Mr & Mrs Murder
2013 Australian TV series or program
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Mr & Mrs Murder is a 13-part Australian crime comedy television series[1] produced by FremantleMedia Australia in association with Bravado Productions.[2] It originally ran on Network Ten on from 20 February to 15 May 2013. The murder mystery series follows the adventures of married couple Nicola and Charlie Buchanan, who run an industrial cleaning business specialising in crime scenes. They use this experience to become amateur sleuths.[3][4] In the United Kingdom, the show was shown on satellite channel Sky Living, and picked up for broadcast by Channel 5 from Network Ten along with the shows Wentworth and Secrets and Lies.[5][6]
GenreCrime comedy
Mystery
Mystery
Created byShaun Micallef
Jason Stephens
Jason Stephens
StarringShaun Micallef
Kat Stewart
Jonny Pasvolsky
Lucy Honigman
Kat Stewart
Jonny Pasvolsky
Lucy Honigman
ComposersDan Luscombe & Echo Set
| Mr & Mrs Murder | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime comedy Mystery |
| Created by | Shaun Micallef Jason Stephens |
| Starring | Shaun Micallef Kat Stewart Jonny Pasvolsky Lucy Honigman |
| Composers | Dan Luscombe & Echo Set |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Rick Maier Jason Stephens |
| Producers | Andrew Walker Jason Stephens |
| Production locations | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Running time | ~45 minutes in a 60 minute timeslot |
| Production companies | FremantleMedia Australia Bravado Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Network Ten |
| Release | 20 February – 15 May 2013 |
Cast
Main / recurring
- Shaun Micallef as Charlie Buchanan
- Kat Stewart as Nicola Buchanan
- Jonny Pasvolsky as Detective Peter Vinetti
- Ben Geurens as Alan
- Lucy Honigman as Jess Chalmers
- Bob Franklin as Jack
- Dwayne Cameron as Ryan Coltrane
- Damon Gameau as Tom Di Biasi
Guests
- Andrea Demetriades as Lola
- Ashley Zukerman as Alex Moran
- Christian Clark as Stephen
- Clayton Watson as Bruce
- Dan O’Connor as Brody Bennett
- Daniel Henshall as Gregor Cheresniak
- Danielle Carter as Annie Bell
- Diana Glenn as Gabi Ellroy
- Eliza Taylor as Sarah
- Ella Scott Lynch as Emily Gorman
- Ewen Leslie as Hugo
- Georgia Chara as Jennifer Travers
- Georgina Naidu as Janine
- Helen Thomson as Olivia Patterson
- Ian Bliss as Robin Boydell
- Jack Finsterer as Dwayne Nash
- Jessica Gower as Elena Scrletta
- Jessica Tovey as Claire Rickard-Smith
- Julia Blake as Allegra Scaletta
- Lisa Hensley as Yvette Nailor
- Marta Kaczmarek as Malina Cheresniak
- Nick Simpson-Deeks as Tyler Betts
- Peter Phelps as Paul Craven
- Robert Taylor as Alistair Travers
- Roz Hammond as Deborah Newhouse
- Ryan Johnson as Michael Gorman
- Syd Brisbane as Lincoln
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Australian viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Early Checkout" | Shirley Barrett | Kirsty Fisher | 20 February 2013 | 0.959[7] | |
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When national hero Marty O'Connor is murdered in a luxury hotel, Charlie and Nicola set out to solve the murder and clear an innocent person. | ||||||
| 2 | "A Dog's Life" | Sian Davies | John Hugginson | 27 February 2013 | 0.836[8] | |
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A dispute occurs between a dog walking group and local golf course members after which golf champion Keith Skinner is mauled to death by a dog. | ||||||
| 3 | "En Vogue" | Sian Davis | Marieke Hardy | 6 March 2013 | 0.719[9] | |
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Fashion designer Jonah Ellroy is killed by a flying mirror during the finale of his runway show; Charlie and Nicola investigate. | ||||||
| 4 | "Atlas Drugged" | Shirley Barrett | Bridie O'Neill | 13 March 2013 | 0.695[10] | |
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It's a murderous level of muscle burn when champion bodybuilder Anton is found drugged and baked to death on a sunbed. | ||||||
| 5 | "Lost Soul" | Daniel Nettheim | Christine Bartlett | 20 March 2013 | 0.567[11] | |
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They say life's a cabaret, but that's hardly the case when leading lady Linda is found dead... | ||||||
| 6 | "The Next Best Man" | Sian Davis | Sian Davis | 27 March 2013 | 0.818[12] | |
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Something old, something new, something borrowed, someone dead. | ||||||
| 7 | "Thoroughly Dead Thoroughbred" | Peter Salmon | Jay Barnes | 3 April 2013 | 0.698[13] | |
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When Cardwell Stable's vet Evelyn is murdered with an overdose of ketamine, Nicola and Charlie sidle up to investigate. | ||||||
| 8 | "A Flare for Murder" | Peter Salmon | Timothy Hobart | 10 April 2013 | 0.548[14] | |
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It's more than a shot across the bow when young solo sailor Jennifer Travers is murdered on her yacht with a flare gun. | ||||||
| 9 | "The Art of Murder" | Abe Forsythe | Timothy Hobart | 17 April 2013 | 0.638[15] | |
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It's murder for art's sake when a homeless man is found crushed to death under a floating wall at a modern art gallery. | ||||||
| 10 | "Little Boxes" | Jet Wilkinson | Harold Jordan | 24 April 2013 | 0.540[16] | |
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When upper crust James Langlan is found harpooned through the chest with a spear gun in a heritage bathing box, it sends a dark ripple through a wealthy seaside community. | ||||||
| 11 | "Keeping Up Appearances" | Jet Wilkinson | Katherine Thomson | 1 May 2013 | 0.469 (Overnight)[17] | |
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In the middle of the night, a beautiful young woman named Ivy falls to her death from the window of a prominent plastic surgery clinic. | ||||||
| 12 | "Zootopia" | Daniel Nettheim | Jonathan Gavin | 8 May 2013 | 0.523 (Overnight)[18] | |
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When Glen the big cat keeper dies and Marie the hippo keeper goes missing, it looks like the food chain has been reversed at Maabade Zoo. | ||||||
| 13 | "The Course Whisperer" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 May 2013 | 0.454 (Overnight)[19] | |
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It's a recipe for murder when maestro chef Bryce Cormac is killed in the kitchen of his renowned restaurant, Razorback. | ||||||
DVD and Blu-ray releases
| Mr & Mrs Murder: Series One | |
Set details:
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Features:
13 episodes |
| Release dates: | Region 4 |
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| 19 June 2013[20] | |
