| Cover Me | |
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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
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
- 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
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
- ↑ 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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