Network: FOX
Episodes: 10 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: May 2, 2016 — July 4, 2016
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Michael Weston, Stephen Mangan, Rebecca Liddiard, Tim McInnerny, Adam Nagaitis, and Diana Quick.
TV show description:
This mystery adventure drama series revolves around the uneasy partnership of two legendary figures of the early 20th Century.
Harry Houdini (Michael Weston) is a master magician, escape artist and paranormal debunker. Meanwhile, Arthur Conan Doyle (Stephen Mangan) is a prolific writer and the creator of the master detective “Sherlock Holmes” character. He’s also a paranormal aficionado.
They grudgingly join forces with New Scotland Yard to investigate unsolved and unexplained crimes with a supernatural slant. They partner with Constable Adelaide Stratton (Rebecca Liddiard), the first female constable ever to work for the London Metropolitan Police Force.
Tasked with the cases that nobody else can solve, their sense of what is real and what is not is challenged. Houdini is a skeptic, while Doyle believes in the unseen. Their diverse viewpoints make solving crime a challenge — and Stratton is often put in the middle. She’s embarrassed when the two wager on a case’s outcome.
Do their cases truly involve vampires, ghosts, monsters and poltergeists or, are they a ruse to conceal something more ordinary — like murder?
Other characters include Chief Inspector Horace Merring (Tim McInnerny), Sergeant George Gudgett (Adam Nagaitis), and Cecelia Weis (Diana Quick).
Episode #10 — The Pall of LaPier
When all but two residents (a priest and a child) of a small village die simultaneously, and with no signs of violence, the trio must uncover whether or not this tragedy is divine revenge for the murderous founding of the town. Meanwhile, Adelaide’s discoveries about her dead husband’s past finally prompt her to ask the others for help, Doyle begins writing “The Hounds of the Baskervilles” and Houdini’s anguish is evident.
First aired: July 4, 2016.
What do you think? Do you like the Houdini & Doyle TV show? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for another season?
Awesome show:!!:)
great show hope it gets renewed
Great show – the actors have nailed the characters they play. Please renew the series.
Please renew, fantastic show, refreshing, wait every week for next episode.
Love, love the show!! Renew Plz
LOVE THE SHOW!
I really enjoy this show and always look forward to the next episode. It keeps you on your toes. Please renew
H&D reminds me of a hunters’ story: Four duck hunters were in a blind when a duck flew by. The hunters filled the sky with buckshot but the duck flew on. There flies a dead duck!, exclaimed one hunter. H&D is a D.D. with high production costs and few viewers. Without govt. subsidies, H&D would never have been produced. Fox isn’t going to contribute much for the show, given modest ratings. Maybe it will eventually appear as a Masterpiece production.
I watch it faithfully and enjoy every episode. Keep it going.
I love the show! It should definitely be renewed!!!!
Cast was perfect, sets great and clothing terriffic. Please we want more.
I love the show do not cancel it. I love the way the characters bring the turn if the century to life and the way they interact.
This is a great show! no need to cancel, acting is well done the sets are amazing and great story telling who could ask for more? everything a good show is fantastic!!!!!
I think this is a great show and should be renewed.
Love the show! The characters are engaging, the mystery satisfying, and the overall atmosphere at once exciting, heartbreaking, funny, and endearing. My family loves solving the mystery and enjoys the deepening friendships between the characters. Long may it run!