Houdini & Doyle

Synopsis

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini and Stratton are tasked with the cases that nobody else can solve. It challenges their sense of what is real and what is not. Houdini is a skeptic, while Doyle believes in the unseen. Their diverse viewpoints make solving crime a challenge and often Stratton is put in the middle. The trio will take on cases that involve vampires, ghosts, monsters and poltergeists…or are they a ruse to conceal murder?

First Air Date: 2016-03-13

Last Air Date: 2016-05-12

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 10

Created By: David N. Titcher, David Hoselton

Networks: ITV1, FOX, Global TV

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Top Cast

Michael Weston as Harry Houdini
Stephen Mangan as Arthur Conan Doyle
Rebecca Liddiard as Constable Adelaide Stratton
Emily Carey as Mary Conan Doyle
Noah Jupe as Kingsley Conan Doyle
Diana Quick as Cecilia Weiss
Adam Nagaitis as Sergeant George Gudgett
Tim McInnerny as Chief Inspector Horace Merring
Jacob Blair as Benjamin Graves
Bo Martynowska as Young Woman

Seasons

Season 1 (2016)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Maggie’s Redress (2016-03-13)

Houdini, Doyle and Adelaide investigate the murder of a nun in one of the notorious Magdalene Laundries. A witness claims the killer is a young woman who was tormented by the nun. The only problem is, that young woman has been dead for six months.
Ep. 2: A Dish of Adharma (2016-03-17)

A 12 year old boy shoots a prominent suffragette, claiming he’s avenging a murder - his own murder in a past life. And if the trio wants to find the truth, they must solve the decades-old killing.
Ep. 3: In Manus Dei (2016-03-24)

When a heckler is mysteriously struck down at a faith healer’s show, our team investigates whether the healer is truly channeling the power of God. And if so, can he work a miracle on Doyle’s dying wife?
Ep. 4: Spring-Heel'd Jack (2016-03-31)

In the first of several attacks, a businessman is murdered by a mysterious phantom with demonic eyes and gravity-defying leaps. As panic spreads across London, our team tries to determine if this a case of mass hysteria, or is there a beast out there that thrives on fear?
Ep. 5: The Curse of Korzha (2016-04-07)

An attractive traveling medium uses her psychic gifts to solve crimes, frustrating Houdini when he can’t figure out her tricks. Doyle feels she may be the real thing, so he is mortified by her next prediction: the end of Adelaide Stratton.
Ep. 6: The Monsters of Nethermoor (2016-04-14)

Following a nightmarish run in with some otherworldly beings, a man wakes up in a field insisting that his wife has been abducted by aliens.
Ep. 7: Bedlam (2016-04-21)

After several people are discovered scared to death, the clues lead our team to Bedlam, the notorious insane asylum.
Ep. 8: Strigoi (2016-04-28)

Bram Stoker, author of Dracula and good friend of Doyle’s, shows up at Doyle’s house in a panic. Vampire hunters are trying to kill him, believing Stoker to be a vampire. As they investigate a disturbing murder, they begin to wonder if Stoker really is a vampire, and if not, what is the dark secret he’s desperately trying to hide from the world?
Ep. 9: Necromanteion (2016-05-05)

The trio travels to Canada to investigate a homicidal poltergeist, where they are joined by other paranormal experts, including Thomas Edison, who unveils his latest invention - the Necrophone - a device that can purportedly communicate with the dead.
Ep. 10: The Pall of LaPier (2016-05-12)

Small-town Ontario. A minister wakes to find everyone in his village dead, without the slightest sign of violence. Was this retribution for past acts of evil, as the local natives believe? And if not, how else to explain why the man of God was the only one spared?