Sidestreet

For other uses, see Side street (disambiguation).

Sidestreet
Created by	John Saxton Geoffrey Gilbert
Starring	Sean McCann Stephen Markel Donnelly Rhodes
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producers	John T. Ross (early episodes) Stanley Colbert (later episodes)
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	September 14, 1975 (1975-09-14) – November 12, 1978 (1978-11-12)

Sidestreet is a Canadian television drama, which aired Sundays on CBC from 1975 to 1978. It stars Sean McCann and Donnelly Rhodes as police working in Toronto.

Background

Sidestreet succeeded The Collaborators as the CBC's main series drama. Program developers aimed to move Sidestreet away from the violence that The Collaborators had by focusing on protagonists who were community service officers instead of ordinary detectives. They aimed to concentrate on issues such as: blockbusting, strikebreaking, rape, poverty, and the problems of the elderly in the city, instead of major crimes.

Cast

• Stephen Markel as St. Johnny Dias (season 1)
• Sean McCann as Insp. Alec Woodward (season 1)
• Donnelly Rhodes as Nick Raitt (seasons 2-4)
• Jonathan Welsh as Glenn Olsen (seasons 2-4)

Episodes

Season 1 (1975)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"The Hold Out"	Unknown	Unknown	September 14, 1975 (1975-09-14)
2	2	"The Money-Go-Round"	Unknown	Unknown	September 21, 1975 (1975-09-21)
3	3	"The Rebellion of Bertha MacKenzie"	Unknown	Unknown	September 28, 1975 (1975-09-28)
4	4	"Perhaps in Dreams Old Man"	Unknown	Unknown	October 5, 1975 (1975-10-05)
5	5	"Rape"	Unknown	Unknown	October 12, 1975 (1975-10-12)
6	6	"Do You Know Where Your Children Are?"	Unknown	Unknown	October 19, 1975 (1975-10-19)
7	7	"Strikebreaker"	Unknown	Unknown	October 26, 1975 (1975-10-26)
8	8	"Playing the Game"	Unknown	Unknown	November 2, 1975 (1975-11-02)

Season 2 (1976)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
9	1	"Line of Duty"	Unknown	Unknown	October 3, 1976 (1976-10-03)
10	2	"The Right to Defend"	Unknown	Unknown	October 10, 1976 (1976-10-10)
11	3	"Intimidation"	Unknown	Unknown	October 24, 1976 (1976-10-24)
12	4	"Assault"	Unknown	Unknown	October 31, 1976 (1976-10-31)
13	5	"Death Sentence"	Unknown	Unknown	November 7, 1976 (1976-11-07)
14	6	"Rogue Cop"	Unknown	Unknown	November 14, 1976 (1976-11-14)
15	7	"Till Death Do Us Part"	Unknown	Unknown	November 21, 1976 (1976-11-21)

Season 3 (1977)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
16	1	"Saturday Night Special"	Unknown	Unknown	October 9, 1977 (1977-10-09)
17	2	"Between Friends"	Unknown	Unknown	October 23, 1977 (1977-10-23)
18	3	"Eighteen Hours to Kill"	Unknown	Unknown	October 30, 1977 (1977-10-30)
19	4	"Sugar and Spice"	Unknown	Unknown	November 6, 1977 (1977-11-06)
20	5	"Last of the Fall Guys"	Unknown	Unknown	November 13, 1977 (1977-11-13)
21	6	"With This Ring"	Unknown	Unknown	November 27, 1977 (1977-11-27)
22	7	"Once a Hero"	Unknown	Unknown	December 4, 1977 (1977-12-04)
23	8	"Stakeout"	Unknown	Unknown	December 11, 1977 (1977-12-11)
24	9	"A Case in Point"	Unknown	Unknown	December 18, 1977 (1977-12-18)

Season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
25	1	"Just Another Day"	Unknown	Unknown	September 24, 1978 (1978-09-24)
26	2	"Holiday with Homicide"	Unknown	Unknown	October 1, 1978 (1978-10-01)
27	3	"Big Brother"	Unknown	Unknown	October 8, 1978 (1978-10-08)
28	4	"Les Gendarmes"	Unknown	Unknown	October 15, 1978 (1978-10-15)
29	5	"Scorpio Rising"	Unknown	Unknown	October 22, 1978 (1978-10-22)
30	6	"The Moneylender"	Unknown	Unknown	October 29, 1978 (1978-10-29)
31	7	"Revenge"	Unknown	Unknown	October 5, 1978 (1978-10-05)
32	8	"Vancouver Connection"	Unknown	Unknown	November 12, 1978 (1978-11-12)

Theme song

Jazz musician Chuck Mangione composed the show's theme song. The two-minute theme appears on his 1977 hit album Feels So Good.

External links

• Sidestreet at IMDb
• Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series