![]() ![]() Upon the end of the series in 1999, BBC Two immediately began to screen repeats, and the series ITV3 rescreened the series in 2006, while BBC Two from October 18, 2010, give the series another repeat run. From May 1999, the remaining episodes from series 3 and all of series 4 were broadcast until November 1999, on BBC Two and consistently performed well, with ratings of over two million viewers, regularly appearing in the top-ten weekly shows for the channel. The BBC helped co-finance the third series, however the BBC struggled to find a suitable slot on Saturday nights, with only six episodes being broadcast from May - July, with three further episodes before Christmas 1998, and a further two in early January 1999. The series was given a full repeat during the 1997 summer holidays each weekday morning. The remaining 6 episodes were shown in January 1997, with the last episode going out on Easter Monday. Season two was broadcast on Saturday nights from Jand fared similarly well, but was pulled from the schedules in mid October, with Noel's House Party taking its slot. The series continued on either a Tuesday or Friday every week except August until November 28, 1995. In the UK, Due South was first broadcast on Tuesday May 9, 1995, earning critical acclaim with comparisons to Northern Exposure and ratings of over eight million. The show remains popular in the United Kingdom, and became one of the few non-British shows to have a prime-time weeknight slot on BBC One. Despite critical acclaim and a consistently warm reception by American audiences, Due South never became a huge hit in the United States however, it was one of the most highly rated regular series ever broadcast by a Canadian network. In the United States, seasons three and four were packaged together as a single 26-episode season for syndication. Īfter a one-year hiatus, CTV revived the series in 1997 with international investment (from the BBC, ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, and TF1), and it ran for two further seasons, until 1999. The show was once again shown on CBS in late 1995 after many fall shows had failed (CBS ordered an additional five episodes, raising the number to eighteen, but broadcast only four of them), but CBS did not renew the series. Īfter the 24-episode first season, CBS cancelled the series, but the show's success in Canada and the United Kingdom enabled the production company to raise enough money to mount a second thirteen-episode season, which ran from 1995 to 1996. It was the first Canadian-made series to have a prime time slot on a major US network. After higher-than-anticipated ratings, Due South was turned into a continuing drama series in 1994. The series itself was mostly filmed in Toronto, and was assisted with financing on later seasons by the BBC, which aired episodes on British television.ĭue South originally debuted as a television movie on CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States. It also included elements of fantasy derived from Gross' character being visited by the memory of his father who often provides mixed advice on situations. The show's format mixed between elements of a police drama and comedy, derived from the stereotypical differences between Canadian and American culture at the time. Both are aided at times by Fraser's deaf white wolf, Diefenbaker. He works alongside a detective of the Chicago Police Department to solve crimes. The show follows the adventures of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Constable Benton Fraser, who first came to Chicago on the trail of the killers of his father, and has remained, attached as liaison with the Canadian Consulate. The series starred Paul Gross, David Marciano, Gordon Pinsent, Beau Starr, Catherine Bruhier, Camilla Scott, Ramona Milano, and Callum Keith Rennie. ![]() John McCarthy (not credited in the revival seasons)ĭue South is a Canadian crime comedy-drama television series created by Paul Haggis, and produced by Alliance Communications from its premiere on April 26, 1994, to its conclusion after four seasons on March 14, 1999.
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