Seaway (TV series)


Seaway is a Canadian drama series that aired on CBC Television for the 1965-1966 season. The series was a Seaway Films production in collaboration with the UK's ATV, with production money provided by the CBC. It was presented by ASP and distributed internationally by ITC Entertainment.
Although officially Canadian, many of the show's writers and directors were American, with some British contributors as well. It was the most expensive series produced in Canada to that time with a total cost of $3 million, and although it did well enough for the CBC in terms of viewers a hoped-for sale to American network television never happened because the series, with the exceptions of the two-part episodes "Don't Forget to Wipe the Blood Off" and "Gunpowder and Paint," was shot in black and white and US network shows by that time were, with a few exceptions, in color.

Synopsis

Seaway followed the adventures of Nick King who works as a ship owners' agent, investigating crimes involving shipping. He is assisted by Department of Transport agent Leslie Fox, and the special police force patrolling the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Episodes were filmed in various locations along the seaway, primarily Toronto and Montreal. They were generally set in Canada, although the two-parter "Gunpowder and Paint" was partially set in Cleveland

Main cast

Notable guest stars included Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent, Canada-based British actor Barry Morse, Star Trek pilot episode actress Sally Kellerman, Faye Dunaway in one of her first screen appearances, future star and Quinn Martin Productions player Lynda Day George, and Richard Thomas.

Episode list

This list is in broadcast order, as broadcast on the CBC according to TV listings guides. A pair of episodes were edited together into a feature film entitled Affair with a Killer.

Episodes

*Episodes made in color
The transmission and/or production order of the following episodes is unknown. It can be assumed these episodes slot into the gaps in the above list.

Australia

The Australian rights are held by the Nine Network who, over many decades, have shown numerous repeats in non-peak viewing times. Since 2012 and continuing in 2018, there have been numerous showings in the early hours of the morning on Gem, a Nine Network digital outlet, sometimes twice per morning. Until November 2017, the Seaway repeats alternated with re-screenings of two British series Gideon's Way and Danger Man.