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OT: Dr. James Naismith suspected of murder and other summer TV of interest

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1 year 9 months ago - 1 year 9 months ago #29399 by HawkErrant
In the latest episode of Murdoch Mysteries (now in Season 15), the guest historical character is our own Dr. Naismith, and he is indeed suspected of the murder of the organizer of a Basket Ball tournament being held in Naismith's hometown of Almonte, Ontario (around 225 miles NE of Detective William Murdoch's Toronto home and 33 miles WSW of Ottawa, Ontario).

(Spoiler: Dr. Naismith didn’t do it, and the guilty person was apprehended.)

For those not familiar with Murdoch Mysteries and wanting to check it out, it streams on Acorn TV.

Per Wikipedia,
“The series takes place in Toronto starting in 1895, and follows Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) of the Toronto Constabulary, who solves many of his cases using methods of detection that were unusual at the time. These methods include fingerprinting (referred to as "finger marks" in the series), blood testing, surveillance, and trace evidence.

Some episodes feature anachronistic technology whereby Murdoch sometimes uses the existing technology of his time to improvise a crude prototype of a technology that would be more readily recognizable to the show's 21st-century audience.”


The show also “guest stars” historical people of the period (e.g., Edison, Tesla and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) and occasionally guest stars people known to the home Canadian audience (for this episode former Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse).

We enjoy it very much for all those features plus some pretty good stories. Not great drama, but can be a lot of fun.

With the summer upon us and -- as porthawk noted elsewhere -- men's basketball almost over until the fall with the NBA Finals finishing up with one of two Jayhawks getting a ring (Wiggins w/GSW or Miles w/Boston), it brings me to ask --

What shows would you recommend for watching until tipoff next fall?

Here are some of our favorites, mostly streaming, some you probably haven't heard of.
Hopefully some of you will add your contributions to this thread.

Murdoch Mysteries (Acorn TV)

Death in Paradise (Britbox) - the Caribbean island of Saint Marie has a police force that almost always get their perp. Filmed on location in and around Deshaies, Guadeloupe (which respectively serve as the town of Honore and the island of St. Marie, although St Marie as described would be the nearby island of Marie-Galante). Great fun and some interesting scripts as we follow the Inspector de jour and his staff solving the murder of the week.

Brokenwood Mysteries (also Acorn TV) - A New Zealand production, it is sort of their Midsomer Murders for those familiar with that esteemed British series. Most enjoyable, and the scenery is superb.

Lewis (aka Inspector Lewis, PBS) has completed its run, and in a rather satisfying manner. Kevin Waite as Lewis and Laurence Fox as Hathaway are a great pair. If you are familiar with Inspector Morse (the series that led to Lewis), Waite reprises his role as Detective Sergeant (now Detective Inspector) Robbie Lewis -- a little older, a little wiser, widowed and now paired with a DS in Hathaway that in many ways reflects Lewis' earlier relationship with his mentor and friend Morse.

Inspector Morse (Britbox) -- you knew it was coming. John Thaw is a brilliant actor, and it shows in his work as DI Morse. Irascible, brilliant and as fond of his beer as he is of his opera, the long serving Morse and his DS Lewis solve the riddles of the murders in and around the college town of Oxford.

Endeavour (PBS) -- Morse from his start with the Oxford Police in the early 1960s. Shaun Evans is excellent as the young Morse (even if he looks nothing like someone who would eventually be John Thaw's older Morse), and Roger Allam as his guv'nor Detective Inspector Fred Thursday is a gem.

That's enough from me for now. I see I've covered Commonwealth murder mysteries for now (yeah, it's a thing with us).

I'll add more in other genres later. But for now -- what are some of your favorites?

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
Last Edit: 1 year 9 months ago by HawkErrant.
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