The Indian Detective
GenreComedy
Police procedural
Mystery
Crime
Created byFrank Spotnitz
Smita Bhide
StarringRussell Peters
Anupam Kher
William Shatner
Christina Cole
Mishqah Parthiephal
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducerTrevor Hopkins
Production locationsMumbai, India
Cape Town, South Africa
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Running time44-46 minutes
Production companyCTV
Original release
NetworkCTV
Release23 November (2017-11-23) –
14 December 2017 (2017-12-14)

The Indian Detective is a Canadian crime comedy-drama series which debuted on CTV and Netflix in 2017.[1] The show stars Russell Peters as Doug D'Mello, a police officer from Toronto who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation while visiting his father (Anupam Kher) in Mumbai during a one-month suspension for incompetence.[1] The fourth episode ended in a cliffhanger, hinting at a possible second season; while Peters has stated at various times that a second season was in the works, none has been officially announced as of September 2019.

As of January 2020, Peters entered a partnership with Amazon Prime with the comedic special "Russell Peters: Deported," possibly delaying season 2 of The Indian Detective even further.

Production

The Canadian scenes of The Indian Detective were filmed on location in Toronto, and in surrounding areas in Ontario. The Canadian border crossing scenes were filmed at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, and some of the Indian scenes were actually filmed in Cape Town, South Africa.[2]

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the series won the Golden Screen Award as the highest-rated Canadian television program of 2018.[3]

Cast and characters

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date Viewers
(millions)
11"Episode 1"Sandy JohnsonFrank Spotnitz & Smita BhideNovember 23, 2017 (2017-11-23)2.12[4]
A Toronto police officer gets embroiled in a murder investigation while visiting his father in Mumbai.
22"Episode 2"Sandy JohnsonFrank Spotnitz & Smita BhideNovember 30, 2017 (2017-11-30)1.54[5]
Priya introduces Doug to a case of a missing Canadian traveler; Doug learns the location of the missing girl.
33"Episode 3"Sandy JohnsonFrank Spotnitz & Smita BhideDecember 7, 2017 (2017-12-07)1.28[6]
The violent death of an innocent man at the hands of one of Gopal's henchmen allows Doug and Priya to infiltrate his inner circle.
44"Episode 4"Sandy JohnsonFrank Spotnitz & Smita BhideDecember 14, 2017 (2017-12-14)1.26[7]
In a desperate race against time in order to save thousands of lives, Doug and Robyn embark on a dangerous mission in the season finale.

References

  1. ^ a b "Russell Peters, Frank Spotnitz Partner for ‘The Indian Detective’ Series". Variety, June 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "Russell Peters talks 'The Indian Detective' and why he'll never host the Junos again". Toronto Sun, November 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling". ET Canada, March 28, 2019.
  4. ^ "Top Programs – Total Canada (English) November 20 - November 26, 2017" (PDF). Numeris. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  5. ^ "Top Programs – Total Canada (English) November 27 - December 3, 2017" (PDF). Numeris. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  6. ^ "Top Programs – Total Canada (English) December 4 - December 10, 2017" (PDF). Numeris. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Top Programs – Total Canada (English) December 11 - December 17, 2017" (PDF). Numeris. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

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