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CBC announces Winter 2025 streaming and broadcast premiere dates

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From a media release:

CBC today announced streaming and broadcast premiere dates for its winter 2025 slate of new and returning programming on CBC Gem and CBC TV, including more than 30 original series from Canadian creators, producers, and storytellers reflecting people, places and perspectives from across the country. The first episode of all series will be available to stream on CBC Gem starting at 9 a.m. ET on their premiere dates noted below, with a new episode available weekly at the same time unless otherwise specified. CBC TV local broadcast times are noted in parentheses (for Newfoundland and Labrador, please add half an hour to all times). CBC’s special holiday programming will be announced separately in December.

New Canadian Original Series

SAINT-PIERRE New Drama Series (10×60) – Premieres Monday January 6 (9 p.m.)

Fitz (Allan Hawco, Republic of Doyle, Jack Ryan) and Arch (Joséphine Jobert, Death in Paradise) – two seasoned officers with very different policing skills and approaches – are forced to work together to solve unique crimes in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, the French territory just off the coast of Newfoundland.

NORTH OF NORTH New Comedy Series (8×30) – Premieres Tuesday, January 7 (9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., before continuing at 9 p.m. as of January 14)

Filmed in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Inuk actor Anna Lambe (True Detective, Trickster, The Grizzlies) stars as Siaja, a young Inuk woman who dreams of reinventing herself in her tiny Arctic community of Ice Cove, a town where everybody knows your business. After a spontaneous — and extremely public — exit from her marriage, Siaja finds herself navigating the unpredictable, and often hilarious, highs and lows that come with relationships, motherhood, a new job, and finding your way.

SMALL ACHIEVABLE GOALS New Comedy Series (8×30) – Premieres Tuesday, February 25 (9 p.m.)

Baroness von Sketch Show’s Jennifer Whalen and Meredith MacNeill star as two wildly different women in the throes of menopause, thrust together to produce a podcast. The pair embark on an unpredictable journey of transformation, helping each other through workplace challenges and office politics, dating disasters and relationship drama, and some serious health concerns. This comedy follows them on a hormonal adventure where their friendship is the key to finding solace, strength, and a new way forward.

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Returning Series

CORONATION STREET ongoing (weekdays at 7 p.m.; Fridays at 7:30 p.m.)

FAMILY FEUD CANADA Season 6 (64×30) – Premieres Monday, December 30, airs Mondays – Thursdays (7:30 p.m.)

DRAGONS’ DEN Season 19 (12×60) – Continues Thursday, January 2 (8 p.m.)

THE NATURE OF THINGS Season 64 (11×60) – Premieres Thursday, January 2 (9 p.m.) The new season tears down stereotypes of TEENAGERS (Jan. 2) across the species, breaks into a SWEAT! (Jan. 9) exploring the complex cooling system of humans, and investigates the FOODSPIRACY (Jan. 16) behind ultra processed foods.

SKYMED Season 3 (9×60) – Premieres Sunday, January 5 (9 p.m.)

MURDOCH MYSTERIES Season 18 (22×60) – Continues Monday, January 6 (8 p.m.)

THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES Season 32 (24×30) – Continues Tuesday, January 7 (8 p.m.)

SON OF A CRITCH Season 4 (13×30) – Premieres Tuesday, January 7 (8:30 p.m.)

WILD CARDS Season 2 (13×60) – Premieres Wednesday, January 8 (8 p.m.)

HALIFAX COMEDY FEST Seasons 27 and 28 (6×30) – Premieres Tuesday, January 14 (9:30 p.m.)

ALLEGIANCE Season 2 (10×60) – Premieres Wednesday, January 15 (9 p.m.)

STUFF THE BRITISH STOLE Season 2 (8×30) – Premieres Friday, January 24 (8:30 p.m.)

CANADA’S ULTIMATE CHALLENGE Season 3 (7×60) – Premieres Thursday, February 27 (8 p.m.)

WINNIPEG COMEDY FESTIVAL Season 22 and 23 (5×60) – Premieres Sunday, March 9 (9 p.m.)

YOU’RE MY HERO Season 2 (6×15) – All episodes available to stream on CBC Gem beginning Friday, March 14

BOLLYWED Season 3 (8×30) – Premieres Thursday, March 20 (9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.)

GHOSTING WITH LUKE HUTCHIE AND MATTHEW FINLAN Season 2 (8×30) – All episodes available to stream on CBC Gem beginning Friday, March 21

Ghosting with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan

CBC News

ABOUT THAT WITH ANDREW CHANG (15×30) – Continues Friday, January 10 at 8:30 p.m. on CBC TV (Weekday mornings on the CBC News streaming channel and available now on CBC Gem)

MARKETPLACE Season 52 (14×30) – Continues Friday, January 24 (8 p.m.)

THE FIFTH ESTATE Season 50 (14×60) – Continues Friday, January 24 (9 p.m.)

THE NATIONAL – ongoing (live at 10 p.m. weekdays and Sundays on CBC TV and CBC Gem)

CBC’s flagship national newscast with Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault (Monday – Thursday) and Ian Hanomansing (Friday and Sunday)

CBC MORNING LIVE WITH HEATHER HISCOX (Weekday mornings on CBC TV and CBC News Network)

CANADA TONIGHT WITH TRAVIS DHANRAJ (Weeknights on CBC News Network)

POWER & POLITICS WITH DAVID COCHRANE (Weeknights on CBC News Network)

ROSEMARY BARTON LIVE (Sundays on CBC TV and CBC News Network)

CBC Sports

CBC SPORTS PRESENTS – ongoing (live on Saturday and Sunday afternoons on CBC TV and CBC Gem)

With the Olympic Winter Games Milano-Cortina 2026 on the horizon, CBC SPORTS brings audiences all the action from the world of high-performance sport with key competitions including: FIS Alpine Skiing Men’s Downhill (Jan. 25 in iconic Kitzbuhel, Austria); FIS Alpine World Ski Championships (Feb. 4 – 16, Saalbach, Austria); FIL Luge World Championship (Feb. 8, Whistler, Canada); IBSF Bobsleigh & Skeleton World Championships (Mar. 6 – 16, Lake Placid, USA); ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships (Mar. 14 – 16, Beijing, China); ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships (Mar. 13 – 16, Hamar, Norway); FIS Snowboard & Freestyle Skiing World Championships (Mar. 17 – 30, Engadin, Switzerland); and ISU World Figure Skating Championships (Mar 26 – 30, Boston, USA). Canada will also host international competitors at the following World Cup events: ISU World Cup Speed Skating (Jan. 24 – 26, Calgary); FIS World Cup Freestyle Skiing (Jan. 25 – 26, Lac-Beauport, Que.); FIS World Cup Freestyle Skiing Moguls (Jan. 31 – Feb. 1, Val Saint-Côme, Que.); FIS Snowboarding World Cup (Feb. 15 – 16, Val Saint-Côme, Que.); FIS World Cup Freestyle Skiing Slopestyle (Feb. 20 – 22, Stoneham, Que.); FIS Snowboarding World Cup (Feb 21 – 22, Calgary); and FIS World Cup Freestyle Ski Cross (Mar. 12 – 15, Craigleith, Ont.). Visit cbcsports.ca for the full schedule.

CBC Kids

THE BRAVEST KNIGHT Season 2 (13×11) – Premieres Friday, December 13 on CBC Gem and Sunday, January 12 on CBC TV

Sir Cedric – a former pumpkin farmer turned knight, now grown up and married to the prince of his dreams – shares the story of his transformative journey with his 10-year-old adopted daughter, Nia. Through his stories, Nia, who is herself training to become a knight, learns important chivalric values such as honour, justice and compassion. Alan Cumming and Jane Lynch joining returning voice actors TR Knight, Christine Baranski, Wilson Cruz, Steven Weber and Bobby Moynihan.

LANA LONGBEARD New Animated Series (52×11) – Premieres Friday, December 20 on CBC Gem, with weekly episodes continuing to roll out on CBC Gem as of Friday, January 3

Twelve-year-old Lana Longbeard yearns to join her father Captain Andar on his heroic adventures at sea and leave her home island behind. When Andar decides he’s ready to hang up the hammer and retire Lana takes matters into her own hands, hijacking her father’s ship. After catching up with her Andar is inspired to continue to quest, now together with Lana on a father-daughter voyage of adventure. Set sail with LANA LONGBEARD as she sails across the ten realms with the ragtag crew of the Mighty Windbreaker ship in pursuit of glorious quests, fabulous treasure and delicious pancakes!

GANGNAM PROJECT Season 2 (10×30) – All episodes available to stream on CBC Gem beginning Monday, March 3

Season 2 follows the young K-pop performers as they transition from One Mile Entertainment trainees through the excitement and make-or-break journey of becoming professional K-pop idols. But while the highs are high, the lows can be even lower – it’s not easy suddenly being in the spotlight. With pressure from OME, expectations from the fans, and dealing with creative differences as a group, friendship and commitment are tested like never before.

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CBC sets fall 2024 streaming and broadcast premiere dates for new and returning original series on CBC Gem and CBC TV

From a media release:

CBC today announced streaming and broadcast premiere dates for its fall 2024 slate of new and returning programming on CBC Gem and CBC TV, including more than 20 original series and specials from Canadian creators, producers, and storytellers reflecting people, places and perspectives from across the country. The first episode of all series will be available to stream on CBC Gem starting at 9 a.m. ET on their premiere dates noted below with a new episode available weekly at the same time, unless otherwise specified. CBC TV local broadcast times are noted in parentheses (for Newfoundland and Labrador, please add half an hour to all times).

New Canadian Original Series

  • PAID IN FULL: THE BATTLE FOR BLACK MUSIC *New Documentary Series* (3×60) – All episodes available Saturday, September 21 on CBC Gem (Premieres on CBC TV on Wednesday, October 23 at 8 p.m.)

Narrated by Canadian music icon Jully Black, PAID IN FULL: THE BATTLE FOR BLACK MUSIC  explores the systemic racism faced by Black artists in the music industry from its inception to the digital streaming age, and the artists’ ongoing fight for fair pay and racial justice. 

  • THE KNOWING *New Documentary Series* (4×60) – Premieres Wednesday, September 25 (8 p.m.)

In this TIFF 2024 Primetime selection, journalist, filmmaker, and award-winning Anishnaabe author Tanya Talaga goes on a quest for the truth of what happened to the women in her maternal family, revealing a story intertwined with Canada’s Indian Residential School system.

Returning Series

  • CORONATION STREET – ongoing (weekdays at 7 p.m.; Fridays at 7:30 p.m.)
  • YOU CAN’T ASK THAT *Season 3* (8×30) – All episodes available Friday, September 13 on CBC Gem (Premieres on CBC TV on Wednesday, September 18 at 11:30 p.m.)
  • THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES *Season 32* (24×30 + 1×60) – Premieres Tuesday, September 17 (8 p.m.), with a one-hour U.S. election special on Monday, November 4 at 8 p.m. 
  • THE PASSIONATE EYE (8×60 + 1×120) – Premieres Wednesday, September 18 (8 p.m., 9 p.m. beginning September 25)
    THE PASSIONATE EYE returns with a new season of thought-provoking original documentaries, beginning with 2024 Hot Docs Audience Award winner Yintah, following the Wet’suwet’en nation’s fight for sovereignty over the course of more than a decade, as they protect their ancestral lands from some of the largest fossil fuel companies on earth.
  • THE NEW WAVE OF STANDUP *Seasons 4 and 5* (8×30) – Premieres Tuesday, September 24 at 9:30 p.m. on CBC TV (Season 4 available to stream now and Season 5 premieres Friday, September 6 on CBC Gem)
  • DRAGONS’ DEN *Season 19* (12×60) – Premieres Thursday, September 26 (8 p.m.)
    Season 19 sees 1-800-GOT-JUNK? founder and CEO Brian Scudamore enter the Den, and actor, producer, author and ambassador Simu Liu joins as a celebrity guest Dragon for four episodes. 
  • HEARTLAND *Season 18* (10×60) – Premieres Sunday, September 29 on CBC Gem (Sunday, October 6 at 7 p.m. on CBC TV)
  • THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW *Season 8* (8×60) – Premieres Sunday, October 6 (8 p.m.)
  • MURDOCH MYSTERIES *Season 18* (22×60) – Premieres Monday, September 30 on CBC Gem (Monday, October 7 at 8 p.m. on CBC TV)
    Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Kim’s Convenience, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Mandalorian) joins the cast of MURDOCH MYSTERIES as Inspector Albert Choi for Season 18, which will also celebrate the series’ 300th episode. 
  • PLAN B *Season 2* (6×60) – Premieres Monday, October 7 at 9 p.m. on CBC TV (streaming now on CBC Gem)
  • STILL STANDING *Season 10* (8×30) – Premieres Tuesday, October 8 (8:30 p.m.) 
    Host Jonny Harris embarks on more adventures in small towns across the country, from Prince Rupert, BC, to New Glasgow, NS, and everywhere in between.

CBC News 

  • ABOUT THAT WITH ANDREW CHANG (15×30) – Premieres Friday, September 20 at 8:30 p.m. on CBC TV (Available to stream weekday mornings on CBC Gem and CBC News Explore)
  • MARKETPLACE *Season 52* (14×30) – Premieres Friday, October 11 (8 p.m.) 
    This season, CBC News’ consumer affairs program joins forces with some of the world’s top scambusters, cracks into the networks of organized criminal groups, confronts the fraudsters in real time, and exposes how AI is making it harder to defend ourselves. 
  • THE FIFTH ESTATE *Season 50* (14×60) – Premieres Friday, October 11 (9 p.m.)
    CBC News’ flagship investigative series celebrates its 50th anniversary with a special project to address the troubling decline in local journalism across Canada.
  • THE NATIONAL – ongoing (live at 10 p.m. weekdays and Sundays on CBC TV and CBC Gem) 
    CBC’s flagship national newscast with Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault (Monday – Thursday) and Ian Hanomansing (Friday and Sunday) offers ongoing and in-depth coverage of the upcoming U.S. election this fall.
  • CBC MORNING LIVE WITH HEATHER HISCOX (Weekday mornings on CBC TV and CBC News Network)
  • CANADA TONIGHT WITH TRAVIS DHANRAJ (Weeknights on CBC News Network)
  • POWER & POLITICS WITH DAVID COCHRANE (Weeknights on CBC News Network)
  • ROSEMARY BARTON LIVE (Sundays on CBC TV and CBC News Network)

CBC Sports 

  • CBC SPORTS PRESENTS – ongoing (live on Saturday and Sunday afternoons on CBC TV and CBC Gem)
    Following Team Canada’s success at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, and with the Paralympic Games underway beginning August 28, CBC SPORTS will continue to follow high-performance athletes this fall including World Volleyball Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 Finals (Dec. 5-8 in Doha, Qatar) and World Aquatics Swimming Championship (Dec. 10-15 in Budapest, Hungary). The winter season kicks off with ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup (Oct. 25-27 in Montreal, Que.) and FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup (Dec. 7-8 in Tremblant, Que.), and the USports Championships (Oct. 19 – Nov. 16), including the Vanier Cup (Nov. 23 in Kingston, Ont.), return to showcase Canada’s top university and college athletes. CBC SPORTS will also once again offer coverage of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event series including Skate Canada (Oct. 25 – 27, Halifax, NS). 

CBC Kids Originals

  • GO TOGO *New Series* (27×5) – All episodes available to stream on CBC Gem, and premieres on CBC TV, Monday, September 2 (airs Monday through Friday)
    Produced using real animatronic characters and handmade sets, the new CBC Kids preschool series follows Togo the subway car and his friends Stella the streetcar and Wheeler the bus, as they make stops, pick up passengers, and explore the big city of Transitville. The series will introduce three to five year-olds to early math concepts through the fun and excitement of big public transit vehicles (in miniature scale). 
  • JEREMY & JAZZY *Season 2* (28×2) – First 10 episodes available Monday, September 2 on CBC Gem (Premieres Monday, September 9 on CBC TV, airs Monday through Friday)
    The JUNO and Canadian Screen Award-nominated animated preschool series, about how music and friendship create joy, returns for a new season, with season premiere episode “Hopscotch” featuring Barenaked Ladies. 
  • PLAYING WITH STU *New Series* (40×1) – All episodes available Monday, September 2 on CBC Gem (Premieres Monday, September 9 on CBC TV, airs Monday through Friday)
    A spinoff of JEREMY & JAZZY, join Stu the mouse and his friends as they have fun trying new things, making mistakes, and exploring the world around them.
  • BESTEST DAY EVER WITH MY BEST FRIEND *Season 2* (7×21) – All episodes available Friday, November 22 on CBC Gem (Premieres Sunday, November 24 on CBC TV)
    Host Lisette returns with more adorable animals and more surprises in this live-action preschool series that celebrates the bond between kids and their pets. 

Image courtesy of CBC.

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Award-winning Canadian actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee joins the cast of Murdoch Mysteries

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From a media release:

Shaftesbury and CBC announced today that award-winning, Canadian actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Kim’s Convenience, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Mandalorian) will join the cast of the CBC original hit series MURDOCH MYSTERIES as the series commences production on its 18th season in Toronto. Lee enters the “Murdoch-verse” as Inspector Albert Choi, who brings a whole new perspective to Station House #4. Best known for his portrayal as Appa on Kim’s Convenience, as well as Uncle Iroh on Netflix’s live-action remake of Avatar: The Last Airbender, this new role marks Lee’s first foray into the world of period drama. 

CBC’s most-watched show and Canada’s top-rated long-running drama, MURDOCH MYSTERIES is set in Toronto in the early 1900s during the age of invention, where Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) enlists innovative forensic techniques to solve some of the city’s most perplexing murders. Notable guest stars on the series have included William Shatner, Margaret Atwood, Geddy Lee, Chris Hadfield, Ed Asner and Nick Nurse, adding star-studded intrigue to its compelling tales. The 18th season, consisting of 22 episodes and celebrating the series’ 300th episode, will broadcast on CBC and CBC Gem in Canada this fall, Acorn TV and Ovation TV in the U.S. and on Alibi in the UK.

Ahead of the Season 18 premiere of MURDOCH MYSTERIES this fall, a special ‘Beginner’s Guide to Murdoch Mysteries’ collection is now available to stream for free on CBC Gem. The 10 iconic episodes are the perfect Murdoch primer pulled from across the series and highlight the show’s trademark mystery, murder and Detective Murdoch’s unflappable resolve. 

“We are delighted that Paul has joined us in the world of Murdoch,” says Executive Producer Peter Mitchell. “Paul brings a wealth of experience to his role as Inspector Albert Choi and we think the fans will really enjoy seeing him on the team at Station House 4.”

Season 18 is full of ‘Murdochian’ delights: a murder at a Charles Dickens convention; Murdoch acting as a bodyguard for a silent film star (Siobhan Murphy) and thrown into a cinematic adventure himself; foiling a theft of the world’s largest ruby; proving the veracity of a ‘Missing Link’ skull found in Milton, Ontario; and a holiday episode celebrating the ‘misfits’ and singletons.  Episodes that root mysteries in the social issues of the time are also explored: a worker’s strike at a factory; an early instance of low-income housing; competing public hydro projects; and immigrants trying to purchase land in the ‘paradise’ of the wilds of Canada. 

MURDOCH MYSTERIES was born out Maureen Jennings’ 1997 novel Except the Dying. Key characters in Murdoch’s world include Chief Constable Thomas Brackenreid (Thomas Craig), Constables George Crabtree (Jonny Harris) and Henry Higgins (Lachlan Murdoch), Detective Llewellyn Watts (Daniel Maslany), Chief Coroner Violet Hart (Shanice Banton), Margaret Brackenreid (Arwen Humphreys) and Effie Newsome-Crabtree (Clare McConnell) as Canada’s first female Crown Attorney. In addition, the milestone 300th episode will see Detective Murdoch visit the UK to see his wife, Dr. Julia Ogden (Hélène Joy), as they celebrate their wedding anniversary. This season will also introduce several fresh, new faces, as well as combining the history, humour, romance, and adventure that makes MURDOCH MYSTERIES so popular and unique for viewers around the world. 

MURDOCH MYSTERIES is developed and produced by Shaftesbury, in association with CBC, ITV Studios, and UKTV, and with the participation of the Canada Media Fund, the IPF’s COGECO Television Production Fund, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and Ontario Creates. Shaftesbury Sales Company and ITV Studios hold worldwide distribution rights for the series. 

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Link: Sharron Matthews Talks Murdoch Mysteries and Run the Burbs

From Heather M. of The Televixen:

Link: Sharron Matthews talks Murdoch Mysteries and Run the Burbs
“I did about three, four days of rehearsal with [choreographer] Tim French. He and I have done a version of Footloose together. I’ve seen him as an actor. I’ve seen him as a choreographer and as a director. Laurie Lynd was the director. It’s always something really amazing about coming back to set and having a shorthand already with someone. And I know how to dance. I know how to sing and I know how to very quickly change things up.” Continue reading.

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Preview: Murdoch Mysteries offers up pitch-perfect musical episode

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“After 20 years, 17 seasons and 290 episodes, Murdoch Mysteries has finally done it… A musical episode!”

So said the email sent by CBC earlier this week, trumpeting the show’s musical interlude coming up on March 25. Murdoch Mysteries is certainly not the first TV series to do it; the popularity of the musical episode is largely attributed to Buffy the Vampire Slayer instalment, “Once More, With Feeling,” on November 6, 2001. Since then, many shows have done them, with mixed results. Grey’s Anatomy, Supernatural, Fringe, Ally McBeal, The Flash, Scrubs and fellow CBC hit Schitt’s Creek have all dipped into the trope.

Now it’s Murdoch Mysteries‘ turn with “Why Is Everybody Singing?” Written by Paul Aitken and directed by Laurie Lynd, here is the synopsis for the March 25 episode:

While pursuing a missing man now presumed dead, Murdoch takes a call that alters his perception of the world. After heading into a lively alley, he’s shot in the head and left for dead. Crabtree and Higgins find him with the faintest pulse clinging to life. As Brackenreid, Ogden, Watts and Hart rush to the scene and the constables question a newsboy, beggar, vendors and other witnesses, Murdoch hears their inquiries in song. The musical accounts swoop and soar, confounding the detective who can’t understand why everyone around him is singing instead of focusing on who shot him.

According to writer and executive producer Aitken, the seed for a musical mystery was planted by Buffy and has been gestating ever since.

“The challenge was to do it as a genuine mystery,” Aitken says in media materials provided by CBC. “The essential concept: A comatose Murdoch needs to determine who tried to kill him was strong and allowed for all manner of philosophical hijinks, but it was insufficient. The music itself needed to be a clue. Having the singing be his injured brain’s way of processing what was actually being said over his bed solved two problems. It made the music an integral feature of the plot and allowed for the introduction of new information—always handy when telling a mystery.”

The fun begins right out of the gate, with the Murdoch Mysteries theme with a phalanx of voices performing Robert Carli’s unmistakable composition set against a movie screen in a vintage theatre. Then it’s on the case that puts Murdoch into the dire straits he finds himself in: that of a missing man. I should say that eagle-eyed viewers will catch a familiar name in the opening credits that ruins a surprise later in the story, but that’s a minor quibble.

It doesn’t take long for the singing to start—prefaced by a vibrant soundtrack—and director Lynd’s wonderful work lights up the streets of Toronto.

“The script that Paul Aitken wrote is so clever because it is still at heart a classic Murdoch episode, a puzzling case to be solved that is not at all what it first appears to be,” Lynd says. “The great joy of the episode, of course, is seeing—and hearing!—our favourite Murdoch characters sing. All of the cast did their own singing, beautifully elevating the emotions of what their characters were expressing.

It certainly is fun to hear the main cast belting out lyrics by Aitken (Higgins’ and Margaret’s in particular, are hilarious) and produced and arranged by Jono Grant. Highlighted by guest cast in Sharron Matthews (Frankie Drake Mysteries), Hélène Joy, Arwen Humphreys and Thomas Craig, the performances make sense and add a unique way of storytelling.

But, at its heart is the mystery, which is always going to be the core of the veteran drama that shows no signs of slowing down.

“Preserving the integrity of the show has always been super important to me, so when there was talk of doing a musical episode, it was no secret that I had reservations,” Bisson says. “Having Paul Aitken, our writer, as an ally for so many years and having been in the musical trenches before with Laurie as a director, I felt confident to proceed. All my worrying was for nothing though—the end result is nothing short of spectacular!”

We agree.

Murdoch Mysteries airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on CBC.

Images courtesy of CBC.

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