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History Detectives is a television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 program on PBS. A group of researchers (listed on right) help people to seek answers to various historical questions they have, usually centering around a family heirloom, an old house or other historic object or structure. Each investigation is presented as a "mystery
Mystery fiction

Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term that is often used as a synonym of detective fiction — in other words a novel or short story in which a detective solves a crime....
" to be solved through consultation with other professionals knowledgeable about the subject and through research in historical archives and libraries.

Each episode features three segments; a different "mystery" is solved in each segment.






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History Detectives is a television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 program on PBS. A group of researchers (listed on right) help people to seek answers to various historical questions they have, usually centering around a family heirloom, an old house or other historic object or structure. Each investigation is presented as a "mystery
Mystery fiction

Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term that is often used as a synonym of detective fiction — in other words a novel or short story in which a detective solves a crime....
" to be solved through consultation with other professionals knowledgeable about the subject and through research in historical archives and libraries.

Each episode features three segments; a different "mystery" is solved in each segment. Between segments, one of the detectives gives additional information, usually about the time period relating to the investigation or about good research techniques.

The show only airs original episodes in the summer months. Reruns air in some areas of the country the rest of the year, as well as the PBS Digital Channel, available in some markets. The sixth season began on June 30, 2008, with a new opening sequence - as well as each segment documented on film rather than on video tape.

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Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello is an England musician and singer-songwriter. Costello came to prominence as an early participant in London's Pub rock scene in the mid-1970s, and later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres, before establishing his own unique voice in the 1980s....
's "Watching the Detectives" (from his 1977 album My Aim Is True
My Aim Is True

My Aim Is True is the debut album by Elvis Costello.The album was recorded at Pathway Studios in Islington, London, over the course of 1976 during late-night studio sessions, in a total of twenty-four hours....
) is the show's theme song. Its unique drum sequences also serve as segues between each segment of an episode.

During an online chat with the Washington Post in 2005, Elyse Luray
Elyse Luray

Elyse Luray is a member of the PBS series' History Detectives team. After more than 10 years as an expert appraiser and consultant for Christie's Auction House, she joined the cast of the highly successful show....
 stated that each segment took approximately six weeks to complete. While on the show it appears that each filmed segment is happening spontaneously, the research is generally completed prior to filming, and the investigator will then later return to certain research points for filming so the investigation will appear as a coherent story for the viewer.

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