The Great Detective
# The Great Detective

The Great Detective is a Canadian television drama, which aired on CBC from 1979 to 1982. It starred Douglas Campbell and James Dugan.

## Background

The Great Detective was inspired by the exploits of John Wilson Murray, Canada's first government-appointed detective, set in the latter part of the Victorian era. The leading character, Inspector Alistair Cameron, was a fictional counterpart of Murray. Inspector Cameron was ably assisted by his friend, forensic scientist Dr. Chisholm. A taped series, The Great Detective was produced on location at Rockwood, Kleinburg and Shadow Lake in Ontario, as well as Victoria, areas of downtown Toronto and CBC's television Studio 7.

## Episodes

### Season 1 (1979)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | "The Case of the Magic Mandarin" | Unknown | Unknown | January 17, 1979 (1979-01-17) |
| 2 | 2 | "The Black Curse" | Unknown | Unknown | January 24, 1979 (1979-01-24) |
| 3 | 3 | "Death Takes a Curtain Call" | Unknown | Unknown | January 31, 1979 (1979-01-31) |
| 4 | 4 | "Murder at Blenheim Swamp" | Unknown | Unknown | February 7, 1979 (1979-02-07) |
| 5 | 5 | "Bloodhounds Can't Fly" | Moira Armstrong | Frank McEnaney | February 14, 1979 (1979-02-14) |
| 6 | 6 | "Nightwalker of the Wards" | Jack Nixon-Browne | John C.W. Saxton | February 21, 1979 (1979-02-21) |
| 7 | 7 | "Pretty Mary Mitchell" | Unknown | Unknown | February 28, 1979 (1979-02-28) |
| 8 | 8 | "The Curious Death of a Maiden Lady" | Unknown | Unknown | March 7, 1979 (1979-03-07) |
| 9 | 9 | "The Song of the Hemp" | Unknown | Unknown | March 14, 1979 (1979-03-14) |
| 10 | 10 | "Fire at Fenroy" | Unknown | Unknown | March 21, 1979 (1979-03-21) |

### Season 2 (1980)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | 1 | "Train of Events" | Unknown | Unknown | January 2, 1980 (1980-01-02) |
| 12 | 2 | "The Eye of Clarkie Blackburn" | Harvey Frost | William Davidson | January 9, 1980 (1980-01-09) |
| 13 | 3 | "A Family Business" | Unknown | Unknown | January 16, 1980 (1980-01-16) |
| 14 | 4 | "Murder in Sepia" | Barry Cranstoun | R.B. Carney | January 23, 1980 (1980-01-23) |
| 15 | 5 | "A Watery Grave" | Unknown | Unknown | January 30, 1980 (1980-01-30) |
| 16 | 6 | "Spirit Guide" | Unknown | Unknown | February 6, 1980 (1980-02-06) |
| 17 | 7 | "The Man Who Died Twice" | Bill Hays | Gordon Ruttan | February 13, 1980 (1980-02-13) |
| 18 | 8 | "Too Many Cooks" | Unknown | Unknown | February 20, 1980 (1980-02-20) |

### Season 3 (1981)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | 1 | "A Question of Loyalties" | F. Harvey Frost | Peter Wildeblood | January 13, 1981 (1981-01-13) |
| 20 | 2 | "Death Visit" | Jack Nixon-Browne | Bryan Wade | January 20, 1981 (1981-01-20) |
| 21 | 3 | "Sins of the Fathers" | Barry Cranstoun | Bryan Barney | January 27, 1981 (1981-01-27) |
| 22 | 4 | "Scull-Duggery" | F. Harvey Frost | R.B. Carney | February 3, 1981 (1981-02-03) |
| 23 | 5 | "Murder by Proxy: Part 1" | Barry Cranstoun | Gordon Ruttan | February 10, 1981 (1981-02-10) |
| 24 | 6 | "Murder by Proxy: Part 2" | F. Harvey Frost | Gordon Ruttan | February 17, 1981 (1981-02-17) |
| 25 | 7 | "Horror in the Wax Museum" | F. Harvey Frost | R.B. Carney | February 24, 1981 (1981-02-24) |
| 26 | 8 | "Murder in Motion" | Unknown | Unknown | March 3, 1981 (1981-03-03) |
| 27 | 9 | "If Looks Could Kill" | Unknown | Unknown | March 10, 1981 (1981-03-10) |

### Season 4

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 | 1 | "Death Circuit" | Unknown | Unknown | January 14, 1982 (1982-01-14) |
| 29 | 2 | "Damned Indenture" | Unknown | Unknown | January 21, 1982 (1982-01-21) |
| 30 | 3 | "Bodies in the Belfry" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 31 | 4 | "Star of Bengal" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 32 | 5 | "Death on Delivery" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 33 | 6 | "Death and Dishonour" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 34 | 7 | "Eeny Meenie Murder" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 35 | 8 | "Circus" | TBA | TBA | TBA |
