Sidestreet
Created byJohn Saxton
Geoffrey Gilbert
StarringSean McCann
Stephen Markel
Donnelly Rhodes
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes32
Production
Executive producersJohn T. Ross (early episodes)
Stanley Colbert (later episodes)
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
ReleaseSeptember 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
11"The Hold Out"UnknownUnknownSeptember 14, 1975 (1975-09-14)
22"The Money-Go-Round"UnknownUnknownSeptember 21, 1975 (1975-09-21)
33"The Rebellion of Bertha MacKenzie"UnknownUnknownSeptember 28, 1975 (1975-09-28)
44"Perhaps in Dreams Old Man"UnknownUnknownOctober 5, 1975 (1975-10-05)
55"Rape"UnknownUnknownOctober 12, 1975 (1975-10-12)
66"Do You Know Where Your Children Are?"UnknownUnknownOctober 19, 1975 (1975-10-19)
77"Strikebreaker"UnknownUnknownOctober 26, 1975 (1975-10-26)
88"Playing the Game"UnknownUnknownNovember 2, 1975 (1975-11-02)

Season 2 (1976)

No.
overall 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date
91"Line of Duty"UnknownUnknownOctober 3, 1976 (1976-10-03)
102"The Right to Defend"UnknownUnknownOctober 10, 1976 (1976-10-10)
113"Intimidation"UnknownUnknownOctober 24, 1976 (1976-10-24)
124"Assault"UnknownUnknownOctober 31, 1976 (1976-10-31)
135"Death Sentence"UnknownUnknownNovember 7, 1976 (1976-11-07)
146"Rogue Cop"UnknownUnknownNovember 14, 1976 (1976-11-14)
157"Till Death Do Us Part"UnknownUnknownNovember 21, 1976 (1976-11-21)

Season 3 (1977)

No.
overall 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date
161"Saturday Night Special"UnknownUnknownOctober 9, 1977 (1977-10-09)
172"Between Friends"UnknownUnknownOctober 23, 1977 (1977-10-23)
183"Eighteen Hours to Kill"UnknownUnknownOctober 30, 1977 (1977-10-30)
194"Sugar and Spice"UnknownUnknownNovember 6, 1977 (1977-11-06)
205"Last of the Fall Guys"UnknownUnknownNovember 13, 1977 (1977-11-13)
216"With This Ring"UnknownUnknownNovember 27, 1977 (1977-11-27)
227"Once a Hero"UnknownUnknownDecember 4, 1977 (1977-12-04)
238"Stakeout"UnknownUnknownDecember 11, 1977 (1977-12-11)
249"A Case in Point"UnknownUnknownDecember 18, 1977 (1977-12-18)

Season 4

No.
overall 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date
251"Just Another Day"UnknownUnknownSeptember 24, 1978 (1978-09-24)
262"Holiday with Homicide"UnknownUnknownOctober 1, 1978 (1978-10-01)
273"Big Brother"UnknownUnknownOctober 8, 1978 (1978-10-08)
284TBAUnknownUnknownOctober 15, 1978 (1978-10-15)
295"Scorpio Rising"UnknownUnknownOctober 22, 1978 (1978-10-22)

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.

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