Diamonds | |
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Starring |
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Theme music composer | Dominic Troiano |
Country of origin | Canada France |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 44 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Sonny Grosso Larry Jacobson |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | Alliance Entertainment Grosso-Jacobson Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Global (Canada) CBS (United States) |
Release | September 22, 1987 – 1989 |
Diamonds is a French and Canadian-produced television series, which aired from September 22, 1987, to 1989. The show starred Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne, former actors who had met and married while playing private investigators on a TV series called Two of Diamonds, and continued to work together as real private investigators after both their divorce and the cancellation of their show. [1]
The show was frequently compared to the American series Moonlighting . In a direct nod to the comparison, one episode actually featured an encounter with a character who mistook Devitt and Towne for Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.
The cast also included Roland Magdane, Geraint Wyn Davies and Tony Rosato. Campbell was also an occasional writer for the series.
Produced by Alliance Entertainment, the series aired on Global in Canada, and in a late night slot on CBS in the United States, [2] as well as on the USA Network. It was one of several Canadian-produced drama series to air in the CBS Late Night block of crime dramas — others included Adderly, Night Heat and Hot Shots . Of those shows, it was the only one to explicitly acknowledge that it was set in Toronto. [3]
Diamonds also aired on RTÉ Television in Ireland.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Poison Pill" | Miklós Lente | Jaron Summers | September 22, 1987 |
2 | 2 | "Kiss & Tell" | George Mendeluk | Unknown | September 29, 1987 |
3 | 3 | "There Once Was a Lady from Katmandu" | Timothy Bond | Gabrielle St. George | October 6, 1987 |
4 | 4 | "Here Comes the Bride" | René Bonnière | Unknown | October 13, 1987 |
5 | 5 | "Domestic Spirits" | Patrick Corbett | Philip Rosenberg | October 20, 1987 |
6 | 6 | "Class Reunion" | Gilbert M. Shilton | J.K.E. Rose | November 3, 1987 |
7 | 7 | "Good Hands" | Patrick Corbett | Unknown | November 10, 1987 |
8 | 8 | "The Smiling Mortician" | Gilbert M. Shilton | Giles Blunt | November 17, 1987 |
9 | 9 | "Fan Club" | Unknown | Unknown | January 5, 1988 |
10 | 10 | "Little Girl Lost" | Patrick Corbett | Unknown | January 12, 1988 |
11 | 11 | "When the Wind Blows" | Unknown | Unknown | February 2, 1988 |
12 | 12 | "Ay, There's the Rub" | Unknown | Unknown | February 9, 1988 |
13 | 13 | "There's No Business" | René Bonnière | J.K.E. Rose | February 23, 1988 |
14 | 14 | "Family Plot" | Unknown | Unknown | March 1, 1988 |
15 | 15 | "Sweetheart Deal" | William Fruet | Chris Haddock | March 8, 1988 |
16 | 16 | "The Final Cut" | Patrick Corbett | Unknown | March 29, 1988 |
17 | 17 | "Man with a Gun" | Unknown | Unknown | April 5, 1988 |
18 | 18 | "Where There's a Will" | Unknown | Unknown | April 12, 1988 |
19 | 19 | "The Whistle Blower" | Unknown | Unknown | May 3, 1988 |
20 | 20 | "Ghost Writer" | Unknown | Unknown | May 10, 1988 |
21 | 21 | "Exposure" | René Bonnière | Peter Lauterman, Angelo Stea | May 17, 1988 |
22 | 22 | "Goodbye Cabin" | Gilbert M. Shilton | Chris Haddock, Jeremy Hole | May 24, 1988 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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23 | 1 | "A Couple of Couples" | Mario Azzopardi | Nick Arnold | December 4, 1988 |
24 | 2 | "All Bets Off" | Mark Sobel | R.B. Carney | December 11, 1988 |
25 | 3 | "Leap of Faith" | Unknown | Peter Lauterman, Angelo Stea | December 18, 1988 |
26 | 4 | "By the Book" | Randy Bradshaw | Nick Arnold | January 10, 1989 |
27 | 5 | "Separate Ways" | Mark Sobel | Unknown | January 24, 1989 |
28 | 6 | "Life is a Lot Like Hockey" | René Bonnière | Chris Auer | February 7, 1989 |
29 | 7 | "Family Business" | Donald Shebib | Jeff F. King | February 21, 1989 |
30 | 8 | "Le Cheval: Part 1" | Unknown | Unknown | April 16, 1989 |
31 | 9 | "Le Cheval: Part 2" | Unknown | Unknown | April 23, 1989 |
32 | 10 | "Back in Fashion" | Roger Andrieux | Barbara Samuels | April 30, 1989 |
33 | 11 | "Coming of Age" | Donald Shebib | Gerry Davis | May 14, 1989 |
34 | 12 | "Doctor, Lawyer, Liar, Thief" | Unknown | Unknown | July 16, 1989 |
35 | 13 | "Lady Blue" | Nicholas Campbell | Jeff F. King | August 13, 1989 |
36 | 14 | "Hot Property" | Donald Shebib | Jim Henshaw | August 20, 1989 |
37 | 15 | "Payola" | Randy Bradshaw | Ashley Collie | August 27, 1989 |
38 | 16 | "Voodoo" | Randy Bradshaw | Peter Mohan | 1989 |
39 | 17 | "The List" | TBD | TBD | 1989 |
40 | 18 | "Street Song" | TBD | TBD | 1989 |
41 | 19 | "Dinosaur" | TBD | Giles Blunt | 1989 |
42 | 20 | "13 Bis" | Bruno Gantillon | Nicholas Campbell | 1989 |
43 | 21 | "Death Kiss" | Paolo Barzman | Yves Lavandier | 1989 |
44 | 22 | "The Silver Leaf" | Paolo Barzman | Jeff F. King | December 3, 1989 |
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