''The Pinkertons'' is a Canadian

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which features crime cases of the

Pinkerton detective agency Pinkerton is a private security guard and detective agency established around 1850 in the United States by Scottish-born cooper Allan Pinkerton and Chicago attorney Edward Rucker as the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton ...

. The show is officially licensed with the Pinkerton detective agency, and features stories based on actual cases from the Pinkerton detective agency archives dating to the 1860s. The program is produced by Rosetta Media and

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, in partnership with Channel Zero. Production of this first-run syndicated television show was announced in April 2014, and filming began the following August.

Cast

Main

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, as

Kate Warne Kate Warne (1833 – January 28, 1868) was an American law enforcement officer known as the first female detective, in 1856, in the Pinkerton Detective Agency and the United States. Pre–Civil War Early detective work: 1856–1861 Very li ...

, a Pinkerton agent and the first female detective in US history. * Jacob Blair, as William Pinkerton, the founder's son and also, a Pinkerton agent.

Recurring

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Allan Pinkerton Allan J. Pinkerton (August 25, 1819 – July 1, 1884) was a Scottish cooper, abolitionist, detective, and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in the United States and his claim to have foiled a plot in 1861 to a ...

, the founder of the detective agency. * Jennifer Pudavick as Annalee Webb, proprietor of the Dubois Hotel and Saloon. * David Brown as Sheriff Lawrence Logan. * Ray Strachan as John Bell, caretaker of the farm where Kate's rented house is located *

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as Kenji Harada, originally a client, and later an apprentice Pinkerton agent.

Episodes

Broadcast

In the United States, the series was distributed by Rohrs Media Group. The 22-episode first season was made available on Netflix in November 2016 (September in the UK). The program made its Canadian debut on January 27, 2015 on

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television station owned by Channel Zero. The series premiered on

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channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 30 August 2015.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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