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?
Loved the show, did a Canadian station pick it up
Who gets to rate these shows I want ours to count we loved this series
I think Houdini and Holmes is one of the best new fox shows.I hope you will continue with more episodes
I thought this show was great. Probably the last show I wil watch on FOX as they have a history of doing this…..one season and out. Almost like the University of Kentucky Basketball team!
I can’t believe this show was cancelled, I LOVED it, I looked forward every week to the next episode. I hope they will rethink this decision and bring it back!!!!!!
I was wondering if this site forwards our comments to Fox. I previously wrote how sorry I was to see that this show was cancelled and I also wrote to the Fox network regarding this and actually received a reply. Maybe if everyone who feels this show shouldn’t have been cancelled wrote to Fox, it might make a difference.
I’m so upset that this show was canceled. It’s one of the few series that I could actually sit there and watch for hours on end.
This was a really good show. Guess it costs more to produce than all the reality T.V. shows ! Too bad we all lose.
Loved the show, was looking foward to next season….what’s up? BRING IT BACK.
Please bring this show back. I though that it was well done and entertainig
Loved this show! Fox has canceled another good one! Everyone played their part so well! Only show like it – that alone warranted another season!
Very disappointed that Houdini & Doyle is not being renewed … an excellent show and I looked forward to watching it every week.
Houdini & Doyle .I was looking forward to the next season , You have cancelled one of the best entertainment in years that my family and I enjoy so much . You have so many other shows that are clearly not as good that you keep on putting them on that have no family entertainment . You gave us a spark of light and you extinguish it as fast . Please give it one more chance
Totally agree with this post. But as I read further down, our age doesn’t “fit” your demographic. You can imagine what I think about that. Wake up!
I so looked forward to watching this show every week. You have so many other shows that are clearly not as good that you keep. I think I liked it because it was so cleverly written, and was not a dark overly dramatic crime show like so many others. I am 66 years old, so am sure you won’t care about my comments as I am not part of the demographics you want. But, I doubt if I will be watching your network once Bones is gone. TOO BAD.
I really liked the show and it was just getting really good. Let us see season 2!