Cover Me (Canadian TV series)
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Genre | Thriller |
Written by | Peter Lauterman |
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Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Network | CBC Television |
Release | 26 September 28 September 1999 | –
Cover Me is a Canadian television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1999. It starred Colin Ferguson, Caroline Neron, Jackie Burroughs and Philip Craig.
Premise
[edit]The Ottawa Citizen described the series as, "A clear-eyed, right-wing, steak-and-potatoes Calgary Mountie is teamed up with a tempestuous, sophisticated, chain-smoking Montreal séparatiste, who also happens to be a CSIS agent. They fight international terrorism when not fighting each other."[1]
Cast
[edit]- Colin Ferguson as Andrew Chase
- Caroline Neron as Pascale Laurier
- Jackie Burroughs as Caitlin Crawford
- Philip Craig as Gareth Endicott
- Neville Edwards as Malloy
Production
[edit]The series was the first production from Serendipity films, which was formed by Montreal-native Robert Lantos when he sold Alliance to Atlantis to form Alliance Atlantis.[2]
Reception
[edit]Richard Helm of The Edmonton Journal described the series as "laughably awful", adding that "...Cover Me also stands as a cautionary tale about what can happen when a broadcaster wades into a populist TV genre with which it's totally unfamiliar."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Tony Atherton (September 25, 1999). "Cover Me: A Canadian TV Challenge". The Ottawa Citizen. p. E3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mike Boone (September 26, 1999). "Sex, spies, straight arrow". The Gazette. Montreal, Canada. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Richard Helm (September 23, 1999). "CBC's laughable espionage series, Cover Me, needs a good stiff zap". The Edmonton Journal. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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