Original title
The Great Detective
Released
1/17/1979
Origin country
CA
Genre
Drama
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
4
Number of episodes
31
The Great Detective is a Canadian television drama, which aired on CBC from 1979 to 1982. It starred Douglas Campbell and James Dugan.
Alistair Cameron comes from Scotland to Canada when his niece is orphaned. When a magician is killed, Cameron solves the case. He is rewarded by a commission as the first provisional detective in the country, and he is persuaded to stay.
Conflict has broken out, resulting in the death of a white settler. The "Indians" are suspected, but the Inspector keeps an open mind.
Inspector Alastair Cameron investigates several theatrical murder cases which involve a dwarf, an orchestra leader, and an aging soprano.
While investigating the murder of a visiting Englishman, Cameron suspects the local inhabitants know more than they are letting on.
Ontario provincial detective Alistair Cameron investigates the kidnapping of a wealthy man's daughter, but uncovers diamonds, an unexpected villain, a band of pigeons, and a bloodhound.
Why are so many patients in the charity ward dying unexpectedly? Dr. Chisholm calls his friend to investigate.
The wife of a wealthy factory owner is kidnapped by his disgruntled employees. Inspector Cameron is called in to investigate.
Who murdered the kindly old woman? And why did they make it look like she was drunk when she only drank tea?
How many times can a convicted murderer escape the gallows? When the hangman doesn't come, his assistant becomes a hostage in a prison break. Hanged bodies start turning up, and the hunt intensifies
A young constable, in a panic because of local threats to his career, calls on the Inspector to solve a series of arsons.
When anarchists are rumored to be planning a train robbery of gold bars, Cameron double checks security. Even so, when the non-stop train reaches Toronto, the gold is nowhere to be seen.
An autopsy of a skull reveals a one-eyed man has been strangled. Sergeant Striker soon discovers it belonged to a "village idiot" who lived upriver, but how to uncover the culprit?
The Great Detective encounters a respectable middle-class family of counterfeiters.
Cameron investigates the murder of photographer. Why did the killer destroy all the negatives in the dark room?
Inspector Cameron becomes involved in a discovery of what appears to be the mummy of a Viking. While investigating, he finds himself dealing with Madam Zorah, a medium.
Inspector Cameron responds to a young boy's plea to save his father who is accused of murder at the mine where he works. The town's residents are in no mood to wait for a judge to get there
Each of four employees of an eccentric, wealthy semi-invalid has an interest in adding spice to her life by loading a casserole with curry. After her death, all four raid the medical office for her post-mortem stomach, stored in
When the scion of a wealthy family is found shot to death in a servant girl's room, Inspector Cameron needs to know whether it is premeditated murder.
Dr. Chisholm's romance is blighted by the return of the lady's "dead" husband (believed to have drowned). There are many suspects when he is actually .murdered, including the doctor.
Politics is said to be a dirty business, but in this federal election it's personal. Inspector Cameron gets involved when there's an attempt on a candidate, but the one who gets killed is the campaign manager of the opposition. Whodunit?
A champion sculler is found dead in the water. When the Inspector investigates-and another sculler dies,, Sgt. Striker takes to the oars undercover.
When a man is convinced his wife is having an affair with a portrait painter, he makes sure to tell Inspector Cameron and Dr. Chisholm that he has evidence of it, and fears for his life.
Increasingly convinced that he has been tricked into doing an injustice, Inspector Cameron and his friend, Archie Chisholm the coroner, race against time to solve a bizarre mystery and save a falsely convicted couple from the gallows. Meanwhile, Charlie, a mysterious Londoner awaits payment for an unnamed service.
Inspector Cameron gets a call from a student at a prestigious boy's academy that there's been a murder. He must untangle the false accusations and confirm the boy's trust.
Nevin McAndrew's parents are concerned that their recently indentured son has disappeared. They call on Inspector Cameron, the Ontario provincial detective to investigate. When the inspector visits the farm where Nevin is supposed to be working, he finds there have been no boys there for a year, yet Nevin's parents have been receiving bills for medical services. Meanwhile, his niece, Prudence, recently arrived from Europe, has fallen for Ewan Percy, another indentured boy, who also goes missing. Both uncle and niece try to discover what is happening to the boys, aided by some unexpected allies.
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