1. MURDOCH MYSTERIES
TV Drama Homework 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=816iVaMklrs

2. MURDOCH MYSTERIES
 The name of the episode is “Monsieur Murdoch”
 It was originally broadcasted by the Canadian channels City TV
and CBC. It’s broadcasted in the UK by Alibi.
 Writers: Characters based on novels written by Maureen Jennings.
Episode written by Paul Aitken and Graham Clegg.
 Director: John L’Ecuyer
 Producers: Jan Peter Meyboom and Laura Harbin

3. CHARACTERS
From the beginning:  Constable George Crabtree
 Inspector William Murdoch
 Sophie and Monique Poirier
 Inspector Brackenreid
 Front Desk Clerk
 Isaac Lowe
 “David Deletran”
 Constable Henry Higgins
 Roderick Dalewood
 Inspector Marcel Guillaume
 Elevator Operator

4. NARRATIVE
Two French sisters, Sophie and Monique Poirier get ready to go to
the theatre. They meet in the lobby with Roderick, the owner of the
hotel and Sophie’s husband. Monique remembers she has forgotten
her camera and goes up to their room to get it. She does not come
back. Inspector Murdoch investigates the disappearance of Monique,
asking everyone involved questions. He finds Inspector Guillaume
looking around in Room 212.

5. MISE EN SCÈNE
 Setting: 1890s, Hotel, Toronto, Canada.
Locations:
 The sisters’ hotel room
 Hotel Lobby
 Elevator
 2nd Floor Corridor
 Room 212
 Police Department

6. SOUND
Music and sound effects: Dialogue:
 Elegant, light-hearted music
 French accents
 Mysterious, suspicious music
 Canadian accents
 Terrifying, tense music
 Echoing “boom” when the  A lot of dialogue from every
letter is slipped under the door character involved
 The turn of the handle
 Opening of the door

7. INDUSTRY
Production Companies: Assistance from:
 Shaftesbury Films  Canadian Film or Video
 Rogers Media (seasons 1-5) Production Tax Credit
 UKTV  The Ontario Film and
 ITV Studios Global Television Tax Credit
Entertainment  The Canadian Television
Fund

8. AUDIENCE
Mainly for retired people (daytime television), 60+; male and female,
mainly female due to the good looking main character; people who
like old time costume TV dramas such as Murdoch Mysteries,
Downton Abbey, Upstairs Downstairs, etc. I like it because it is a fast
moving drama, everything is included in one episode, moves on
quickly from one bit to the next.