Murdoch Mysteries

*Murdoch Mysteries*
Murdoch Mysteries
Genre	Crime; Mystery; Period drama;
Based on	Detective Murdoch series; by Maureen Jennings
Developed by	R. B. Carney; Cal Coons; Alexandra Zarowny;
Starring	Yannick Bisson; Hélène Joy (seasons 1–17); Thomas Craig; Jonny Harris; Georgina Reilly (seasons 6–9); Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (seasons 18–present);
Composer	Robert Carli
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	19
No. of episodes	326 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Yannick Bisson; Scott Garvie; Noel Hedges; Peter Mitchell; Christina Jennings; Hélène Joy;
Producers	Jan Peter Meyboom; Julie Lacey; Laura Harbin; Shane Kinnear;
Production locations	Toronto; Oshawa; Belleville; Hamilton; St. John's; Ottawa; Cambridge; Drumheller; Guelph; Pitt Meadows; Dawson City; Bristol, England; Stratford; Kingston; Caledon;
Running time	43–46 minutes
Production companies	Shaftesbury Films; Rogers Media (seasons 1–5); UKTV;
Original release
Network	Citytv (seasons 1–5); CBC (seasons 6–present);
Release	January 20, 2008 –; present
Related
	Except the Dying; Poor Tom Is Cold; Under the Dragon's Tail; Frankie Drake Mysteries;
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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. It stars Yannick Bisson as Detective William Murdoch, a police detective working in Station House Number 4 in Toronto, Ontario, starting in 1890, and including the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The series was titled The Artful Detective on the Ovation cable TV network in the United States, until season twelve.