Abstract
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This article explores the concept of value in relation to the Australian television crime drama
series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. Drawing on a range of approaches to the economic valuation
of culture, it argues for a nuanced approach to capturing the total cultural and economic value of
a television crime drama series. While this may include the quantifiable, direct monetary benefits
to be derived at all stages of development, production, distribution and consumption, the case is
made for consideration of the unquantifiable, indirect non-monetary benefits that may also accrue
to creators, to audiences and to society in general, as are clearly evident in the case of Miss Fisher’s
Murder Mysteries.