Monday 1 May 2017

I haven't posted for a while, but great news about a new Canadian Detective Show coming in the fall

A new Canadian detective show is coming to CTV with actors from Degrassi, Coronation
Street/Inspector Lewis and Saving Hope.


Degrassi and Coronation Street 

actresses star in new Canadian

detective drama

Shenae Grimes-Beech, Angela Griffin and Wendy Crewson
 play female homicide detectives in The Detail.


From left, Shenae Grimes-Beech, Angela Griffin and Wendy Crewson in The Detail.
From left, Shenae Grimes-Beech, Angela Griffin and Wendy Crewson in The Detail.   (BELL MEDIA)  
Production has begun on a new Toronto-made detective drama starring a veteran Canadian actress, a former Degrassi kid and a one-time Coronation Street regular.
The Detail stars Wendy Crewson (Saving HopeRoom), Shenae Grimes-Beech (Degrassi: The Next Generation90210) and Angela Griffin (Coronation StreetInspector Lewis) as female homicide detectives.
The series comes from the producing and writing team behind CTV medical drama Saving Hope, including co-showrunners Ley Lukins (Lost Girl) and Adam Pettle (King). It’s produced by Ilana Frank’s ICF Films in association with Entertainment One and CTV.
Grimes-Beech stars as Jacqueline “Jack” Cooper, described in a news release as a street smart detective with a messy personal life. Griffin is her mentor, Detective Stevie Hall, and Crewson is their boss, Staff Inspector Fiona Currie.
Other cast members include Canadian actors David Cubitt (Medium), David Ferry (Boondock Saints), Matthew Edison (The Girlfriend Experience), Al Mukadam (Second Jen) and Matt Gordon (Rookie Blue), and American actor Ben Bass (Rookie Blue).
The 10-episode drama is shooting in Toronto to air as part of CTV’s 2017/18 season. It has also been picked up by ION Television in the U.S.