LAST MONTH ON THIS BLOG

So... 

 

NEWS 

-  Julie Depardieu is La légiste for France 3:

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/julie-depardieu-is-la-legiste-for.html

 -  Al Dorsey on France Ô in December:

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/al-dorsey-on-france-o-in-december.html

-  Mongeville and Magellan: another crossover (France 3):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/mongeville-and-magellan-another.html

- Capitaine Marleau on French Region 2 DVD (LCJ Éditions):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/capitaine-marleau-on-french-region-2.html

- Darkman - Édition Ultime (L'Atelier d'images):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/darkman-edition-ultime-latelier-dimages.html (Review ASAP)

- Frankie Drake Mysteries (CBC):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/frankie-drake-mysteries-cbc.html (Including a "mini review)

REVIEWS 

- L'Intégrale des Minichroniques de Goscinny (French Region 2 DVD):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/lintegrale-des-minichroniques-de.html

- Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie: Drame en trois actes (France 2):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/les-petits-meurtres-dagatha-christie.html

- L'Art du crime - Episodes 1 & 2 (France 2):

https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2017/11/lart-du-crime-episodes-1-2-france-2.html

FRANKIE DRAKE MYSTERIES (CBC)

From Shaftesbury, the company behind Murdoch Mysteries, comes Frankie Drake Mysteries, a new 11-episode Canadian detective drama which premieres today.

Starring Lauren Lee Smith and Chantel Riley and set in 1920s Toronto, the series is centered on Frankie Drake (Smith) and Trudy Clarke (Riley), the city’s only female private detectives.

Created by Carol Hay and Michelle Ricci, and produced for CBC by Shaftesbury (in association with CBC and UKTV), Frankie Drake Mysteries looked like a Canadian counterpart of Australian detective series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries right from the announcement of the project. Anyway, it will certainly please both fans of Phryne Fisher and Murdoch, two favourites of French pubcaster France 3's sunday night sleuth slot.

Will Frankie Drake Mysteries join Miss Fisher enquête and Les enquêtes de Murdoch on France 3 as "Frankie Drake enquête" or "Les enquêtes de Frankie Drake"? Frankie Drake Mysteries is distributed by Kew Media Group.

http://www.tv-eh.com/2017/08/31/rebecca-liddiard-sharron-matthews-and-emmanuel-kabongo-join-frankie-drake-mysteries/ 

[Update - November 7, 2017]  

Mother of Pearl, the series premiere, is stylish, expensive looking and competently packed comfort zone TV. Frankie Drake Mysteries could easily fill the void left by the end of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries on global markets. The cast is talented but it's actually guest star Wendy Crewson who steals the episode.