Intelligence (Canadian TV series)

Intelligence
Created byChris Haddock
StarringIan Tracey
Klea Scott
Matt Frewer
John Cassini
Country of originCanada
Original languagesEnglish, French (Intelligences)
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes25 (+ pilot)
Production
Executive producersChris Haddock
Laura Lightbown
Production locationsVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC
ReleaseOctober 10, 2006 (2006-10-10) –
December 10, 2007 (2007-12-10)
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Intelligence is a Vancouver-based crime drama television series created and written by Chris Haddock starring Ian Tracey and Klea Scott that aired on the CBC. With its pilot first airing on November 28, 2005, the series began regular broadcasting on October 10, 2006. CBC reaired the pilot on June 7, 2007 and began broadcasting reruns of season one on Fridays starting on June 8, 2007. A second season then aired from October 2007, concluding in December that same year. The series was produced by Haddock Entertainment, which also produced Da Vinci's Inquest and Da Vinci's City Hall.

Intelligence centres on Jimmy Reardon (Tracey), one of Vancouver's top organized crime bosses, and Mary Spalding (Scott), the director of the Vancouver Organized Crime Unit (OCU), who has offered Reardon immunity from prosecution in exchange for his role as a police informant. The show also stars Matt Frewer as Ted Altman, the scheming assistant director of the OCU who seeks to replace Spalding, and John Cassini as Ronnie Delmonico, Reardon's business partner and confidant.

The show's cast also includes Tom McBeath, John Mann, and David Green as CSIS directors; Eugene Lipinski and Andrew Airlie as colleagues of Spalding; and Bernie Coulson and Camille Sullivan as Reardon's brother and ex-wife.

The show was cancelled in 2008. The cancellation led to allegations that fear of the Harper government played a role in the decision.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Baker, Kevin (2008-03-29). "Did the CBC get spooked?". National Post. Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. ^ Wild, Diane (2008-03-29). "IN THE NEWS: ANALYSING INTELLIGENCE'S CANCELLATION". TV,eh?. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  3. ^ Baker, Kevin (2013-03-29). "Did The CBC Get Spooked?". National Post. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  4. ^ Doyle, John (2017-02-28). "John Doyle: Finally, the Canadian classic Intelligence has come to Netflix". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-12-16.