The Great Detective (Scripted, English)
Genres: Drama, Mystery, History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1979-01-17
Ended: 1982-03-04
Network: CBC
Country: CA
Airs on: Wednesday
Air time: 20:30
Runtime: 60 minutes
A Scottish policeman in the Victorian era moves to Toronto to care for his orphaned niece and ends up becoming Canada's first real detective. Based on the book Memoirs of a Great Detective by Canada's actual first detective, John Wilson Murray, who was appointed to Ontario's Department of Justice in 1875.