Connor Undercover

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Connor Undercover
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Main characters
Created bySuzanne Bolch
John May
Starring Max Morrow
Lola Tash
Gavin Fox
Jordan Francis
Carleigh Beverly
Dylan Authors
Ana Golja
Theme music composerCarlos Lopes
Opening theme"I'll Always Be With You" performed by Rex Goudie
ComposerCarlos Lopes
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes25 (38 filmed) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersSuzanne Bolch
John May
Karen Lee Hall
Christina Jennings
Scott Garvie
ProducersLaura Harbin
Jan Peter Meyboom
(supervising producers)
Stephen Montgomery
(line producer)
Jennifer Pun Morrissette
Suzanne French
Production locations Toronto, Ontario
(setting and filming location)
Camera setup Film; Single-camera
Running timeApprox. 23 minutes
Production companiesHeroic Film Company
Shaftesbury Kids
Original release
Network Family Channel, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, ABC3 & Boomerang.
Release17 September 2010 (2010-09-17) 
31 January 2011 (2011-01-31)

Connor Undercover is a Canadian Teen action comedy TV series airing on Canadian specialty channel Family Channel. It stars Max Morrow as the title character Connor Heath. It is co-produced by Heroic Film Company and Shaftesbury Films. In early 2010, Family Channel renewed the series for a second season.

Contents

Overview

Season one

Connor Heath is an ordinary 15-year-old. He extremely over imagines things and is always looking for adventure however he never finds any, that is until the Cordoban president's daughter is sent to live with him and his family. After numerous attempts on Gisela's life, Ed, a body-guard for the Cordoban secret service joins them. The main antagonist is former friend of Gisela, now double agent Zatari, whose mission is to capture Gisela. [1]

Season two

Zatari, an ex-agent has re-appeared on a mission to capture DNA from Gisela to use in illegal human cloning, causing Ed to place Gisela in a safe house, away from school and the outside world. After Connor fails his Camp X test in order to protect Gisela, he finds himself being trained by Ed to become a proper spy to be able to protect Gisela anywhere she goes. [2] [3]

Production

The Family Channel Canada commissioned the series in 2008. Series one was filmed in early 2009 and first premiered on the Australian channel ABC3 on the 12 April 2010 and premiered on Family Channel on 17 September 2010. [4] [5] It was co-produced by Heroic Films Company and Shaftesbury Films. The Family Channel commissioned a second season of twenty-six episodes, which world premiered again on ABC3 on 11 October 2010. [6] [7] [8] Although the series is Canadian, the world premiere was given to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series was filmed on location in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
Season premiere Season finale
1 1312 April 201026 April 2010
2 2611 October 2010[ to be determined ]

International broadcasts

CountryChannelYear
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia ABC3 ABC1 [9] 12 April 2010 -
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Nickelodeon [10] [11] 22 August 2010 - 18 August 2010
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Disney XD January 2011
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Family Channel [12] 17 September 2010 -
Disney XD (Canadian TV channel) June 1, 2011
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Starz Kids & Family 1 March 2011 -
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland YLE 2 1 August 2011 -
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Boomerang UK [9] 2010 -
Flag of France.svg  France Gulli [9] 2010 -
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Ketnet [9] 17 January 2011 -
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Panda Biggs [13] 9 April 2012 -
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey JOJO [9] 2010 -
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Arutz HaYeladim 2010 -
Flag of India.svg  India Disney Channel India 2012 -
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Boomerang LA 3 August 2010
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates E-Junior January 2012 -
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Disney XD Summer 2010 -
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia RTV Vojvodina Autumn 2016 -

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