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{{Infobox television
'''''Diamonds''''' was a [[Canada|Canadian]] television series, which aired from [[1987]] to [[1989]]. The show starred [[Nicholas Campbell]] as Mike Devitt and [[Peggy Smithhart]] as Christina Towne, a divorced couple who continued to work together as [[private investigator]]s. Devitt and Towne had originally met as television stars who played married [[private investigator]]s on a TV series called ''Two of Diamonds''.
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* [[Nicholas Campbell]]
* Peggy Smithhart
*[[Tony Rosato]]
*Roland Magdane
* Alan Feiman
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| theme_music_composer = Dominic Troiano
| country = Canada<br>France
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 44
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| executive_producer = Sonny Grosso<br>Larry Jacobson
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| runtime = 60 minutes
| company = [[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Entertainment]]<br />Grosso-Jacobson Productions
| network = [[Global Television Network|Global]] (Canada)<br>[[CBS]] (United States)
| first_aired = {{Start date|1987|9|22}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1989|12|3}}
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'''''Diamonds''''' is a French and Canadian-produced television series, which aired from September 22, 1987, to 1989. The show starred [[Nicholas Campbell]] as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne, former actors who had met and married while playing private investigators on a TV series called ''Two of Diamonds'', and continued to work together as real private investigators after both their divorce and the cancellation of their show.<ref>"'I'd be happy to do this forever' Series has Campbell beaming". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', August 27, 1987.</ref>


The show was frequently compared to the [[United States|American]] series ''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]''; in a direct nod to the comparison, one episode actually featured an encounter with a character who mistook Devitt and Towne for [[Bruce Willis]] and [[Cybill Shepherd]].
The show was frequently compared to the American series ''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]''. In a direct nod to the comparison, one episode actually featured an encounter with a character who mistook Devitt and Towne for [[Bruce Willis]] and [[Cybill Shepherd]].


The cast also included [[Roland Magdase]], [[Geraint Wyn Davies]] and [[Tony Rosato]].
The cast also included Roland Magdane, [[Geraint Wyn Davies]] and [[Tony Rosato]]. Campbell was also an occasional writer for the series.


Produced by Alliance Entertainment, the series aired on [[Global Television Network|Global]] in Canada, and in a late night slot on [[CBS]] in the United States,<ref>"TV and movie company enjoys $70-million year". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 24, 1987.</ref> as well as on the [[USA Network]]. It was one of several Canadian-produced drama series to air in the ''[[CBS Late Night]]'' block of crime dramas — others included ''[[Adderly]], [[Night Heat]]'' and ''[[Hot Shots (Canadian TV series)|Hot Shots]]''. Of those shows, it was the only one to explicitly acknowledge that it was set in [[Toronto]].<ref>"Private networks making progress developing Canadian content". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', September 10, 1988.</ref>
Campbell was also an occasional writer for the series.


''Diamonds'' also aired on [[RTÉ Television]] in Ireland.
The series aired on [[Global Television Network|Global]] in Canada, and in a late night slot on [[CBS]] in the [[United States]]. It was one of several Canadian-produced drama series to air in the ''CBS Late Night'' block of crime dramas. Others included ''[[Night Heat]]'' and ''[[Hot Shots (television series)|Hot Shots]]''.


==Cast==
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*[[Nicholas Campbell]] as Mike Devitt
*Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne
*Roland Magdane as Rene (season 2)
*[[Tony Rosato]] as Lt. Lou Gianetti
*Alan Feiman as Darryl


==Episodes==
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| Title = Poison Pill
| DirectedBy = [[Miklós Lente]]
| WrittenBy = Jaron Summers
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| Title = Kiss & Tell
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| Title = Class Reunion
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| Title = The Smiling Mortician
| DirectedBy = Gilbert M. Shilton
| WrittenBy = [[Giles Blunt]]
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| Title = Fan Club
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| Title = Little Girl Lost
| DirectedBy = Patrick Corbett
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| Title = There's No Business
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| Title = Family Plot
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| Title = Sweetheart Deal
| DirectedBy = [[William Fruet]]
| WrittenBy = [[Chris Haddock]]
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| Title = The Final Cut
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| Title = Man with a Gun
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| EpisodeNumber = 21
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| Title = Exposure
| DirectedBy = [[René Bonnière]]
| WrittenBy = Peter Lauterman, Angelo Stea
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| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = Goodbye Cabin
| DirectedBy = Gilbert M. Shilton
| WrittenBy = [[Chris Haddock]], Jeremy Hole
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===Season 2: 1988–89===
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = A Couple of Couples
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| WrittenBy = Nick Arnold
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| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = All Bets Off
| DirectedBy = Mark Sobel
| WrittenBy = R.B. Carney
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| Title = Leap of Faith
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| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = By the Book
| DirectedBy = Randy Bradshaw
| WrittenBy = Nick Arnold
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Separate Ways
| DirectedBy = Mark Sobel
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| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Life is a Lot Like Hockey
| DirectedBy = [[René Bonnière]]
| WrittenBy = Chris Auer
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| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Family Business
| DirectedBy = [[Donald Shebib]]
| WrittenBy = [[Jeff F. King]]
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
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| EpisodeNumber = 32
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Back in Fashion
| DirectedBy = Roger Andrieux
| WrittenBy = Barbara Samuels
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| EpisodeNumber = 33
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Coming of Age
| DirectedBy = [[Donald Shebib]]
| WrittenBy = Gerry Davis
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|5|14}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 34
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Doctor, Lawyer, Liar, Thief
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| EpisodeNumber = 35
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Lady Blue
| DirectedBy = [[Nicholas Campbell]]
| WrittenBy = [[Jeff F. King]]
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|8|13}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 36
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Hot Property
| DirectedBy = [[Donald Shebib]]
| WrittenBy = [[Jim Henshaw]]
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|8|20}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 37
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = Payola
| DirectedBy = Randy Bradshaw
| WrittenBy = Ashley Collie
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|8|27}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Voodoo
| DirectedBy = Randy Bradshaw
| WrittenBy = Peter Mohan
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989||}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = The List
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| EpisodeNumber = 40
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Street Song
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 41
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = Dinosaur
| DirectedBy =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 42
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = 13 Bis
| DirectedBy = [[Bruno Gantillon]]
| WrittenBy = [[Nicholas Campbell]]
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 43
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Death Kiss
| DirectedBy = [[Paolo Barzman]]
| WrittenBy = [[Yves Lavandier]]
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989||}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 44
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = The Silver Leaf
| DirectedBy = [[Paolo Barzman]]
| WrittenBy = [[Jeff F. King]]
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|12|3}}
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|title=Diamonds|id=0092338}}

[[Category:1980s Canadian crime drama television series]]
[[Category:1980s Canadian comedy-drama television series]]
[[Category:CBS television dramas]]
[[Category:Global Television Network original programming]]
[[Category:1987 Canadian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1989 Canadian television series endings]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Toronto]]

Latest revision as of 12:21, 16 December 2024

Diamonds
Starring
Theme music composerDominic Troiano
Country of originCanada
France
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes44
Production
Executive producersSonny Grosso
Larry Jacobson
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesAlliance Entertainment
Grosso-Jacobson Productions
Original release
NetworkGlobal (Canada)
CBS (United States)
ReleaseSeptember 22, 1987 (1987-09-22) –
December 3, 1989 (1989-12-03)

Diamonds is a French and Canadian-produced television series, which aired from September 22, 1987, to 1989. The show starred Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne, former actors who had met and married while playing private investigators on a TV series called Two of Diamonds, and continued to work together as real private investigators after both their divorce and the cancellation of their show.[1]

The show was frequently compared to the American series Moonlighting. In a direct nod to the comparison, one episode actually featured an encounter with a character who mistook Devitt and Towne for Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

The cast also included Roland Magdane, Geraint Wyn Davies and Tony Rosato. Campbell was also an occasional writer for the series.

Produced by Alliance Entertainment, the series aired on Global in Canada, and in a late night slot on CBS in the United States,[2] as well as on the USA Network. It was one of several Canadian-produced drama series to air in the CBS Late Night block of crime dramas — others included Adderly, Night Heat and Hot Shots. Of those shows, it was the only one to explicitly acknowledge that it was set in Toronto.[3]

Diamonds also aired on RTÉ Television in Ireland.

Cast

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  • Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt
  • Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne
  • Roland Magdane as Rene (season 2)
  • Tony Rosato as Lt. Lou Gianetti
  • Alan Feiman as Darryl

Episodes

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Season 1: 1987–88

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
11"Poison Pill"Miklós LenteJaron SummersSeptember 22, 1987 (1987-09-22)
22"Kiss & Tell"George MendelukUnknownSeptember 29, 1987 (1987-09-29)
33"There Once Was a Lady from Katmandu"Timothy BondGabrielle St. GeorgeOctober 6, 1987 (1987-10-06)
44"Here Comes the Bride"René BonnièreUnknownOctober 13, 1987 (1987-10-13)
55"Domestic Spirits"Patrick CorbettPhilip RosenbergOctober 20, 1987 (1987-10-20)
66"Class Reunion"Gilbert M. ShiltonJ.K.E. RoseNovember 3, 1987 (1987-11-03)
77"Good Hands"Patrick CorbettUnknownNovember 10, 1987 (1987-11-10)
88"The Smiling Mortician"Gilbert M. ShiltonGiles BluntNovember 17, 1987 (1987-11-17)
99"Fan Club"UnknownUnknownJanuary 5, 1988 (1988-01-05)
1010"Little Girl Lost"Patrick CorbettUnknownJanuary 12, 1988 (1988-01-12)
1111"When the Wind Blows"UnknownUnknownFebruary 2, 1988 (1988-02-02)
1212"Ay, There's the Rub"UnknownUnknownFebruary 9, 1988 (1988-02-09)
1313"There's No Business"René BonnièreJ.K.E. RoseFebruary 23, 1988 (1988-02-23)
1414"Family Plot"UnknownUnknownMarch 1, 1988 (1988-03-01)
1515"Sweetheart Deal"William FruetChris HaddockMarch 8, 1988 (1988-03-08)
1616"The Final Cut"Patrick CorbettUnknownMarch 29, 1988 (1988-03-29)
1717"Man with a Gun"UnknownUnknownApril 5, 1988 (1988-04-05)
1818"Where There's a Will"UnknownUnknownApril 12, 1988 (1988-04-12)
1919"The Whistle Blower"UnknownUnknownMay 3, 1988 (1988-05-03)
2020"Ghost Writer"UnknownUnknownMay 10, 1988 (1988-05-10)
2121"Exposure"René BonnièrePeter Lauterman, Angelo SteaMay 17, 1988 (1988-05-17)
2222"Goodbye Cabin"Gilbert M. ShiltonChris Haddock, Jeremy HoleMay 24, 1988 (1988-05-24)

Season 2: 1988–89

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
231"A Couple of Couples"Mario AzzopardiNick ArnoldDecember 4, 1988 (1988-12-04)
242"All Bets Off"Mark SobelR.B. CarneyDecember 11, 1988 (1988-12-11)
253"Leap of Faith"UnknownPeter Lauterman, Angelo SteaDecember 18, 1988 (1988-12-18)
264"By the Book"Randy BradshawNick ArnoldJanuary 10, 1989 (1989-01-10)
275"Separate Ways"Mark SobelUnknownJanuary 24, 1989 (1989-01-24)
286"Life is a Lot Like Hockey"René BonnièreChris AuerFebruary 7, 1989 (1989-02-07)
297"Family Business"Donald ShebibJeff F. KingFebruary 21, 1989 (1989-02-21)
308"Le Cheval: Part 1"UnknownUnknownApril 16, 1989 (1989-04-16)
319"Le Cheval: Part 2"UnknownUnknownApril 23, 1989 (1989-04-23)
3210"Back in Fashion"Roger AndrieuxBarbara SamuelsApril 30, 1989 (1989-04-30)
3311"Coming of Age"Donald ShebibGerry DavisMay 14, 1989 (1989-05-14)
3412"Doctor, Lawyer, Liar, Thief"UnknownUnknownJuly 16, 1989 (1989-07-16)
3513"Lady Blue"Nicholas CampbellJeff F. KingAugust 13, 1989 (1989-08-13)
3614"Hot Property"Donald ShebibJim HenshawAugust 20, 1989 (1989-08-20)
3715"Payola"Randy BradshawAshley CollieAugust 27, 1989 (1989-08-27)
3816"Voodoo"Randy BradshawPeter Mohan1989 (1989)
3917"The List"TBDTBD1989 (1989)
4018"Street Song"TBDTBD1989 (1989)
4119"Dinosaur"TBDGiles Blunt1989 (1989)
4220"13 Bis"Bruno GantillonNicholas Campbell1989 (1989)
4321"Death Kiss"Paolo BarzmanYves Lavandier1989 (1989)
4422"The Silver Leaf"Paolo BarzmanJeff F. KingDecember 3, 1989 (1989-12-03)

References

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  1. ^ "'I'd be happy to do this forever' Series has Campbell beaming". The Globe and Mail, August 27, 1987.
  2. ^ "TV and movie company enjoys $70-million year". Toronto Star, November 24, 1987.
  3. ^ "Private networks making progress developing Canadian content". Ottawa Citizen, September 10, 1988.
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