''Seaway'' is a Canadian

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that aired on

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for the 1965–1966 season. 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

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(for international screenings ITC replaced the theme music by John Bath with another composition by Edwin Astley, and prepared a different title sequence). Although officially Canadian, many of the show's writers and directors were American (as was the series creator/script supervisor

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), with some British contributors as well (such as

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and

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). It was the most expensive series produced in Canada to that time with a total cost of $3 million ($ million today), 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.

Overview

''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 (

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), and the special police force patrolling the

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. Episodes were filmed in various locations along the seaway, primarily

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and

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. They were generally set in Canada, although the two-parter "Gunpowder and Paint" was partially set in Cleveland (though filmed in Toronto.)

Cast

* Stephen Young as Nick King *

as Admiral Fox *

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as Inspector Provist Notable guest stars included Canadian actor

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, Canada-based British actor

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(who was appearing in '' The Fugitive'' at the time),

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in one of her first screen appearances,

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, and Richard Thomas.

Episodes

This list is in broadcast order, as broadcast on the CBC according to TV listings guides. A pair of episodes (''Don't Forget to Wipe the Blood Off'') were edited together into a feature film entitled ''Affair with a Killer''.Affair with a Killer (1966) , IMDB
/ref> *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"

International broadcast

The Australian rights are held by the

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who, over many decades, have shown numerous repeats in non-peak viewing times. Since 2012 and continuing in 2018, there have been numerous showings in the early hours of the morning on

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, a Nine Network digital outlet, sometimes twice per morning. Until November 2017, the Seaway repeats alternated with re-screenings of two British series ''

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'' and ''

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''. In early 2022 they were broadcast around midday.

References

External links

*
Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series
via archive.org) * {{cite web , url= http://ctva.biz/Canada/Seaway.htm, title= Seaway, author= , date= , website= , publisher= The Classic TV Archive 1965 Canadian television series debuts 1966 Canadian television series endings 1960s Canadian drama television series Black-and-white Canadian television shows CBC Television original programming Television series by ITC Entertainment English-language television shows