‘Murdoch Mysteries‘ is back for a brand new 18th Season this February in the UK on U&Alibi the channel has announced.
As Season 18 begins, Detective Murdoch finds himself something of a bachelor after Doctor Ogden took a posting at a new hospital in London, taking their daughter Susannah along. The change has led him to rent out their family home and take up residence in a rooming house where the previous tenant was rumoured to have been murdered.
Despite his long-overdue promotion to Inspector after Brackenreid was appointed Chief Constable, he realizes solving crimes is what he does best. After he forfeits the role, the stationhouse welcomes Albert Choi, a highly regarded Korean police officer.
Yannick Bisson returns as methodical detective William Murdoch and Hélène Joy as his impassioned wife Dr. Julia Ogden. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, the much-adored star of the hit ‘Kim’s Convenience’, joins the cast as Albert Choi, a highly regarded Korean police officer. Murdoch’s associates include his gruff boss Inspector Thomas Brackenreid (Thomas Craig), Constables George Crabtree (Jonny Harris) and Henry Higgins (Lachlan Murdoch), and eccentric Detective Llewellyn Watts (Daniel Maslany).
The returning cast includes Shanice Banton as ‘Violet Hart’, Arwen Humphreys as ‘Margaret Brackenreid’, and Clare McConnell as ‘Effie Crabtree’.
In the opening episode, titled “The New Recruit”, Murdoch and Crabtree participate in a battlefield re-enactment where one of the pretend soldiers is murdered.
‘Murdoch Mysteries’ is based on Maureen Jennings’s popular Detective Murdoch series of novels and is executive produced by Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Yannick Bisson, Hélène Joy, Paul Aitken, Simon McNabb, and Peter Mitchell, who also serves as showrunner. The series is produced by Jeremy Hood and Julie Lacey, and developed and produced by Shaftesbury, in association with CBC, ITV STUDIOS Global Entertainment and UKTV, and with the participation of the Canada Media Fund, the IPF’s COGECO Television Production Fund, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and Ontario Creates.
‘Murdoch Mysteries‘ Season 18 premieres Thursday, 6th February 2025 at 9pm on U&Alibi in the UK.