Robson Arms

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Robson Arms
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Created byGary Harvey
Susin Nielsen
Country of origin Canada
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes39
Production
Executive producersGary Harvey
Susin Nielsen
Brian Hamilton
Running time22 minutes
Original release
Network CTV
ReleaseJune 17, 2005 (2005-06-17) 
June 30, 2008 (2008-06-30)

Robson Arms is a Canadian television series that began airing on CTV on June 17, 2005, and ended on June 30, 2008. Robson Arms is a co-production between Vancouver-based Omni Film Productions Limited and Halifax's Creative Atlantic Communications.

Contents

The show is a comedy-drama (dramedy) anthology organized around the Robson Arms, an apartment building in Vancouver, at the fictional address of 951 Pendrell Street. Each of the show's episodes focuses principally on a different tenant of the building, although the core cast members interact in minor roles throughout the series. In each episode, the Troubadours comment on the storyline through song.

The show was created to fulfill a licensing requirement of CTV's Vancouver station, CIVT, which originally promised, as an independent station, to produce 20 episodes of an anthology series entitled The Storytellers. Only ten such episodes were produced. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) did not agree that CIVT's new network programming supplanted this commitment and asked the station to fulfill its promise. [1] CTV believed the anthology would be more successful as a series with common characters, and Robson Arms was the result.

Two of the show's regular cast members, Gabrielle Miller and Fred Ewanuick, appeared in this series concurrent with their continuing roles in another CTV production, Corner Gas .

The series currently airs in reruns on CTV's secondary CTV Two system.

Cast and characters

The season(s) during which each actor has been included in the main cast are marked in black. White square means the actor doesn't appear in that season at all.

Actor(s)CharacterAppearances
S 1S 2S 3
Tom SaundersThe Tall Troubadour
Jason DedrickThe Not as Tall Troubadour
John Cassini Yuri Kukoc
Helena Yea Grandma Tan
Colin Foo Bao Tan
Gabrielle Rose Toni Mastroianni-Tan
Justine Wong Ruby Tan
Zak Santiago Hal Garcia
Alisen Down Sault Ste. Marie
David Richmond-Peck Geoff McAlister
Fred Ewanuick Nick Papathanasiou
Kevin McNulty Stanley Wasserman
Haig SutherlandFred Fochs
Jane McGregor Alicia Plecas-Fochs
Gabrielle Miller Bobbi Briggs
Tobias Mehler Bobby Briggs
William B. Davis Dr. Carlisle Wainwright
Margot Kidder Elaine Wainwright
Jim Tai Ricky Tan
Maxine Miller Beatrice Dubois
Shirley Douglas Pauline Dubois
Mark McKinney Tom Goldblum
Megan Follows Janice Keneally
Peter DeLuise Wayne Ross
Laura Bertram Chris Colton
Gabriel Hogan Andrew Colton
Linda Kash Carol Goldstein
Tegan Moss Georgie Goldstein
Bill Mondy Val Kukoc
April Telek Sasha Kowalski
Allison Hossack Trixie Hoskins
Dave Foley Chuck Hoskins

Robson Arms, the Building

The structure used as the apartment building is not located in Vancouver's West End, but rather is located at 951 Boundary Road on the east side of the City of Vancouver. It is called Taylor Manor, and is on the City of Vancouver's historic building registry. [2] The skyscraper skyline behind the building is superimposed to make it look like it is located in Vancouver's West End.

Episodes

Season 1 (2005)

Episode #Original Air Date (CTV)Episode Title
1June 17, 2005Dancing the Horizontal Mambo
2June 17, 2005The Tell-Tale Latex
3June 24, 2005The Eyes of Grandma Tan
4June 24, 2005ICQ
5July 1, 2005A Certain Vintage
6July 1, 2005Sweet City Woman
7July 8, 2005Hairpiece of Mind
8July 8, 2005A Material Breach
9July 15, 2005The Lonely Passion of Mr. Tan
10July 15, 2005Educating Alicia
11July 22, 2005The Recipe
12July 22, 2005The Misses Dubois Turn Out the Lights
13July 29, 2005Aftershock

Season 2 (2007)

Episode #Original Air Date (CTV)Episode Title
1February 10, 2007Ordinary Assholes
2February 17, 2007Saultology
3February 24, 2007I Did Not Have Sex With That Woman
4March 3, 2007Something Straight Between Us
5March 10, 2007Mr. Lonely
6February 27, 2007Pest Control
7March 17, 2007Misery, Inc.
8March 12, 2007The Daughter of Frankenstein
9March 24, 2007Wayne's World
10March 31, 2007Mussolini and Me
11April 7, 2007All About Kitty
12April 14, 2007Lizard of Doubt
13April 21, 2007Texas Birthmark

Season 3 (2008)

Episode #Original Air Date (CTV)Episode Title
1February 26, 2008Gila Monster
2February 27, 2008Geeks in Love
3May 5, 2008Positivity
4May 12, 2008I Pagliacci
5April 28, 2008Mean Girls
6May 19, 2008Prince of Nigeria
7May 26, 2008Wrong and Wronger
8June 2, 2008No Sex in the City
9March 10, 2008Cherchez la Femme
10June 16, 2008Trixie's Honour
11June 23, 2008Baby? What Baby?
12June 24, 2008My Brother's Keeper
13June 30, 2008Hero

Home media

Video Service Corp has released all 3 seasons on DVD in Region 1.

DVD NameEp#Release date
The Complete First Season13April 3, 2007
The Complete Second Season13November 6, 2007
The Complete Third Season13September 23, 2008

References