murdoch and his team have their hands full again in the fourth season. They have to investigate a variety of mysterious …

Yannick Bisson

Detective William Murdoch

Helene Joy

Dr. Julia Ogden

Thomas Craig

Chief Constable Thomas Brackenreid

Jonny Harris

Constable George Crabtree

Lachlan Murdoch

Constable Henry Higgins

Original Soundtrack

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When I first reviewed this series for another site several years ago, I gave The Murdoch Mysteries, an emphatic endorsement. Regrettably, since then, like so much other entertainment, its become a vehicle for woke ideologues to push their brand of "intolerant, tolerance" on viewers.Its revisionism is, to make matters worse,completely out of touch with the period in which this series is set. My advice, watch the first 10 or so seasons, they offer up a uniquely Canadian take on Agatha Christie style murder mysteries, albeit set in a slightly earlier, Victorian and Edwardian period. Ac…

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I completely concur with MovieGuys. My wife and I loved this show and up until around season 12, to maybe 13, this show is a wonderful period piece. Acting is great, character and story development are very entertaining. However, as with so many shows these days, it has died the death of a thousand ideologies.

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