Due South
Due South was a Canadian television series which originally aired on CBS as a made for television movie. The series ran from 1994 to 1996 when it was cancelled in May 1996. The series was resurrected in a 1997 to 1999 run.
The basic premise of the series is an Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable named Benton Fraser who, accompanied by his deaf half-wolf, Diefenbaker, goes to Chicago to solve the murder of his father. After the murder is solved, Fraser decides to stay in Chicago, working for the Canadian consulate. In every episode of the third season, Fraser finds the opportunity to explain:
I first came to Chicago on the trail of the killers of my father and for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture I have remained, attached as liason to the Canadian consulate
Some location shots were done in Chicago but otherwise primarily shot in Toronto, Ontario.
The show falls somewhere between a cop show and a comedy show. Although superficially following the police drama format, the comedy derives from the outrageous plots, the self-mocking Canadian and American stereotypes, and the occasional fantasy elements, all played with absolute deadpan by the actors.
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BBC Canada | List of Canadian television series | Media in Canada | Paul Gross | Ragged Ass Road | Tom Cochrane
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