Frankie Drake Mysteries Wiki

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“From Gatsby-esque garden parties to rough-and-tumble speakeasies, there’s a global appeal to the 1920s that we’re excited to bring to life in Frankie Drake Mysteries. This was a time in Toronto of booming construction, considerable population growth, and a major shift in the role of women from the home and farm into the workplace,” said Christina Jennings, Chairman & CEO, Shaftesbury / Executive Producer, Frankie Drake Mysteries. “''Frankie has come back from the war to work as a private detective with her partner Trudy and a network of associates, from Mary who works in the police station as a Morality Officer, to Flo who works in the morgue. We are going to see women fighting crime and fighting the system – a lot of action and a lot of fun''.”



Introduction
Set in 1920s Toronto, Frankie Drake Mysteries follows the city’s only female private detectives as they take on the cases the police don’t want to touch. In a time of change and hopefulness, their gender is their biggest advantage as they defy expectations and rebel against convention. The Drake Private Detectives agency takes on cases that explore every cross-section of Toronto, from gospel church choirs, bathing beauties and the early cinema scene, to the homes and private parties of the city’s elite. Frankie and Trudy’s fearless sense of adventure gets them into all kinds of trouble, but they always manage to find a way out. They are new detectives for a new world – but is the world ready for them?

Created by Carol Hay and Michelle Ricci, who also serve as co-executive producers, Frankie Drake Mysteries is executive produced by Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, and Cal Coons, who is also showrunner, and produced by Jonathan Hackett. The series is written by Hay, Ricci, Coons, Andrew Burrows-Trotman, John Callaghan, Ian Carpenter, and Adrianna Maggs and directed by Ruba Nadda, Leslie Hope, Norma Bailey, Eleanor Lindo, Peter Stebbings, and Sudz Sutherland.

A CBC original series, Frankie Drake Mysteries was developed and produced by Shaftesbury in association with CBC and UKTV, with the participation of the Canada Media Fund, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit, the Cogeco Program Development Fund, and the Bell Fund. Content Media is the global distributor of the series.

Production Note
The creative production team includes Murdoch Mysteries' original series designer Sandra Kybartas who serves as executive producer, production designer Armando Sgrignuolo and composer Robert Carli.

Latest News

 * As of February 28, 2021, Frankie Drake Mysteries has  ended  its run on CBC with Season 4. Ovation aired the first three seasons and it will likely air the fourth and final year, but a premiere date has not been set.
 * On May 27, 2020, it is confirmed that the UKTV co-production Frankie Drake Mysteries has been picked up a fourth season by CBC.
 * On May 12, 2020, Shaftesbury Films expands the Shaftesbury Kids production and development slate for 2020 to include the new series:  Mary and Flo: On the Go!  The delightful the characters of morgue attendant Flo Chakowitz and morality officer Mary Shaw pair up in their own animated series; Their animated avatars travel the world encountering famous women and men of the 1920s. The series is co-created with Carmen Albano (“Detention Adventure”). Shaftesbury’s full library of new and legacy children’s programming is on the Shaftesbury Kids YouTube channel.

 

 

