Frankie Drake Mysteries
| Frankie Drake Mysteries | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Created by |
Carol Hay Michelle Ricci |
| Starring |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Shaftesbury Films UKTV[1] |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CBC (Canada) Alibi (UK) |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | November 6, 2017 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Frankie Drake Mysteries is a Canadian television drama series, which premiered on CBC Television in the 2017–18 television season.[2] The series premiered on November 6, 2017. On April 5, 2018 the show was renewed for a second season of ten episodes.
Background
Lauren Lee Smith portrays the fictional Frankie Drake, the first female private detective in 1920s Toronto, with Chantel Riley as her crime solving partner Trudy.[2][3]
Cast
Main
- Lauren Lee Smith as Frankie Drake, Toronto's first female private detective and the owner of Drake Private Detectives.
- Chantel Riley as Trudy Clarke, Frankie's partner in her private detective business.
- Rebecca Liddiard as Mary Shaw, a morality officer in Toronto's police force who often surreptitiously helps Frankie with her cases.
- Sharron Matthews as Flo Chakowitz, a pathologist at the Toronto City Morgue.
Recurring
- Grace Lynn Kung as Wendy Quon, the owner of Quon's Cafe in The Ward which is frequented by the main cast.
- Wendy Crewson as Nora Drake, Frankie's mother and con artist.
- Emmanuel Kabongo as Moses Page (season 1), Frankie's boxing instructor.
- Steve Lund as Ernest Hemingway (season 1), a writer and reporter for the Toronto Star.
- Romaine Waite as Bill Peters, a friend of Trudy's who works at city hall and helps the girls out with information at times.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Canada viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Mother of Pearl" | Ruba Nadda | Michelle Ricci | November 6, 2017 | N/A |
| Frankie partners with a surprising ally when she's named as the number one suspect in a robbery that looks like the work of her dead father. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Ladies in Red" | Ruba Nadda | Cal Coons | November 13, 2017 | N/A |
| Frankie and Trudy are hired by a factory owner to root out communists working for him, but things are not as they appear. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Summer in the City" | Norma Bailey | Carol Hay | November 20, 2017 | N/A |
| When a dead body turns up in the luggage of a young man, the case brings Frankie and Trudy into Toronto's elite social circles. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Healing Hands" | Sudz Sutherland | Andrew Burrows-Trotman | November 27, 2017 | N/A |
| When Trudy gives shelter to a faith-healing preacher's daughter, she and Frankie find themselves investigating Toronto's Jazz scene. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Out of Focus" | Sudz Sutherland | John Callaghan | December 4, 2017 | N/A |
| Frankie and Trudy go undercover in the glamorous world of film in order to solve a seemingly impossible murder on a silent movie set. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Whisper Sisters" | Leslie Hope | Adriana Maggs | December 11, 2017 | N/A |
| After a shooting injures the young son of a friend, Frankie and Trudy's investigation leads them into the dangerous world of bootlegging. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Ties That Bind" | Eleanor Lindo | Carol Hay | January 8, 2018 | N/A |
| Mary recruits Frankie and Trudy to find a missing teacher, but their investigation leads them to family secrets, Chinatown and murder. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Pilot" | Leslie Hope | Carol Hay | January 15, 2018 | N/A |
| A day off turns into a day at the office for Frankie and Trudy when the infant son of a charismatic aviator is kidnapped during an air show. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Ghosts" | Peter Stebbings | Ian Carpenter | January 22, 2018 | N/A |
| The horrors of war haunt Frankie when an investigation into a soldier's murder reunites her with a friend left traumatised by his tour of duty. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Anastasia" | Cal Coons | Michelle Ricci | January 29, 2018 | N/A |
| Frankie is hired to confirm the identity of a young woman claiming to be a Russian princess and protect her from those who want her dead. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Once Burnt Twice Spied" | Peter Stebbings | Michelle Ricci | February 5, 2018 | N/A |
| When Frankie gets a mysterious call from a British spy, Mary discovers how she and Trudy met, and how Drake Private Detectives was formed. | ||||||
Season 2 (2018)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Canada viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | "The Old Switcheroo" | Ruba Nadda | Carol Hay | September 24, 2018[upper-alpha 1] | TBD |
| 13 | 2 | "Last Dance" | TBA | TBA | October 1, 2018[upper-alpha 2] | TBD |
| 14 | 3 | "Radio Daze" | Cal Coons | Ruba Nadda | October 8, 2018 | TBD |
| 15 | 4 | "Emancipation Day" | TBA | TBA | October 15, 2018 | TBD |
| 16 | 5 | "Dressed to Kill" | TBA | TBA | October 22, 2018 | TBD |
Production
The series was created by Carol Hay and Michelle Ricci; both women also served as writers and producers and previously worked on Murdoch Mysteries together.[4][5] It is produced by Shaftesbury Films.[6]
Broadcast
Ovation will season one in June 2109, with plans to air season two as well, at a future date. The show has also been picked up in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.[7]
DVDs
The first season was released in Canada on DVD May 8, 2018. It was released on both DVD and Blu-ray (Region B locked) in the United Kingdom one day later. An Australian DVD release was released on June 27, 2018.
Reception
The series has received generally positive reviews since its release.[8] John Doyle of The Globe and Mail remarked "it's a hoot and as silly as all get-out," and concluded that "thanks to its charm and the frocks, skirts, suits and, well, the gorgeous furniture, it's frightfully good entertainment."[9] Johanna Schneller of the Toronto Star wrote that "the messaging in CBC series sometimes hits you over the head, but it's fun to watch women run their own show."[5]
Notes
- ↑ "Last Dance", season 2, episode 2, will be preempted from the October 1, 2018 in Quebec due to provincial elections.
- ↑ "The Old Switcheroo", season 2, episode 1, will be preempted from the September 24, 2018 air in New Brunswick due to provincial elections. Instead it will on October 1, 2018 at 5:00 pm AT.
References
- ↑ Kakoullis, Adrienne (August 31, 2017). "Additional Casting Announced for New CBC ORIGINAL Series Frankie Drake Mysteries from Shaftesbury". CBC.ca. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
- 1 2 "The TV home of Murdoch Mysteries is getting a new detective drama". Toronto Star, April 4, 2017.
- ↑ "Shaftesbury". shaftesbury.ca.
- ↑ "Female-detective drama 'Frankie Drake Mysteries' set to debut on CBC". National Post. November 3, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- 1 2 Schneller, Johanna (November 12, 2017). "In Frankie Drake Mysteries, some characters get a chance to sashay". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ↑ "CBC greenlights Shaftesbury’s Frankie Drake". Playback, April 4, 2017.
- ↑ "U.S. Deal for Frankie Drake Mysteries". Worldscreen.com. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ↑ "Frankie Drake | TV, eh?". www.tv-eh.com. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ↑ "CBC's Frankie Drake Mysteries is fabulously fun Canadian content". Retrieved December 16, 2017.
External links
- Frankie Drake Mysteries at CBC.ca
- Frankie Drake Mysteries on IMDb