Shaw Media just announced that production has begun on Houdini & Doyle in the Toronto area, and will carry on till mid-December, with a planned premiere date for next year.
Starring Michael Weston (Six Feet Under, House) and Stephen Mangan (Episodes) along with Canadian actress Rebecca Liddiard (Between, MsLabelled), the mystery adventure drama series, scheduled to premiere on Global in 2016, is shooting the final two episodes of the 10-episode drama on location in Toronto and Southern Ontario until mid December. A Canada/UK treaty co-production from Shaftesbury and Big Talk Productions, the first eight episodes of the series were filmed in Manchester, UK from July to November 2015.
In Houdini & Doyle, Harry Houdini (played byWeston), who is a master magician, escape artist and paranormal debunker, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Mangan), a prolific writer, creator of “Sherlock Holmes” and paranormal aficionado, grudgingly join forces in 1901 London and Canada to investigate unsolved and inexplicable crimes with a supernatural slant in collaboration with New Scotland Yard Constable Adelaide Stratton (Liddiard). Inspired by true events, the series will draw heavily on the rich history of the period.
The 10-episode drama was ordered straight to series for ITV Encore in the UK and Global in Canada and licensed in the US on FOX. Jeff Renfroe (Remedy, Haven, Beauty and the Beast) is serving as director of the final two episodes filmed in Canada.
