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Murdoch Mysteries is a Canadian television drama series that premiered on Citytv on January 20, 2008, and currently airs on CBC. The series is based on characters from the Detective Murdoch novels by Maureen Jennings and stars Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [3]
Detective Murdoch, who is portrayed by Peter Outerbridge in the TV movies and by Yannick Bisson [1] in the series, is an intelligent, observant detective who uses unusual (for the time) techniques such as blood testing and fingerprinting.
In July 2007, Shaftesbury Films began filming a 13-episode series based on both Maureen Jennings' novels and the Murdoch Mysteries TV movies, which would air on Bravo! in 2008. [5] However, subsequent changes in Canadian media ownership resulted in Bravo! being owned by CTVglobemedia , whereas Murdoch Mysteries was acquired by Rogers ...
Detective Murdoch investigates the murder of Dolly Capshaw, a midwife who provides abortion care. Using new techniques such as fingerprints (or finger marks as they are known in the Murdoch milieu) and handwriting analysis, Murdoch eliminates a number of suspects but has proof that a self-righteous and nosy neighbor, Mr. Golding, was in the ...
Poor Tom Is Cold is a 2004 made-for-TV film starring Peter Outerbridge, Colm Meaney, Keeley Hawes, and Flora Montgomery.The second film to feature the character of William Murdoch and his unique ways of doing detective work, the film is based on the novel by Maureen Jennings of the same name, [1] and was directed by Michael DeCarlo from a screenplay by Janet MacLean.
Yannick Denis Bisson [1] (born May 16, 1969) is a Canadian film and television actor and director. He is famous for playing Detective William Murdoch on the series Murdoch Mysteries for over 15 years, since 2008. [2]
Shaftesbury is a creator and producer of original content for television and digital platforms. Shaftesbury's slate includes 11 seasons of Murdoch Mysteries for CBC, UKTV, and ITV STUDIOS Global Entertainment; detective drama Frankie Drake for CBC; Houdini & Doyle for Sony Pictures Television, Corus Entertainment, ITV, and Fox; thriller series Slasher for NBCUniversal's Chiller and now ...
As Murdoch digs deeper into the death, he discovers that there is something more sinister going on and that the young girl was employed by a very rich and prominent family in Toronto. Her autopsy, conducted by forensic scientist Dr. Julia Ogden working as coroner, reveals she was pregnant and had opium in her system, which makes Murdoch even ...