houdini & doyle
houdini & doyle
Now available on DVD
series 1
series 1
A UK-Canadian co-production between Big Talk and Shaftesbury Films
Written by
David Hoselton, David Titcher, Carl Binder, Melissa R. Byer & Treena Hancock, Nazrin Choudhury, Joshua Brandon
Created by
David Hoselton & David Titcher
Directed by
Stephen Hopkins, Daniel O’Hara, Ed Bazalgette, Robert Lieberman, Jeff Renfroe
Producer
Adrian Sturges
Executive Producers
David Titcher, David Hoselton, David Shore, Kenton Allen, Luke Alkin, Matthew Justice, Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Maggie Murphy, Stephen Hopkins
Starring
Stephen Mangan, Michael Weston, Rebecca Liddiard, Adam Nagaitis & Tim McInnerny
Broadcaster
ITV Encore, Shaw Media & Fox
Distributor
Sony Pictures Television
Episodes / Duration
10 x 60 minutes
Initial Transmission Date
13/03/2016
London, turn of the last century.
For the first time in human history, everything is changing and there’s a growing belief that science can explain it all, including the mysteries of death itself. Enter two of the great characters of the last 100-odd years – Harry Houdini, master magician, escape artist and paranormal debunker – and Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the greatest detective of all time, a man who brought to life the ultimate rationalist and a man who believes in faeries. They grudgingly join forces to investigate crime; specifically crimes that appear to have, and may indeed have, a supernatural slant.
At its core, it’s a character study masquerading as a procedural — involving vampires or ghosts or time travel or telepathy — and each week there will be a mystery solved. Or almost solved, for there’ll always be a nagging doubt about what really happened. Which gives us a chance to explore real fundamental human issues. What do we believe – and more importantly — why? Is cynicism to be admired or is it the death of what makes us human? Is reason the antithesis of hope? But don’t worry, it’s also fun, funny and scary.