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Houdini & Doyle is a British television drama series loosely based on the real-world friendship of Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A 10-episode first season was ordered by Fox in the United States, ITV in the United Kingdom, and Global in Canada.[2][3] The pilot episode was written by co-creators David Hoselton and David Titcher.[3] The first episode was broadcast simultaneously on ITV and ITV Encore on Sunday 13 March 2016.[4][5]

Houdini & Doyle
Genre
Created by
Starring
ComposerJames Jandrisch
Country of origin
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
ProducerAdrian Sturges
Production locationsThe Space Project, Manchester, England
CinematographyPhilipp Blaubach
Stephen Reizes
EditorsJohn Smith
D. Gillian Truster
Paul G. Day
Stephen Philipson
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseMarch 13 –
July 4, 2016

On August 3, 2016, Fox cancelled the series after one season.[6]

Harry Houdini is a cynical skeptic and atheist whereas Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle is a believer in the paranormal and supernatural. The drama opens in 1901 London, shortly after the publication of Doyle's The Great Boer War. Houdini and Doyle become involved in the investigation of several mysterious deaths. They debate over whether the causes are natural or supernatural, and often bet on the cause, which causes their police liaison, Constable Adelaide Stratton, some embarrassment.

The series was a treaty co-production between Big Talk Productions in the UK, and Shaftesbury Films in Canada, in association with Sony Pictures Television in the US, where executive producer David Shore's Shore Z Productions is based.[12] It was filmed in two stages at The Space Project in Manchester with Liverpool Town Hall and Water Street being used for some of the exterior filming.[13][14]

The series premiered on ITV and ITV Encore in the United Kingdom on the 13 March 2016.[15] It premiered on the 2 May 2016, on Global in Canada and Fox in the United States.[16][17] The series aired on RTÉ in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland on the 18 May 2016 [18] The series aired on Tokyo MX in Tokyo, Japan on the 9 July 2019 [19]

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