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Returning: Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries

S2 of rollicking '60s whodunnit with Geraldine Hakewill, Joel Jackson & Catherine McClements gets a Free to Air premiere.

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Season 2 of Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries gets a Free to Air premiere on 7TWO next week.

The 8 part series, which debuted as S1 on Seven, moved to Acorn TV last year but now gets a second window on 7TWO.

Geraldine Hakewill (Wanted, Wakefield) returns in the title role joined by Joel Jackson (Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, Deadline Gallipoli) as the smart, ambitious Detective James Steed; Catherine McClements (Wentworth, Water Rats) as Birdie, an ex-member of WW2 Special Forces and head of The Adventuresses Club: a group of exceptional women of which Peregrine’s celebrated aunt was a member; and Birdie’s gadget-designing brother, Samuel (Toby Truslove).

Can one never-say-never sleuth woman juggle marriage, a career, and life as an Adventuress at the same time? Find out in the free-to-air premiere of the new season of Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, 8.30pm Wednesday, 9 March on 7two and 7plus.

Following in the footsteps of her famous aunt, Peregrine Fisher (Geraldine Hakewill, Wanted, Wakefield) returns to prove herself as a world-class private detective in her own right, as crimes continue to unfold around her in the streets of 1960s Melbourne.

Peregrine, James and the rest of the team continue their journeys of self-discovery and romance over eight parts; tackling tough questions about the role of men and women in changing times while facing mysteries that span everything from sexual liberation and teen gang wars, to family prejudice and pigeon-racing.

Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries is made by Every Cloud Productions (Seachange, Eden), created by Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox, and was adapted from Kerry Greenwood’s book series.

8:30pm Wednesday March 9 on 7TWO

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  3. I watched it on Acorn. It didn’t live up to the standards of the first season in my view but was still quite enjoyable.

    The shorter episode length and the ongoing character story arcs of the season seemed to relegate some mysteries to mere time-filling fodder to give the appearance of a reason for the characters to be around as their own story arcs moved glacially. Such mysteries seemed to be magically solved by a leap of logic in the last two minutes of an episode.

    But other episodes were very good and the episode where Catherine McClements’ character had a deep involvement was a standout.

    Overall it was enjoyable but if it goes to a third season, I hope the mysteries get a bit more attention from the writers and the character story arcs move faster.

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