Canal Road (TV series) - Wikipedia
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| Canal Road | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by |
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| Directed by |
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| Starring | Paul Leyden Diana Glenn Brooke Satchwell Charlie Clausen Peta Sergeant Patrick Brammall Alyssa McClelland |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Jo Horsburgh |
| Producer | Susan Bower |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 16 April – 13 December 2008 |
Canal Road is an Australian television drama series on the Nine Network. The series was produced in-house, under producer Susan Bower, in collaboration with writers Sarah Smith, John Ridley and Dave Warner, and directed by Kevin Carlin. It was filmed at Channel Nine's GTV Studio 11 and on location in and around Melbourne. The series reportedly cost A$10 million to produce.[1]
The 13-part series went to air from 16 April 2008. The series debuted to mixed critical reception and only average ratings, which were further eroded when the series was moved to a later timeslot.[1] Nine removed Canal Road from its schedules after the seventh episode, which drew in only 360,000 viewers;[2] however the eighth episode was still made available online. Nine eventually aired the remaining episodes during August and December 2008.[3][4][5]
Canal Road was released on DVD on 4 August 2008 in Australia.
Canal Road is a medical and legal advisory centre where the lives of inner-city professionals and their patients entwine in a story of mystery and intrigue. At the heart of the series are the tragic deaths of the wife and son of central character Spencer MacKay. Spencer is the centre's psychiatrist who is confronted by the killer of his loved ones and sets out on a journey of revenge which will implicate friends, workmates and his darkest demons.[6]
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- Paul Leyden as Spencer MacKay
- Diana Glenn as Olivia Bates
- Brooke Satchwell as Bridget Keenan
- André De Vanny as Danny Havesco
- Patrick Brammall as Steve Yunnane
- Peta Sergeant as Holly Chong
- Charlie Clausen as Tom Squires
- Alyssa McClelland as Skye Brady
- Sam Anderson as Henry Walter
- Grant Bowler as Detective Ray Driscoll
- Sibylla Budd as Daina Connelly[7]
- Simon Lyndon as Daryl King
Since 1 April 2008, full episodes of Canal Road were offered as a free download as part of ninemsn's "Catch Up TV" service, with new episodes made available before their broadcast on Nine.[8] In order to view them a third-party video player must be downloaded, which includes advertisements in the file and disables the ability to skip the ads.
Episodes were later made available for purchase through the iTunes Store.[9]
In 2020, Fiona Byrne of the Herald Sun included Canal Road in her feature about "long forgotten Australian TV dramas that made viewers switch off."[10] Byrne wrote that the series "just never clicked with audiences. It was not soap, but more of a moody, dark drama with the central character, Spencer MacKay traumatised by the death of his wife and son and hellbent on revenge."[10]
| Episode No. | Airdate | Timeslot | Ratings (5 capital cities) |
Timeslot rank | Overall nightly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.01 | Wednesday 16 April 2008 | 21:30 – 22:30 | 1,089,000 | 1st | 12th |
| 1.02 | Wednesday 23 April 2008 | 21:30 – 22:30 | 811,000 | 3rd | 20th |
| 1.03 | Wednesday 30 April 2008 | 22:30 – 23:30 | 433,000 | – | 28th |
| 1.04 | Wednesday 7 May 2008 | 22:30 – 23:30 | 386,000 | – | – |
| 1.05 | Wednesday 28 May 2008 | 22:30 – 23:30 | 372,000 | – | – |
| 1.06 | Wednesday 4 June 2008 | 22:30 – 23:30 | 308,000 | – | – |
| 1.07 | Wednesday 18 June 2008 | 22:30 – 23:30 | 360,000 | – | 42nd |
| 1.08 | Sunday 10 August 2008 | 22:30 – 23:30 | 259,000 | – | – |
| 1.09 | Tuesday 12 August 2008 | 22:30 – 23:30 | 340,000 | – | – |
| 1.10 | Wednesday 13 August 2008 | 22:30 – 23:30 | 345,000 | – | – |
| 1.11 | Wednesday 20 August 2008 | 22:30 – 23:30 | 306,000 | – | – |
| 1.12 | Friday 5 December 2008 | 22:45 – 23:45 | 288,000 | – | – |
| 1.13 | Saturday 13 December 2008 | 22:30 – 23:30 | — | – | – |
- ^ a b When Aussie drama is not what it seems
- ^ Canal Road: episode guide
- ^ Returning: Canal Road, Big Bang Theory
- ^ Returning: Canal Road
- ^ Knox, David (1 December 2008). "Far Canal". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ "Coming Soon on Channel NINE – Canal Road – Australian Drama at its Best!". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2007.
- ^ "Cast — Canal Road". Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
- ^ Nine offers free Canal Road downloads
- ^ iTunes downloads TV (at last)
- ^ a b Byrne, Fiona (19 August 2020). "Truly terrible TV shows that flopped". Herald Sun. Retrieved 4 October 2024 – via Gale.
- Canal Road website
- Catch Up TV – Canal Road – Full episode downloads of Canal Road
- Canal Road at IMDb