Houdini & Doyle
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Starring | Stephen Mangan Michael Weston |
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Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
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Production location | The Space Project |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
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Release | March 13, 2016 present | –
Houdini and Doyle is a British-Canadian-American television drama series based on the friendship of Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A 10-episode first season was ordered by Fox in the United States, ITV in the United Kingdom, and Global in Canada.[2] The pilot episode was written by co-creators David Hoselton and David Titcher.[2] The first episode was broadcast on ITV on Sunday 13 March 2016.[3]
Premise
Harry Houdini is a skeptic who doesn't believe anything unless he can see it himself. Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle is a believer who wants to prove that the supernatural is real. The drama opens in 1900, shortly after the publication of Doyle's The Great Boer War. Houdini and Doyle become involved in the investigation of several mysterious deaths. They argue over whether the causes are natural or supernatural, and often wager on the cause, which causes their police liaison, Constable Stratton, some embarrassment.
Cast
- Michael Weston as Harry Houdini[3][4][5]
- Stephen Mangan as Arthur Conan Doyle[4][5]
- Rebecca Liddiard as Adelaide Stratton[4][5]
- Emily Carey as Mary Conan Doyle[5][6]
- Noah Jupe as Kingsley Conan Doyle[5][7]
- Tim McInnerny as Horace Merring[3][5]
- Adam Nagaitis as George Gudgett[5]
Production
The series was filmed on two stages at The Space Project in Manchester.[8]
Episode List
Season 1 (2016)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Direction by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "The Maggie's Redress" | Stephen Hopkins | David Hoselton & David N. Titcher | March 13, 2016 | |
Houdini, Doyle and Adelaide investigate when a nun from one of the notorious Magdalene Laundries is murdered. A witness claims that the murderer was a young woman tormented by the nun - but she's been dead for 6 months. | ||||||
2 | 2 | "A Dish of Adharma" | Stephen Hopkins | David Hoselton | March 17, 2016 | |
A 12-year-old boy shoots a prominent suffragette, claiming he is avenging his own murder - in a past life. Houdini, Doyle and Adelaide investigate. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "In Manus Dei" | Daniel O'Hara | Melissa R. Byer & Treena Hancock | March 24, 2016 | |
At a public display by a faith healer, a heckler in the crowd is mysteriously struck down. Houdini and Doyle investigate if the healer is channelling the power of God as he claims, and if so can he help Doyle's dying wife? | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Spring-Heel'd Jack" | Daniel O'Hara | Carl Binder | March 31, 2016 | |
Panic grips the city as a demon who feeds off fear returns from the past, killing via seemingly impossible means, piquing the interest of Houdini and Doyle. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "The Curse of Korzha" | Ed Bazalgette | Joshua Brandon | April 7, 2016 | |
A psychic challenges Houdini and Doyle in an unexpected race to save a young girl from a kidnapper intent on murder by drowning. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "The Monsters of Nethermoor" | Ed Bazalgette | Nazrin Choudhury | April 14, 2016 | |
Houdini and Doyle, with Constable Adelaide, investigate an apparent alien abduction at a remote mining town, fighting against local prejudices. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "Bedlam" | Robert Lieberman | David N. Titcher | April 21, 2016 | |
Doyle battles his past while investigating demonic possession spread from an insane asylum with Houdini and Constable Adelaide. | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Strigoi" | Robert Lieberman | Carl Binder | April 28, 2016 | |
When the housemaid of Doyle's old friend Bram Stoker is murdered with a stake through the heart, suspicions arise that Stoker may either be the killer...or a vampire. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Necromanteion" | Jeff Renfroe | Melissa R. Byer and Treena Hancock | May 5, 2016 | |
While Houdini visits New York to bury his mother, Doyle and Adelaide investigate a murderous poltergeist in Canada, encountering Thomas Edison with his newest invention, the Necrophone, a device for communicating with the dead. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "The Pall of LaPier"[9] | TBA | TBA | May 12, 2016 |
Broadcast
The series premiered on ITV in the United Kingdom 13 March 2016.[10] It will premiere on 2 May 2016, on Global in Canada and Fox in the United States.[11][12] Now TV became the Online Streaming Network for the series on 24 June 2015.[13]
References
- ^ a b c d "Houdini and Doyle". The Futon Critic. Futon Media. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (19 March 2015). "'Houdini And Doyle' Series Picked Up By Fox, ITV & Shaw Media". Deadline.com. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ^ a b c The Guardian Staff (13 March 2016). "Sunday's best TV: Indian Summers, Houdini & Doyle, The Night Manager". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "Houdini and Doyle". The Futon Critic. Futon Media. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Houdini & Doyle: Interviews". Life of Wylie. United States. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
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- ^ Cabin, Chris (24 June 2015). "HOUDINI AND DOYLE Will Debut in 2016 on Fox; HOUSE Creator Producing". Collider. United States. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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External links
- Houdini and Doyle at Fox
- Houdini and Doyle at IMDb
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