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Created by
  
Abraham Polonsky

First episode date
  
16 September 1965

Network
  
CBC Television

Number of episodes
  
31

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Genre
  
Drama

Original language(s)
  
English

Final episode date
  
8 September 1966

Number of seasons
  
1

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Written by
  
Edward DeBlasio Lindsay Galloway Alvin Goldman Ian McLellan Hunter Charles E. Israel Norman Klenman Abraham Polonsky

Directed by
  
John Berry Abner Biberman Herschel Daugherty Lawrence Dobkin Harvey Hart Irving Lerner George McCowan Daniel Petrie Abraham Polonsky Gayne Rescher Harrison Starr Eric Till

Starring
  
Stephen Young Austin Willis Cec Linder

Cast
  
Stephen Young, Austin Willis, Cec Linder

Similar
  
Quentin Durgens - MP, Wojeck, The Forest Rangers, Adventures in Rainbow Country, Judd - for the Defense

Seaway cbc tv series 1965 gunpowder and paint part 1 music by morris surdin


Seaway is a Canadian drama series that aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1966. The series was a Seaway Films production in collaboration with the UK's ATV, with production money provided by the CBC. It was presented by ASP and distributed internationally by ITC Entertainment (for international screenings ITC replaced the theme music by John Bath with another composition by Edwin Astley, and prepared a different title sequence).

Contents

Although officially Canadian, many of the show's writers and directors were American (as was the series creator/script supervisor Abraham Polonsky), with some British contributors as well (such as Ian McLellan Hunter and Donald James). It was the most expensive series produced in Canada to that time with a total cost of $3 million, and although it did well enough for the CBC in terms of viewers a hoped-for sale to American network television never happened because the series, with the exceptions of the two-part episodes "Don't Forget to Wipe the Blood Off" and "Gunpowder and Paint," was shot in black and white and US network shows by that time were, with a few exceptions, in color.

Seaway tv intro 1965


Synopsis

Seaway followed the adventures of Nick King (played by Stephen Young) who works as a ship owners' agent, investigating crimes involving shipping. He is assisted by Department of Transport agent Leslie Fox (Austin Willis), and the special police force patrolling the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Episodes were filmed in various locations along the seaway, primarily Toronto and Montreal. They were generally set in Canada, although the two-parter "Gunpowder and Paint" was partially set in Cleveland (though filmed in Toronto.)

Main cast

  • Stephen Young as Nick King
  • Austin Willis as Admiral Fox
  • Cec Linder as Inspector Provist
  • Notable guest stars included Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent, Canada-based British actor Barry Morse (who was appearing in The Fugitive at the time), Star Trek pilot episode actress Sally Kellerman, Faye Dunaway in one of her first screen appearances, and Richard Thomas.

    Episode list

    All the 30 episodes are complete. This list is in broadcast order, as broadcast on the CBC according to TV listings guides. All titles are correct. A pair of episodes (Don't Forget to Wipe the Blood Off) were edited together into a feature film entitled Affair with a Killer.

    Episodes

    *Episodes made in color

    The transmission and/or production order of the following episodes is unknown. It can be assumed these episodes slot into the gaps in the above list.

  • "Nothing but a Long Goodbye"
  • "The Sparrows"
  • "A Medal for Mirko"
  • "Abraham's Hand"
  • Australia

    The Australian rights are held by the Nine Network who, over many decades, have shown numerous repeats in non-peak viewing times. Since 2012 there have been numerous showings in the early hours of the morning on Gem, a Nine Network digital outlet, sometimes twice per morning. The Seaway repeats alternate with re-screenings of two British series Gideon's Way and Danger Man.

    References

    Seaway (TV series) Wikipedia