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The Brokenwood Mysteries

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Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd investigates and solves murder mysteries in a New Zealand country town.
Crime, MysteryTV-14

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Record to watch 11 episodes in the next two weeks

    Blood and Water
    Sour Grapes
    Playing the Lie
    Hunting the Stag
    Leather and Lace
    To Die or Not to Die
    Catch of the Day
    Blood Pink
    The Black Widower
    Over Her Dead Body
  • Blood and Water

    Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd is dispatched to the rural town of Brokenwood to investigate a suspicious death.
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  • Sour Grapes

    A guest judge and a wine critic are found dead in a fermenting vat during Brokenwood's annual wine show.
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  • Playing the Lie

    Golfers encounter the club's owner with her face blistering and gasping for her last breath.
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  • Hunting the Stag

    A prospective bridegroom fails to return from his hunting trip after getting shot in the head.
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  • Leather and Lace

    The coach of the rugby team is found dead, strapped to a goal post.
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  • To Die or Not to Die

    A young actor dies at the end of a performance and Mike detects a whiff of a lethal poison.
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Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd investigates and solves murder mysteries in a New Zealand country town.

Starring

Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland, Jarod Rawiri, Cristina Serban Ionda, Nic Sampson, Pana Taylor
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