Sidestreet
{{Other uses|Side street (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| runtime = 60 minutes
| creator = John Saxton
Geoffrey Gilbert
| starring = Sean McCann
Stephen Markel
Donnelly Rhodes
| country = Canada
| language = English
| network = CBC Television
| executive_producer = John T. Ross (early episodes)
Stanley Colbert (later episodes)
| first_aired = {{start date|1975|9|14}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1978|11|12}}
| num_seasons = 4
| num_episodes = 32
| producer =
}}
Sidestreet is a Canadian television drama, which aired Sundays on CBC from 1975 to 1978. It stars Sean McCann and Donnelly Rhodes as police working in Toronto.
Background
Sidestreet succeeded The Collaborators as the CBC's main series drama. Program developers aimed to move Sidestreet away from the violence that The Collaborators had by focusing on protagonists who were community service officers instead of ordinary detectives. They aimed to concentrate on issues such as: blockbusting, strikebreaking, rape, poverty, and the problems of the elderly in the city, instead of major crimes.
Cast
- Stephen Markel as St. Johnny Dias (season 1)
- Sean McCann as Insp. Alec Woodward (season 1)
- Donnelly Rhodes as Nick Raitt (seasons 2-4)
- Jonathan Welsh as Glenn Olsen (seasons 2-4)
Episodes
=Season 1 (1975)=
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=Season 2 (1976)=
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| style="background:#;"| No. overall ! style="background:#;"| No. in ! style="background:#;"| Title ! style="background:#;"| Directed by ! style="background:#;"| Written by ! style="background:#;"| Original air date {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Line of Duty | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|10|3}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Right to Defend | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|10|10}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Intimidation | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|10|24}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Assault | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|10|31}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Death Sentence | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|11|7}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 14 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Rogue Cop | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|11|14}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 15 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Till Death Do Us Part | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|11|21}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} |
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=Season 3 (1977)=
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| style="background:#;"| No. overall ! style="background:#;"| No. in ! style="background:#;"| Title ! style="background:#;"| Directed by ! style="background:#;"| Written by ! style="background:#;"| Original air date {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 16 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Saturday Night Special | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|10|9}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 17 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Between Friends | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|10|23}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 18 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Eighteen Hours to Kill | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|10|30}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 19 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Sugar and Spice | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|11|6}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 20 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Last of the Fall Guys | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|11|13}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 21 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = With This Ring | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|11|27}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 22 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Once a Hero | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|12|4}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 23 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Stakeout | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|12|11}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 24 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = A Case in Point | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|12|18}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} |
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=Season 4=
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| style="background:#;"| No. overall ! style="background:#;"| No. in ! style="background:#;"| Title ! style="background:#;"| Directed by ! style="background:#;"| Written by ! style="background:#;"| Original air date {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 25 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Just Another Day | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|9|24}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 26 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Holiday with Homicide | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|10|1}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 27 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Big Brother | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|10|8}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 28 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Les Gendarmes | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|10|15}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 29 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Scorpio Rising | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|10|22}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 30 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = The Moneylender | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|10|29}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 31 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Revenge | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|10|5}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 32 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Vancouver Connection | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|11|12}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = }} |
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Theme song
Jazz musician Chuck Mangione composed the show's theme song. The two-minute theme appears on his 1977 hit album Feels So Good.
External links
{{Portal|Television|Canada}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0071052|title=Sidestreet}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100325131831/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Sev.html Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series]
Category:1970s Canadian crime drama television series
Category:Canadian police procedural television series
Category:CBC Television original programming
Category:1975 Canadian television series debuts