Murdoch Mysteries
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CBC's Murdoch Mysteries (2008–) follows Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) of the Toronto Constabulary in the 1890s. A scientifically minded policeman, he solves murders with fingerprinting, ultraviolet light, and contraptions decades ahead of their time.
The period detail is Canadiana Victoriana: gaslit Toronto streets, the dawn of the automobile and the telephone, and a parade of real historical figures — Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Arthur Conan Doyle — crossing Murdoch's path. The show treats the 1890s as an age of invention, with Murdoch inventing half of it.
Victorian fans love it as comfort-viewing Victoriana — clever, warm-hearted, and endlessly inventive. It is also one of the longest-running scripted dramas in Canadian television history.
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