Fortunate Son (TV series)

Fortunate Son
Genre
Written byAndrew Wreggitt
Jennica Harper
Directed byStefan Schwartz
Ken Girotti
Starring
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producers
  • Andrew Wreggitt
  • Stefan Schwartz
  • Tom Cox
  • Jordy Randall
  • Erin Haskett
ProducersBrian Dennis
Jessalyn Dennis
Production companiesUniversal International Studios
Lark Productions
SEVEN24 Films
Original release
NetworkCBC
ReleaseJanuary 8 (2020-01-08) –
February 26, 2020 (2020-02-26)
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Fortunate Son is a Canadian espionage drama television series, which premiered January 8, 2020 on CBC Television.[1] The show is loosely based on the experiences of Mary Cox, the mother of co-executive producer Tom Cox, who helped American draft dodgers cross the border into Canada during the Vietnam War.[2]

The show takes its name from the 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival protest song "Fortunate Son".

  1. ^ Eric Volmers, "Stars of Calgary-shot period drama Fortunate Son see political parallels between then and now". Calgary Herald, January 3, 2020.
  2. ^ David Bell, "Fortunate Son brings complex draft-dodging drama to southern Alberta filming locations". CBC News Calgary, August 16, 2019.