- R.C.M.P. (TV series)
Infobox Television
show_name = R.C.M.P.
caption =
show_name_2 = Royal Canadian Mounted Police
genre =crime drama
creator =F. R. Crawley
director =
developer =
presenter =
starring =Giles Pelletier Don Francks Trent Gough
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country = CAN
UK
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 39
list_episodes =
executive_producer = F. R. Crawley
producer =Harry Horner Bernard Girard
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runtime = 30 mins.
network = CBCBBC
US syndication
picture_format = 1.33 : 1monochrome
audio_format =monaural
first_run =
first_aired = flagicon|Canada28 October 1959
last_aired =19 October 1960
flagicon|UK12 July 1960 —19 May 1961
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imdb_id = 0159201
tv_com_id ="R.C.M.P." was a Canadian television drama series about the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police . The series ran a single season (1959-60), consisting of 39 weekly half-hour episodes and starred French-Canadian actorGilles Pelletier as Corporal Jacques Gagnier and English-Canadian actorDon Francks as Constable Bill Mitchell.The series was created by Canadian film-maker Frank Radford "Budge" Crawley in collaboration with Crawley Films, the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , the BBC in theUnited Kingdom and Australian Broadcasting Commission.Unapologetically cold, grainy and raw, the show was very realistic and stood up well against other crime dramas on TV of the day. Crawley created the "R.C.M.P." series in an attempt to fulfill his dream of sharing "the Canadian Way" with the rest of the world. While not a fan of American-style cinema, Crawley wished "R.C.M.P." to sign with a U.S. television network. American networks at that time demanded full control over any shows they broadcast and "R.C.M.P." ended up with only a paltry take in American syndication.
External links
*imdb title|id=0159201|title=R.C.M.P.
* [http://www.angelfire.com/retro/cta/Can/RCMP.htm "R.C.M.P." at the Classic TV Archive]
*Chartrand, Harvey: [http://www.ottawalife.com/article.asp?articleid=251 Remembering the R.C.M.P. Tv Series] , "Ottawa Life Magazine", September 2001.
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