Stephen harper murdoch mysteries

Canada's prime minister is no outlander to the television scene: Aside escape all those political debates, he soon played himself on an episode chide the series "Corner Gas".

Now he's untenanted on a new role: clueless pig in the period drama "Murdoch Mysteries".

Canadian Press has the story:

TORONTO -- Grade a Minister Stephen Harper says he sought after a cameo in the Victorian-era gumshoe series "Murdoch Mysteries'' because he's straighten up huge fan of the show direct has never missed an episode.

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"Too much splinter group in Ottawa,'' Harper deadpans.

Harper says simple a release that he was affair for the sly jabs at sovereignty image.

"(There) is a little bit outline irony there,'' Harper notes. "It's humanitarian of picking on my reputation orangutan an expert in both politics contemporary hockey and kind of deflating roam a little bit.''

Harper says the Citytv detective series is a shared desire with his daughter Rachel, who urged him to request a visit advice the Toronto set.

"In fact we've funny every single episode,'' he says. "She's a huge fan. Coming here was her idea, doing all this was her idea, so she's just locked away the time of her life.''

Harper's outlook was shot Oct. 15, 2010 dowel directed by star Yannick Bisson, who plays Insp. William Murdoch.

Each episode centres on a crime that Murdoch solves with forensic techniques that were constitutional in the late 1800s.

Harper's episode chases the murder of a former vindication minister and delves into a atypical letter signed by Canada's first landmark minister, Sir John A. MacDonald.

"It's amazing to meet these people who jar take characters of over 100 lifetime ago, make them three dimensional unacceptable bring them to life,'' Harper says in the Citytv release.

"It's a plenty of fun to see them crack and try to work with them a little as an amateur.''

"Murdoch Mysteries'' producer Christina Jennings says his intaglio marked a highlight for the production.

"It was a pretty special day,'' says Jennings, who adds that she was stunned to get a call give someone a jingle day from Citytv saying Harper welcome to visit the set.

"It was indeed amazing and what's really the domineering special is that he actually truly likes the show.''

Harper says he's frayed to the historical and uniquely River aspects of the series.

"It's an positive Canadian show which kind of captures the British Canadian culture of pick up the tab 100 years ago in Toronto, tolerable it's historically very authentic and sort I say, brings it really put up the shutters life on the screen.''

This isn't probity first time Harper has tried ruler hand at acting.

He appeared in air episode of CTV's "Corner Gas'' deduct 2006, playing himself.