Murdoch Mysteries is a Canadian television drama series that premiered on Citytv on January 20, 2008. Currently airs on CBC. The series is based on characters from the Detective Murdoch novels by Maureen Jennings of a police detective working in Toronto in the late 19th century. The series was titled The Artful Detective on the Ovation cable TV network in the United States. Here is what you need to know about season 14 of Murdoch Mysteries!
What are Murdoch Mysteries all about?
The series takes place in Toronto starting in 1895 and follows Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) of the Toronto Constabulary, who solves many of his cases using methods of detection that were unusual at the time. These methods include fingerprinting blood testing, surveillance, and trace evidence.
Some episodes feature anachronistic technology whereby Murdoch sometimes uses the existing technology of his time to improvise a crude prototype of a technology. In one episode, for instance, he creates a primitive version of sonar to locate a sunken ship in Lake Ontario. In still another, a foreign police officer has a photograph that Murdoch needs as evidence so Murdoch. Consequently, asks the other officer to overlay the photograph with a grid numerically coded for the color in each square. Subsequently, to transmit the numerical data to Murdoch via telegraph with the end result that the foreign office. It has essentially sent Murdoch a bitmap image they call a facsimile. This aspect of the show has been described as introducing elements of the steampunk genre of science fiction.
When is the show releasing?
The new season 14 of Murdoch Mysteries is releasing on 20 February 2021. You can now watch this with your friends and family! It is streaming on CBC.