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The Great Detective

The Great Detective

The Great Detective

Drama, History, Mystery

1/17/79 – 3/4/82

Canada

What is The Great Detective about (plot, summary)

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 Detectiveby Canada's actual first detective, John Wilson Murray, who was appointed to Ontario's Department of Justice in 1875.