
The Great Detective
1979–1982 · CBC · 60 min · 4 seasons
S04E08 · Circus
Thu, 4 Mar, 12:30 pm
The exciting world of the circus is the backdrop for the death of a drunken clown. Although the death looks like an accident, Inspector Cameron knows it is murder when an eyewitness comes forward and confides in him. (Final episode).
About
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 Detective by Canada's actual first detective, John Wilson Murray, who was appointed to Ontario's Department of Justice in 1875.
Episodes
- E01
Death Circuit
Fri, 15 Jan· 60 minInspector Alistair Cameron is called in to investigate after a schoolboy discovers the science teacher's wife dead.
- E02
Damned Indenture
Fri, 22 Jan· 60 minOn a trip to England, Inspector Cameron's niece Prudence meets a young man who finds her most interesting. He arrives in Canada to work as a farm apprentice and mysteriously disappears, like several other young men. Cameron is already investigating these strange disappearances in rural Ontario and comes up against a devious farmer who could be behind it all.
- E03
Bodies in the Belfry
Fri, 29 Jan· 60 minA young colleague asks Inspector Cameron to investigate an apparent suicide—mysteriously linked to a church choir.
- E04
Star of Bengal
Thu, 25 Feb· 60 minA priceless diamond disappears, and Inspector Cameron is called in to investigate.
- E05
Death on Delivery
Fri, 12 Feb· 60 minInspector Cameron investigates the apparent murder of a young man from a well-to-do family. Inspector Cameron investigates the suspicious deaths of two military cadets.
- E06
Death and Dishonour
Fri, 19 Feb· 60 minA chambermaid confesses to the murder of the scion of a wealthy Toronto family, but there's a snag in what appears to be an open-and-shut case: with his last words, the victim referred to a mysterious man with a moustache.
- E07
Eeny Meenie Murder
Thu, 25 Feb· 60 minA casual remark by Dr. Chisholm provides Inspector Cameron with the vital link to a chain of bizarre yet seemingly unrelated murders and convinces the Great Detective that his friend's life is very much in danger.
- E08
Circus
Thu, 4 Mar· 60 minThe exciting world of the circus is the backdrop for the death of a drunken clown. Although the death looks like an accident, Inspector Cameron knows it is murder when an eyewitness comes forward and confides in him. (Final episode).
Cast

Douglas Campbell
Inspector Alistair Cameron

Sandy Webster
Dr. Archie Chisholm

Tracy Brett
Prudence Wetherall

James Duggan
Sgt. Striker

Kay Hawtrey
Mrs. Lutz
Roy Wordsworth
Willie


