The Trades

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The Trades is a Canadian comedy television series created by Ryan J. Lindsay that premiered on March 22, 2024, on Crave. [1] [2] Series creator Lindsay has called the series his "love letter" to the blue collar industrial culture of his hometown of Sarnia, Ontario. [3] The series stars Robb Wells as Todd, a red seal welder working for the construction company Conch Industries who aspires to be promoted to site manager after current manager Bennett's (Tom Green) chaotic lifestyle causes disruption, but is passed over in favour of Chelsea (Jennifer Spence), an ambitious executive from head office. Meanwhile, Todd's sister Audrey (Anastasia Phillips) is facing hurdles in her goal of working for the company as a carpenter. [1] The series also stars Patrick McKenna as Rod, Todd and Audrey's father, with the supporting cast including Enrico Colantoni, Jason Daley, Jesse Camacho, Dan Petronijevic, Brandon Oakes, Raoul Bhaneja, Eugene Sampang, Jennifer Irwin, Jonni Shreve, Gil Anderson, Patrick Roach, Jordan Talbot and Susan Kent. [4]

A production of Trailer Park Boys Inc. and Kontent House, the series entered production in Nova Scotia in 2023. [5] All eight episodes were directed by Warren P. Sonoda. [4]

Episodes


Season 1 Episodes
No.TitleOriginal air date
1"The German Robot"March 27, 2024
2"The New Boss"March 27, 2024
3"Sensitivity Training"March 31, 2024
4"The Labour Day Parade"March 31, 2024
5"Medhi is Partied Out"April 5, 2024
6"The Golf Tourney"April 5, 2024
7"The Piss Test"April 12, 2024
8"Just the (Flare) Tip"April 12, 2024
Season 2 Episodes
No.TitleOriginal air date
1"Laying Pipe"Mar 16, 2025
2"Permittees"Mar 16, 2025
3"Family Work Party"Mar 23, 2025
4"Night Shift"Mar 23, 2025
5"Career Day"Mar 30, 2025
6"Total Eclipse of the Taze"Mar 30, 2025
7"Softball Finals"Apr 6, 2025
8"Jimi's Retirement"Apr 6, 2025


References

  1. 1 2 Greg David, "From the producers of Trailer Park Boys, the well-oiled and witty new Crave original comedy The Trades premieres March 22". TV, eh?, February 12, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Production underway on the all-new Crave original comedy, The Trades | TV, eh?". www.tv-eh.com.
  3. ↑ Melissa Roushorne, "Sarnia hosts star-studded premiere for ‘The Trades’". Sarnia Journal, March 24, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Greg David, "Production underway on the all-new Crave original comedy, The Trades". TV, eh?, July 11, 2023.
  5. ↑ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Crave comedy The Trades gets underway in Nova Scotia". Playback , July 12, 2023.


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