Radio Active (TV series)

Radio Active
Genre	Sitcom
Based on	Radio Enfer by François Jobin and Louis Saia
Written by	Terence Bowman Paul Paré Bernard Deniger Heidi Foss Shane Simmons Jennifer Seguin
Starring	Giancarlo Caltabiano Lucinda Davis Melissa Galianos Vik Sahay Michael Yarmush Vanessa Lengies Susan Glover Andrew Walker
Composer	Daniel Vermette
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	78
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Ciné Télé Action Inc.
Original release
Network	YTV
Release	12 September 1998 (1998-09-12)[ citation needed ] – 12 March 2001 (2001-03-12)[ citation needed ]

Radio Active is a Canadian sitcom television series broadcast on YTV, based on the Quebec French series Radio Enfer , about group of students at Upper Redwood High managing their own school radio station, called Radio Active.

Radio Active ran for a total of 78 episodes and three seasons dating from 12 September 1998, to 12 March 2001.^{[ citation needed ]}

Premise

Radio Active follows a group of students at Upper Redwood High who have a radio show. ^[1] Chaos follows as the group try to work together and watching out for the sneaky Ms. Noelle Atoll who always believes they're up to something.

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Giancarlo Caltabiano as George S. Goodwin III: Known to like Normal Man comics and speaks fondly of his uncle. Though not exactly the most intelligent member of the group, his eccentricity adds variety to the school's radio broadcasts. He has a distinct hairstyle, consisting of many bleached-blond spikes which have been shown to be sharp and hard enough to pierce apples.
• Lucinda Davis as Tanya Panda: Tanya is quiet and enjoys reading horoscopes. She often tries to make peace among the group. She and Morgan are best friends.
• Melissa Galianos as Morgan Leigh: Morgan is the productive, witty and reliable one in the group. She strives to get perfect grades and frequently clashes with Kevin, Roger, and Blair.
• Vik Sahay as Kevin Calvin (Season 1): The captain of the hockey team and all around average jock. He has a big ego and speaks often of the babes of Upper Redwood High. Kevin is frequently the target of Ms Atoll's ire.
• Michael Yarmush as Ethan St. John (Season 1): Ethan fears Miss Atoll and frequently sucks up to her. He admires Kevin's ability to attract girls and appears to have a slight crush on Morgan.
• Ryan Wilner as Roger Richards (seasons 2–3): Roger is one of, if not the most, intelligent of the group. He always gets good marks and is known to suck up to Ms. Atoll. However, he is notably uncool and can be somewhat self-centred.
• Andrew Walker ^[2] as Blair Resnicky (seasons 2–3): An athletic, arrogant, dim-witted new student who joins Radio Active. He is quite popular with the girls at Upper Redwood and his macho attitude frequently clashes with Morgan.
• Robert Higden as Angus B. Noseworthy: The Vice Principal in charge of discipline, however is laid back and has no self-discipline. He often begins a speech with "I remember when I was your age,...". He and Ms. Atoll attended Upper Redwood as students when they were still in high school.
• Susan Glover as Noelle Atoll: The supervising teacher in charge of Radio Active, whom the group dislikes. Ms. Atoll is an English teacher and tends to hand out multiple detentions for those who work at Radio Active.
• Vanessa Lengies ^[3] as Sarah Leigh: Morgan's little sister, who constantly annoys and interrupts the group. Mostly noted for her mail delivery on roller blades.

Episodes

Season 1: 1998–99

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Fraudcast"	Ross Francoeur	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	12 September 1998 (1998-09-12)
2	2	"Quiz Show"	Ross Francoeur	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin	19 September 1998 (1998-09-19)
3	3	"The Gossip"	Ross Francoeur	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin	26 September 1998 (1998-09-26)
4	4	"The Evil Empire"	Ross Francoeur	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin	3 October 1998 (1998-10-03)
5	5	"The CD Case"	Ross Francoeur	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin	10 October 1998 (1998-10-10)
6	6	"Payola Payback"	Ross Francoeur	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin	17 October 1998 (1998-10-17)
7	7	"The Big Shot"	Ross Francoeur	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin	24 October 1998 (1998-10-24)
8	8	"The Great Hypnoto"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin	31 October 1998 (1998-10-31)
9	9	"Love Bets"	Ross Francoeur	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin	7 November 1998 (1998-11-07)
10	10	"The Prima Donna"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin	14 November 1998 (1998-11-14)
11	11	"Tanya's Psychic Connection"	Ross Francoeur	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin	21 November 1998 (1998-11-21)
12	12	"The Replacement"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin	28 November 1998 (1998-11-28)
13	13	"The Ticket"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin	5 December 1998 (1998-12-05)
14	14	"Boxing Tanya"	François Jobin	Story by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin Teleplay by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	12 December 1998 (1998-12-12)
15	15	"Ethan Live"	François Jobin	Story by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin Teleplay by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	19 December 1998 (1998-12-19)
16	16	"The Play"	François Jobin	Story by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin Teleplay by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	9 January 1999 (1999-01-09)
17	17	"Mr. Moneybags"	François Jobin	Story by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin Teleplay by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	16 January 1999 (1999-01-16)
18	18	"The Radio Activists"	François Jobin	Story by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin Teleplay by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	23 January 1999 (1999-01-23)
19	19	"The Classy Girl"	François Jobin	Story by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin Teleplay by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	30 January 1999 (1999-01-30)
20	20	"Morgan's Day Off"	François Jobin	Story by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin Teleplay by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	6 February 1999 (1999-02-06)
21	21	"Stalag 16 1/2"	François Jobin	Story by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin Teleplay by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	13 February 1999 (1999-02-13)
22	22	"The Poet"	François Jobin	Story by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin Teleplay by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	20 February 1999 (1999-02-20)
23	23	"The Secret Admirer"	François Jobin	Story by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin Teleplay by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	27 February 1999 (1999-02-27)
24	24	"Blackmail"	François Jobin	Story by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin Teleplay by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	6 March 1999 (1999-03-06)
25	25	"The Substitute"	François Jobin	Story by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin Teleplay by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	13 March 1999 (1999-03-13)
26	26	"Ethan Without a Cause"	François Jobim	Story by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré & Jennifer Seguin Teleplay by : Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	20 March 1999 (1999-03-20)

Season 2: 1999–2000

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
27	1	"The Leader"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	11 September 1999 (1999-09-11)
28	2	"The Invasion"	François Jobin	Heidi Foss	18 September 1999 (1999-09-18)
29	3	"Sock It to Me"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	25 September 1999 (1999-09-25)
30	4	"Dr. Tanya"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	2 October 1999 (1999-10-02)
31	5	"The Interception"	François Jobin	Heidi Foss	9 October 1999 (1999-10-09)
32	6	"The Blaire Resnickie Project"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	16 October 1999 (1999-10-16)
33	7	"Dark Sarah"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	23 October 1999 (1999-10-23)
34	8	"Logic 101"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	30 October 1999 (1999-10-30)
35	9	"The Truth and Nothing but the Truth"	François Jobin	Isabelle Langlois	6 November 1999 (1999-11-06)
36	10	"The Big Lie"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	13 November 1999 (1999-11-13)
37	11	"The Marathon Broadcast"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	20 November 1999 (1999-11-20)
38	12	"The Review"	François Jobin	Heidi Foss	27 November 1999 (1999-11-27)
39	13	"Television Active"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	4 December 1999 (1999-12-04)
40	14	"Morgan Unplugged"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	11 December 1999 (1999-12-11)
41	15	"The Prince and the Pimple"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	18 December 1999 (1999-12-18)
42	16	"The Junk Food Racket"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	8 January 2000 (2000-01-08)
43	17	"Good! Win Hunting"	François Jobin	Heidi Foss	15 January 2000 (2000-01-15)
44	18	"Matchmaker, Matchmaker"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	22 January 2000 (2000-01-22)
45	19	"Smart and Smarter"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	29 January 2000 (2000-01-29)
46	20	"Disk-Junky"	François Jobin	Heidi Foss	5 February 2000 (2000-02-05)
47	21	"Fashion Police"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	12 February 2000 (2000-02-12)
48	22	"Morgan and Blaine Sitting in a Tree!"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	19 February 2000 (2000-02-19)
49	23	"Miz Atoll Dearest"	François Jobin	Heidi Foss	26 February 2000 (2000-02-26)
50	24	"Daydreams"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	4 March 2000 (2000-03-04)
51	25	"Return to Sender"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	11 March 2000 (2000-03-11)
52	26	"The Fund Raiser"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	18 March 2000 (2000-03-18)

Season 3: 2000–01

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
53	1	"The Wrong Man, the Right Rodent"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	9 September 2000 (2000-09-09)
54	2	"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Station"	François Jobin	Heidi Foss	16 September 2000 (2000-09-16)
55	3	"Cyrano de Internet"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	23 September 2000 (2000-09-23)
56	4	"They Call Me Uncle Tibby"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	30 September 2000 (2000-09-30)
57	5	"Lou Ann, the Fan"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	7 October 2000 (2000-10-07)
58	6	"Verse Versus Reverse"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	14 October 2000 (2000-10-14)
59	7	"Death of a Nozzle Salesman"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	21 October 2000 (2000-10-21)
60	8	"Cyber Boy"	François Jobin	Unknown	28 October 2000 (2000-10-28)
61	9	"The Model"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	4 November 2000 (2000-11-04)
62	10	"Bully for You"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	11 November 2000 (2000-11-11)
63	11	"Rogercus"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	18 November 2000 (2000-11-18)
64	12	"Dead Comic's Society"	François Jobin	Heidi Foss	25 November 2000 (2000-11-25)
65	13	"A Christmas Atoll"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	2 December 2000 (2000-12-02)
66	14	"Identity Crisis"	François Jobin	Heidi Foss	9 December 2000 (2000-12-09)
67	15	"Bad Aptitude"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	16 December 2000 (2000-12-16)
68	16	"Lou Ann's Return"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	6 January 2001 (2001-01-06)
69	17	"Paramedic Paramour"	François Jobin	Heidi Foss	13 January 2001 (2001-01-13)
70	18	"The Ratings War"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	20 January 2001 (2001-01-20)
71	19	"The Wendy Gwendolyn Conundrum"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	27 January 2001 (2001-01-27)
72	20	"Meat Versus Potatoes"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	3 February 2001 (2001-02-03)
73	21	"Eye to Eye, Pupil to Pupil"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	10 February 2001 (2001-02-10)
74	22	"Commercial Chaos"	François Jobin	Heidi Foss	17 February 2001 (2001-02-17)
75	23	"No Trouble Atoll"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	24 February 2001 (2001-02-24)
76	24	"Culture Shock"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	3 March 2001 (2001-03-03)
77	25	"Role Reversal"	François Jobin	Terence Bowman & Bernard Deniger & Paul Paré	10 March 2001 (2001-03-10)
78	26	"For Whom the Bell Curve Tolls"	François Jobin	Shane Simmons	12 March 2001 (2001-03-12)

See also

• Television portal
• Canada portal

• Radio Free Roscoe , another Canadian teen series with a similar premise

References

1. "TV Today". Philadelphia Inquirer. 2 April 1999. ProQuest   1843821203 . Retrieved 19 August 2024.
2. Kelly, Brendan (22 April 2002). "Playing in a new field: Touching down in acting instead of football, local talent scores some fine goals". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. ProQuest   433812775 . Retrieved 19 August 2024.
3. Hustak, Alan (21 August 1999). "Meet the new Mechanics kid: Wonder girl from the West Island gets ready for debut on YTV series". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. ProQuest   433512159 . Retrieved 19 August 2024.

External links

• Radio Active on Ciné Télé Action
• Radio Active at IMDb