SOLVE
CRIMES IN 1920’S TORONTO WITH THE ONLY FEMALE PRIVATE DETECTIVE IN TOWN
“FRANKIE
DRAKE MYSTERIES”
AVAILABLE
FROM PBS DISTRIBUTION
-- Premiered Digitally on Prime Video Channels and PBS
Passport --
-- Available
on DVD January 8, 2019 --
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Arlington, Va. –
December 6, 2018
– PBS Distribution announced today that the first season of the exciting
11-part female-driven crime mystery series “FRANKIE DRAKE MYSTERIES”
will be released on DVD beginning January
8, 2019. Set against a backdrop of social change, radical politics and jazz
music, the series featuring the fearless, adventurous and astute Frankie Drake
who defies expectations, is immersed in both the real Toronto of the 1920s and
the world of mystery and suspense conjured by creators Carol Hay and Michelle
Ricci (Murdoch Mysteries).
The
DVD will be available for a suggested retail price of $49.99. Each episode has a running time of approximately 44 minutes each with the entire series
running 484 minutes.
Starring
Lauren Lee Smith (The Listener, This Life),
“FRANKIE
DRAKE MYSTERIES” follow’s Toronto’s only female private detective in
the 1920s as she takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. Her
gender is her biggest advantage – who would ever think a woman could be a
detective? She has a knack for solving cases but she’s no cop – her brand of
justice doesn’t always follow the law. Along with her partner Trudy (Chantel
Riley; Race, The Lion King), Frankie
and the Drake Detective Agency take on cases of all shapes and sizes. From
airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters,
Frankie’s fearless sense of adventure gets her into all kinds of trouble, but
she always manages to find her way out. In a time of change and hopefulness,
Frankie is a woman ahead of everyone. She’s a new detective for a new world.
But is the world ready for her?
The
ensemble cast also includes: Chantel Riley, Rebecca Liddiard, Sharron Matthews,
Grace Lynn Kung, and Emmanuel Kabongo. An array of high-profile guest stars
including Laurence Fox (Gosford Park,
Elizabeth: The Golden Age), Wendy Crewson (Air Force One, Room), Steve Lund (Helmock Grove), Melanie Scrofano (Saw VI, RoboCop), Kris Holden-Reid (Underworld Awakening, K-19: The Widowmaker), and Laura Vandervoort
(Smallville, Jigsaw, V), appear
throughout the series.
Other
titles available from PBS Distribution include: “MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: GRANTCHESTER,
SEASONS 1, 2 & 3” and “MASTERPIECE: PRIME SUSPECT: TENNISON.”
About Kew Media Group
Kew Media Group
produces and acquires more than 1,000 hours of new multi-genre content every
year and distributes Kew’s catalogue of film, television and digital assets to
more than 150 countries worldwide on almost every available viewing
platform. Kew Media Group distributes a library of more than 10,000
hours of TV and digital content including major drama series, non-fiction
entertainment, special event programming, kids’ series, TV movies and
mini-series. Kew Media Group formerly traded as Content
Media Corporation.
About
PBS Distribution
PBS Distribution is a leading distributor of public
media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms
and formats including direct-to-consumer subscription video-on-demand
(DTC-SVOD), transactional video-on-demand (TVOD), subscription video-on-demand
(SVOD) licensing, and physical products on DVD and Blu-ray. In addition,
the company operates two Prime Video channels - PBS MASTERPIECE and PBS KIDS,
as well as a theatrical releasing division, and educational, non-theatrical,
inflight and international licensing businesses.
PBS Distribution offers consumers
and educators over 4,000 programming hours of the highest quality factual,
scripted and children’s programming, including films from producer Ken Burns,
hit dramas from MASTERPIECE, entertaining and educational children’s series and
award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE,
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and many independent producers. For over 20 years, the
company has extended the reach of programming beyond broadcast while generating
revenue for the public television system, stations and producers.
FRANKIE
DRAKE MYSTERIES
Street Date: January 8, 2019
Genre:
Mystery
Run
Time: Approximately 484 minutes on 3 discs
SRP:
DVD, $49.99
Format:
DVD, Digital
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