The Brokenwood Mysteries
30 x 2hr murder mystery telefeatures
The Brokenwood Mysteries is a series of two-hour murder mystery stories set in a seemingly quiet country town where the town's newest resident, Detective Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location. Neill Rea (Scarfies, Legend of the Seeker, Go Girls) stars in the lead role of DSS Shepherd while Fern Sutherland (The Almighty Johnsons) plays Detective Kristin Sims. Each telefeature in the series is a standalone story which sees the show's two lead police officers trying to solve a murder case. Tim Balme (Stolen, The Almighty Johnsons) is the lead writer and producer. In New Zealand the series airs on TVNZ1 and internationally it has screens in 21 countries in 17 territories worldwide. Series 8 will launch on TVNZ1 in mid 2022. The show is filmed in the greater Auckland region.
Press Reviews
- Bronze Medal: New York TV & Film Awards 2023
- Nominee: Best Drama; 2019 Huawei NZTV Awards
- Silver Medal: New York Festivals Film and TV Awards 2019
- 2018 New York International Film and Tv Awards Miniseries
- Best Director (Nominee): NZTV Awards
- Bronze Medal: New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2015
- Nominee: Best Drama New York International TV & Film Awards 2017
Awards
- Producer(s):
- Tim Balme
- Director(s):
- Murray Keane, Mark Beesley, Mike Smith, Michael Hurst, Josh Frizzell, Aidee Walker, Katie Wolfe
- Executive Producer(s):
- Kelly Martin & Chris Bailey
- Writer(s):
- Tim Balme, Philip Dalkin, James Griffin & Greg McGee
- Director
- Josh Frizzell
- Director
- Mark Beesley
- Director
- Michael Hurst
- Director
- Mike Smith
- Director
- Murray Keane
- Executive Producer
- Chris Bailey
- Executive Producer
- Kelly Martin
- Producer
- Sally Campbell
- Writer
- Greg McGee
- Writer
- James Griffin
- Writer
- Philip Dalkin
- Writer
- Tim Balme
- Christina Ionda
- Fern Sutherland
- Neill Rea
- Nic Sampson
- Pana Hema-Taylor
- Production Year
- 2015
- Type
- TV Series
- Genre
- Mystery
- Stage
- Distribution
- Website:
- thebrokenwoodmysteries.com