| Adderly | |
|---|---|
| Format | Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Elliott Baker |
| Starring | Winston Rekert |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 44 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Toronto |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Global CBS |
| Original run | September 24, 1986 – March 9, 1988 |
Adderly is a Canadian television drama series, first aired in 1986.
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Adderly is based on series creator Elliott Baker's novel, Pocock & Pitt.
V.H. Adderly (Rekert) is a secret agent for an organization known as the I.S.I (International Security and Intelligence). While on a mission in East Germany, Adderly lost the use of his left hand when an enemy agent, Victor Barinov, crushed it with a medieval mace during an interrogation. Not considered useful any longer by the powers that be, Adderly was reassigned to Miscellaneous Affairs, where he regularly went above and beyond his mundane duties to uncover dread plots that the larger organization overlooked.[1]
Miscellaneous Affairs is run by the prissy but lovable Melville Greenspan (Welsh), a man totally devoted to his bureaucracy and unwilling to allow Adderly the freedom to pursue his outside interests. The only other staff member is Mona Ellerby (Seatle). Mona is the obviously over-qualified secretary to Greenspan, addicted to adventure and romance novels. Greenspan's superior is Major Jonathan B. Clack (Pogue). Major Clack is in charge of the I.S.I. as a whole, and is the only person who could have Adderly reassigned to active field operations.
Through the course of the 44-episode run, Adderly repeatedly demonstrated his ability to perform the duties of an active field agent, frequently saving the life of Major Clack himself. Unfortunately for Adderly, all he did was confirm to Clack that he was an important asset at his current post.
Adderly aired from September 1986 through May 1987 (its first season) in the 11:30pm CBS Late Night slot on the CBS network. For the second season (beginning in August 1987), the show's popularity prompted CBS to run episodes in prime time, but there was little promotion and the show didn't do well in the ratings. CBS moved the show back to the 11:30pm time slot in September 1987 where it remained until the series ended.[2]