Durham County (TV series)

Durham County
Created by Janis Lundman
Adrienne Mitchell
Laurie Finstad Knizhnik
Starring Hugh Dillon
Michelle Forbes
Michael Nardone
Hélène Joy
Laurence Leboeuf
Greyston Holt
Cicely Austin
Justin Louis
Sonya Salomaa
Kathleen Munroe
Patrick Labbé
Joel Keller
Claudia Fern
Jean-Nicolas Verreault
Country of origin Canada
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 18 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time 1 hour
Production company(s) Back Alley Durham Films
Back Alley Film Productions
Durham Productions
Muse Entertainment Enterprises
Broadcast
Original channel The Movie Network
Movie Central
Ion Television
Original run May 7, 2007 – November 29, 2010
External links
Website

Durham County is a one-hour Canadian dramatic television series produced by Back Alley Film Productions Ltd. and Muse Entertainment Enterprises. It starred Hugh Dillon as Mike Sweeney, a homicide detective who finds that moving back home comes with trouble and danger.

Premise

The series stars Hugh Dillon, as Mike Sweeney, a homicide detective from Toronto who moves his family to suburban Durham County,[1] to start over after his partner was killed and his wife Audrey (Hélène Joy) diagnosed with breast cancer. However, he soon discovers that his neighbour, and childhood nemesis Ray Prager (Justin Louis), may be a serial killer.

Set amidst the landscape of a newer suburban development, the mise-en-scène conveys a palpable sense of alienation, like being cut off from the rest of the world. With shiny hydro towers looming on the skyline, everything appears without history, and homogeneity pervades the neighbourhoods. In this setting, we deal with the aftermath of a serial killer’s impact on his family, his surviving victims and their families. The question is how do the families move on after being so traumatized by the heinous acts of a killer.

Airings

The series premiered on The Movie Network and Movie Central in May 2007. After more than a year, the second season aired in the fall of 2009. The third and final season aired in the fall of 2010. The first season subsequently aired on Global in the 2007-2008 television season. In Canada, the first season came out on DVD on September 9, 2008; and, the second season was released on July 27, 2010.

On September 7, 2009, the series began airing on ION Television, which reaches more than 94 million U.S. television households.[2] The network has secured all U.S. television, digital media rights, internet streaming and video-on-demand rights for the program.[3] It will be the first original series to air on the network since 2004.

Cast

Main cast

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Episode list

Distribution

All three seasons of Durham County are distributed in Canada by Muse Distribution International and internationally by ITV Global.

All three seasons were filmed in and around Montreal, Quebec.

DVD releases

Anchor Bay Entertainment has released the first two seasons on DVD in Canada only.[4][5] The third season will be released on February 21, 2012.[6]

In addition to the DVD releases, all 3 seasons of Durham County became available in Canada on iTunes on August 1, 2011.

Well Go USA has released the first season on DVD in the US.[7] Season 2 was released on November 23, 2010.[8]

DVD Name Ep# Release Date (CAN) Release Date (US)
Season 1 6 September 9, 2008 January 19, 2010
Season 2 6 July 27, 2010 November 23, 2010

Awards and nominations

Durham County - Season 3

Durham County – Season 2

Durham County – Season 1

References

  1. ↑ To be accurate, "Durham County" is the name of an historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario that was dissolved in 1974 and generally replaced by the creation in the same year of the Regional Municipality of Durham, called Durham Region for short.
  2. ↑ ION Television Acquires the Award-Winning Original TV Series Durham County, January 6, 2009.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B001CQS7B0
  5. ↑ http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B003OCJL7Y
  6. ↑ http://www.amazon.ca/Durham-County-Season-Hugh-Dillon/dp/B006K1PNIM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328653356&sr=8-1
  7. ↑ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Durham-County-Season-1/13087
  8. ↑ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Durham-County-Season-2/14512

External links