Straight Up (TV series)

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Straight Up

Genre	Teen drama
Running time	60 min.
Creator(s)	Eric Norlen, Adrienne Mitchell, Janis Lundman, Christine Shipton
Starring	ensemble cast
Country of origin	Canada
Original channel	CBC
Original run	1996–1998
No. of episodes	13

Straight Up was a popular but short lived Canadian television series. Although critically acclaimed ^[1]^[2], the show only ran for 13 episodes on CBC from 1996 to 1998. Set in Toronto, the show dealt with the gritty problems of teenagers living in an urban environment.

Rather than focusing on a core group of principle characters, each episode would typically feature a different set of the ensemble teenage cast. Initially, although the character relationships were intertwined, each episode would feature a self-contained plot usually involving only a few of the characters. However during the second season, there was a continuing story arc involving a murder over multiple episodes.

Although Straight Up only lasted for two seasons, it spawned the spin off series Drop the Beat which followed the characters of Jeff and Dennis as DJs at a campus radio station.

1 Cast
2 Episode List
- 2.1 Season 1
- 2.2 Season 2
3 Awards and Nominations
4 References

[edit] Cast

Evelyn Anders as Claire
Mona Atwell as Simone
Morpheus Blak as Vanya
Marc Cohen as Murray
Nicole Crozier as Louise
Sasha Dindayal as Charlene
Chad Donella as Rick
Dyson Forbes as Dyson
Omari Forrester as Pipe
Tamara Gorski as Corey
Suzanne Hatim as Sondra
Erin Hicock as Jaz
Kirk Lewis as Clay
Noam T.C.S. Lior as Ed
Shawn Mathieson as Steve
Merwin Mondesir as Dennis
Justin Peroff as Rory
Sarah Polley as Lily
Mark Taylor as Jeff
Jacob Tierney as Alex

[edit] Episode List

[edit] Season 1

1.1 - Jam
1.2 - Dead Babies
1.3 - Big Time
1.4 - Small Bang Theory
1.5 - Sacrifice Trick
1.6 - Seize

[edit] Season 2

2.1 - Straped
2.2 - Raw
2.3 - Mortifying
2.4 - Façade
2.5 - Gravity (Kim Poirier guest starred as AJ's Gang Member in this episode)
2.6 - Pudding
2.7 - Bomb

[edit] Awards and Nominations

At the 1997 Gemini Awards, Jerry Ciccoritti won for "Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series" for the episode "Small Bang Theory" and James Bredin was nominated for "Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series" for same episode. ^[1]

At the 1998 Gemini Awards, Sarah Polley won for "Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series" for the episode "Mortifying" and Jerry Ciccoritti won for "Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series" again this time for the episode "Raw" . Also at these awards, Merwin Mondesir was nominated for "Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series" for the episode "Façade", Karen Walton was nominated for "Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program and Series " for the episode "Gravity". The episode "Raw" was also nominated for "Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series" and "Best Costume Design". Finally, Straight Up was nominated for "Best Children's or Youth Program or Series". ^[2]