Strange Empire
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| Genre | Western, drama |
| Created by | Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Production company(s) | Janestown Productions |
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| Original channel | CBC Television |
| Original run | 6 October 2014 – present |
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Strange Empire is a Canadian television drama series, airing on CBC Television in the 2014–15 television season.[1] Created by Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik,[2] the series is a serialized Western drama set near the Alberta-Montana border in the 1860s, in which three women band together for survival after the men in their town are murdered.[3]
The cast includes Cara Gee, Melissa Farman and Tattiawna Jones.[3] The first episode of the series aired on 6 October 2014 and consists of 13 episodes.[4]
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Cara Gee as Kat Loving, a Métis woman who loses her child and her husband and struggles to protect her surrogate family.
- Melissa Farman as Rebecca Blithely, an autistic woman[5] who was previously institutionalized and who now works as a doctor.
- Tattiawna Jones as Isabelle Slotter, a madam who is grieving after the loss of her child.
- Aaron Poole as John Slotter, a violent pimp who is married to Isabelle.
Reception
The series premiere was watched by 319,000 Canadian viewers.
References
- ↑ "CBC TV heads in darker direction with Strange Empire". Toronto Star, April 4, 2014.
- ↑ Etan Vlessing (April 4, 2014). "CBC Picks Up 1860s Western 'Strange Empire' to Series". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Etan Vlessing (August 4, 2014). "DRG to Sell Dark Canadian Drama 'Strange Empire' at MIPCOM". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ Chad Beharriell (October 8, 2014). "STRANGE EMPIRE ON CBC – FIRST EPISODE REVIEW". westernsreboot.
- ↑ "Strange Empire: Inside the Character of Rebecca Blithely, CBC, 6 October 2014.