The Great Detective

This article is about the television series. For other uses, see The Great Detective (disambiguation).

The Great Detective is a Canadian television drama, which aired on CBC from 1979 to 1982. It starred Douglas Campbell and James Dugan.

The Great Detective
Starring	Douglas Campbell James Dugan
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	35
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	January 17, 1979 (1979-01-17) – March 4, 1982 (1982-03-04)

Background

The Great Detective was inspired by the exploits of John Wilson Murray, Canada's first government-appointed detective, set in the latter part of the Victorian era. The leading character, Inspector Alistair Cameron, was a fictional counterpart of Murray. Inspector Cameron was ably assisted by his friend, forensic scientist Dr. Chisholm. A taped series, The Great Detective was produced on location at Rockwood, Kleinburg and Shadow Lake in Ontario, as well as Victoria, areas of downtown Toronto and CBC's television Studio 7.

Episodes

Season 1 (1979)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"The Case of the Magic Mandarin"	Unknown	Unknown	January 17, 1979 (1979-01-17)
2	2	"The Black Curse"	Unknown	Unknown	January 24, 1979 (1979-01-24)
3	3	"Death Takes a Curtain Call"	Unknown	Unknown	January 31, 1979 (1979-01-31)
4	4	"Murder at Blenheim Swamp"	Unknown	Unknown	February 7, 1979 (1979-02-07)
5	5	"Bloodhounds Can't Fly"	Moira Armstrong	Frank McEnaney	February 14, 1979 (1979-02-14)
6	6	"Nightwalker of the Wards"	Jack Nixon-Browne	John C.W. Saxton	February 21, 1979 (1979-02-21)
7	7	"Pretty Mary Mitchell"	Unknown	Unknown	February 28, 1979 (1979-02-28)
8	8	"The Curious Death of a Maiden Lady"	Unknown	Unknown	March 7, 1979 (1979-03-07)
9	9	"The Song of the Hemp"	Unknown	Unknown	March 14, 1979 (1979-03-14)
10	10	"Fire at Fenroy"	Unknown	Unknown	March 21, 1979 (1979-03-21)

Season 2 (1980)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
11	1	"Train of Events"	Unknown	Unknown	January 2, 1980 (1980-01-02)
12	2	"The Eye of Clarkie Blackburn"	Harvey Frost	William Davidson	January 9, 1980 (1980-01-09)
13	3	"A Family Business"	Unknown	Unknown	January 16, 1980 (1980-01-16)
14	4	"Murder in Sepia"	Barry Cranstoun	R.B. Carney	January 23, 1980 (1980-01-23)
15	5	"A Watery Grave"	Unknown	Unknown	January 30, 1980 (1980-01-30)
16	6	"Spirit Guide"	Unknown	Unknown	February 6, 1980 (1980-02-06)
17	7	"The Man Who Died Twice"	Bill Hays	Gordon Ruttan	February 13, 1980 (1980-02-13)
18	8	"Too Many Cooks"	Unknown	Unknown	February 20, 1980 (1980-02-20)

Season 3 (1981)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
19	1	"A Question of Loyalties"	F. Harvey Frost	Peter Wildeblood	January 13, 1981 (1981-01-13)
20	2	"Death Visit"	Jack Nixon-Browne	Bryan Wade	January 20, 1981 (1981-01-20)
21	3	"Sins of the Fathers"	Barry Cranstoun	Bryan Barney	January 27, 1981 (1981-01-27)
22	4	"Scull-Duggery"	F. Harvey Frost	R.B. Carney	February 3, 1981 (1981-02-03)
23	5	"Murder by Proxy: Part 1"	Barry Cranstoun	Gordon Ruttan	February 10, 1981 (1981-02-10)
24	6	"Murder by Proxy: Part 2"	F. Harvey Frost	Gordon Ruttan	February 17, 1981 (1981-02-17)
25	7	"Horror in the Wax Museum"	F. Harvey Frost	R.B. Carney	February 24, 1981 (1981-02-24)
26	8	"Murder in Motion"	Unknown	Unknown	March 3, 1981 (1981-03-03)
27	9	"If Looks Could Kill"	Unknown	Unknown	March 10, 1981 (1981-03-10)

Season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
28	1	"Death Circuit"	Unknown	Unknown	January 14, 1982 (1982-01-14)
29	2	"Damned Indenture"	Unknown	Unknown	January 21, 1982 (1982-01-21)
30	3	"Bodies in the Belfry"	TBA	TBA	TBA
31	4	"Star of Bengal"	TBA	TBA	TBA
32	5	"Death on Delivery"	TBA	TBA	TBA
33	6	"Death and Dishonour"	TBA	TBA	TBA
34	7	"Eeny Meenie Murder"	TBA	TBA	TBA
35	8	"Circus"	TBA	TBA	TBA

External links

• The Great Detective at IMDb
• The Great Detective at Canadian Communications Foundation
• TVArchive