X Company

This article is about the Canadian television series. For the research subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., see X Development.
X Company
Created by
Starring
Country of originCanada
Original languages
  • English
  • German
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes28
Production
Executive producers
  • Mark Ellis
  • Stephanie Morgenstern
  • David Fortier
  • Bill Haber
  • Ivan Schneeberg
Running time44 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
ReleaseFebruary 18, 2015 (2015-02-18) –
March 15, 2017 (2017-03-15)
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X Company is a Canadian/Hungarian spy thriller television series created by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern, the creators of the CTV series Flashpoint, which ran from 2008 to 2012. The series premiered on February 18, 2015, on CBC Television. The series takes place during World War II, and follows five recruits as they are trained as agents at a secret Canadian training facility, Camp X near Lake Ontario east of Toronto and then sent out into the field in Europe.[1][2] The final episode of the series aired on CBC on March 15, 2017.

A view of part of the site of Camp X looking toward Lake Ontario.

X Company was produced by Temple Street and Pioneer Stillking Kft. Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern wrote some episodes and were also executive producers with Ivan Schneeberg, David Fortier, Kerry Appleyard (Temple Street) and Bill Haber (Ostar Productions).[3] Directors included Grant Harvey, Amanda Tapping, Paolo Barzman, Julian Gilbey and Stephanie Morgenstern.[4]

On March 4, 2015, CBC renewed the series for a second season with ten episodes, two more than the first season of eight.[5][6] On March 31, 2016, CBC announced that the series would be renewed for a ten-episode third season, to début in the winter of 2017. On September 1, 2016, it was announced that this would be the final season for the show.[4][7]

  1. ^ Brioux, Bill (December 31, 2014). "Canadian TV to watch for in 2015". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  2. ^ Barr, Merrill (December 22, 2014). "50 Percent of You Will Not Survive The First Trailer For 'X Company'". Nerdist. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  3. ^ David, Greg (September 8, 2016). "Production Begins on Third — and Final — Season of CBC's X Company". TV, eh?. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Production underway on the third and final season of CBC and Temple Street's acclaimed WWII drama 'X Company'". CBC Media Centre. September 8, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  5. ^ "CBC renews Schitt's Creek and Murdoch Mysteries, cancels Strange Empire". CBC News. March 4, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  6. ^ "CBC announces new drama, comedy, and factual line up, plus renewals for 2015–16" (Press release). CBC Media Centre. March 4, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  7. ^ "X Company Season 3: The Final Chapter". CBC. September 1, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.