| Sidestreet | |
|---|---|
| Created by | John Saxton Geoffrey Gilbert |
| Starring | Sean McCann Stephen Markel Donnelly Rhodes |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | John T. Ross (early episodes) Stanley Colbert (later episodes) |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | September 14, 1975 – November 12, 1978 |
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.
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.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Hold Out" | Unknown | Unknown | September 14, 1975 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Money-Go-Round" | Unknown | Unknown | September 21, 1975 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Rebellion of Bertha MacKenzie" | Unknown | Unknown | September 28, 1975 |
| 4 | 4 | "Perhaps in Dreams Old Man" | Unknown | Unknown | October 5, 1975 |
| 5 | 5 | "Rape" | Unknown | Unknown | October 12, 1975 |
| 6 | 6 | "Do You Know Where Your Children Are?" | Unknown | Unknown | October 19, 1975 |
| 7 | 7 | "Strikebreaker" | Unknown | Unknown | October 26, 1975 |
| 8 | 8 | "Playing the Game" | Unknown | Unknown | November 2, 1975 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | "Line of Duty" | Unknown | Unknown | October 3, 1976 |
| 10 | 2 | "The Right to Defend" | Unknown | Unknown | October 10, 1976 |
| 11 | 3 | "Intimidation" | Unknown | Unknown | October 24, 1976 |
| 12 | 4 | "Assault" | Unknown | Unknown | October 31, 1976 |
| 13 | 5 | "Death Sentence" | Unknown | Unknown | November 7, 1976 |
| 14 | 6 | "Rogue Cop" | Unknown | Unknown | November 14, 1976 |
| 15 | 7 | "Till Death Do Us Part" | Unknown | Unknown | November 21, 1976 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | "Saturday Night Special" | Unknown | Unknown | October 9, 1977 |
| 17 | 2 | "Between Friends" | Unknown | Unknown | October 23, 1977 |
| 18 | 3 | "Eighteen Hours to Kill" | Unknown | Unknown | October 30, 1977 |
| 19 | 4 | "Sugar and Spice" | Unknown | Unknown | November 6, 1977 |
| 20 | 5 | "Last of the Fall Guys" | Unknown | Unknown | November 13, 1977 |
| 21 | 6 | "With This Ring" | Unknown | Unknown | November 27, 1977 |
| 22 | 7 | "Once a Hero" | Unknown | Unknown | December 4, 1977 |
| 23 | 8 | "Stakeout" | Unknown | Unknown | December 11, 1977 |
| 24 | 9 | "A Case in Point" | Unknown | Unknown | December 18, 1977 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | "Just Another Day" | Unknown | Unknown | September 24, 1978 |
| 26 | 2 | "Holiday with Homicide" | Unknown | Unknown | October 1, 1978 |
| 27 | 3 | "Big Brother" | Unknown | Unknown | October 8, 1978 |
| 28 | 4 | "Les Gendarmes" | Unknown | Unknown | October 15, 1978 |
| 29 | 5 | "Scorpio Rising" | Unknown | Unknown | October 22, 1978 |
| 30 | 6 | "The Moneylender" | Unknown | Unknown | October 29, 1978 |
| 31 | 7 | "Revenge" | Unknown | Unknown | October 5, 1978 |
| 32 | 8 | "Vancouver Connection" | Unknown | Unknown | November 12, 1978 |
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