Cover Me (Canadian TV series)

Cover Me
GenreThriller
Written byPeter Lauterman
Directed by
  • Stacey Stewart Curtis
  • Marc F. Voizard
Starring
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Production companies
  • Alliance Atlantis Communications
  • Power Pictures
  • Serendipity Point Films
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release26 September (1999-09-26) –
28 September 1999 (1999-09-28)

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

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

Production

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

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

  1. ^ Tony Atherton (September 25, 1999). "Cover Me: A Canadian TV Challenge". The Ottawa Citizen. p. E3 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Mike Boone (September 26, 1999). "Sex, spies, straight arrow". The Gazette. Montreal, Canada. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 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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