COGECO Program Development Fund Summary of Projects

The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
Forefront Productions Corp. Credo Entertainment Corp.
Co-Producers: Gillian Armstrong, Helena Cynamon, Terri Wuods McAMer, Mickey Rogers, Derek Mazur, Kim Todd
Screenwriters: Susin Nielsen, Elizabeth Stewart
Broadcaster: YTV
A series tracing the adventures of the great great grand niece of world-famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. Like her famous ancestor, Shirley uses the most up-to-date sleuthing methods to unravel baffling mysteries.


Crosstown (formerly Brothers)
Ark Films Inc.
Producers: Alan Morinis, Leonard Terhoch
Screenwriter: Hart Hanson
Broadcaster:ITV
A group of down and outers battle life in a seedy neighbourhood on the West Coast. Medical, clerical, police and ordinary peoples livcs intersect under harsh circumstances.


Au centre d'achat
Les Productions Tèlè-Action inc.
Producer: Claudio Luca
Screenwriters: I-uc Dèry, Yves Lapierre, Michel Lessard, François Parenteau
Broadcaster: Tèlè-Mètropole
Colourful sitcom set in a shopping mall video club where the divorcèe-owner caters to an assortment of in intriguing customers.


Freaky Stories
Big-Time Talking Pictures Inc.
Producer: John A. Dclmage
Screenwriters: John May, Stcvc Schnier
Broadcaster: YTV
A debonair cockroach hosts a compilation of bizarre and eerie urban tales targeted at tween audiences.


Le grand blanc
Citè-Amèrique Cinèma et Tèlèvision inc.
Producer: Michel Gauthier Screenwriter: Marcel gcaulieu Broadcaster: Tèlè-Mètropole Based on the novel Les Ailes du Destin by Francine 0uellette. Luc Maltais, sole supporter of a large, struggling family, dreams of becoming an airline pilot.


Groundling Marsh Productions Inc.
Producers: Lisa Olfman, Joy Rosen
Screenwriters: Curol Commisso, Tulie Strassman-Cohn
Broadcaster: YTV
Children's puppet series set in a fantastical marsh on the outskirts of town. The Groundlings are an eccentric bunch of furry creatures who try to co-exist peaccfully with one another and their surroundings, but still manage to create chaos - with hilarious results.


Heaven Knows (formerly Xavier)
Mediasync Productions Ltd.
Producers: Bill Locke, Byron Price
Screenwriter: Kelly Rebar
Broadcaster: WIC (CICTTV)
The story of a priest who is fired at 5O for "doing the right thing". He starts life again taking whatever jobs he can get. The needy in the community find their way into his life.


The Inventors' Specials
Devine Entertainment Corporation
Producers: David Devine, Richard Mozer
Screenwriters: Heather Conkie, Raymond Storey & others
Broadcaster: Family Channel
History's great inventors and their creators are brought to life through their relationships with young protègès. The series opens up worlds of science and art through the interplay of music, creative inspiration, painting, dance and cinema.


Irma and the Shep
Video Art Productions Ltd. and Owl TV Inc.
Producer: Bob Kain
Screenwriter: Patrick Granleese
Broadcaster: Family Channel
A series of 5 minute animated shows featuring a little girl, Irma, and her imaginary friend, The Shep who does wild things and leaves Irma to face the consequences.


Judy & David's Music Shop
All Together Now EnterLainment Inc.
Producer: Don Booth
Screenwriter: David Gershon
Broadcaster: Family Channel
Judy and David's characters work in a music shop, selling instruments (and fixing and collecting them), giving lessons and dreaming about careers as big stars. When things are slow in the store, they pass their time doing what they love best...singing.


Magick
J. A. Delmage Productions & Kinetic Productions
Producer: Maryke McFwen
Screenwriters: Deborah Jarvis, Martin Kinch, Maryke McEwen
Broadcaster: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
A series about a practicing modern-day Witches' coven. The coven uses magic in medicine, law enforcement, business, arts and academia to solve problems and mysteries which confront them.


The Magical World of Raggedy Ann and Andy
Cambium Film & Vidco Productions Ltd.
Producers: Debra Weiss, Arnie Zipursky
Screenwriters: Clive Endersby, Raymond Pannell
Broadcaster: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
This live-action TV series for young children is based on the childrens classic storybooks. The famous dolls are brought to life and travel through a magical gateway into an enchanted fantasy world.


Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy
Alliance Productions Ltd.
Screenwriters: David Barlow, Charles Lazer
Broadcaster: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
This mini-series is about the men and women who built and ran the last great frontier cattle ranch in North America.


Radio Active
Les Productions Tèlè-Action inc.
Producers: Claudio Luca, Colin Neale
Screenwriters: Terence Bowman, Bernard Deniger, Paul Parè, Jennifer Sèguin
Broadcaster: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Adapted from the popular French-language series Radio Enfer. A group of diverse youth attending a high school in a Montreal suburb operate the student radio station.


Rosemonde
Les Productions Tèlè-Action inc.
Producer: Claudio Luca
Screenwriter: Phi1 Comcau
Broadcaster: Télè Mètropole
The story of the broken love of a young couple, Rosemonde Belliveau and Julien LeBlanc, against the backdrop of the epic deportation of the Acadians.


Soho la tèlèsèrie
Les Productions Nèofilms inc.
Producers: Philippc Dussault, Christian Gagnè
Screenwriter: Josè Frèchette
Broadcaster: Sociètè Radio-Canada
The portrait of a generation which has nothing but its dreams. Inspired by the feature film Soho.


What's Bred in the Bone
John McGreevy Productions
Producer: Jennifcr Puncher
Screenwriters: Georges Jonas, Guy Gavriel Kay
Broadcaster: Baton Broadcasting Inc.
Based on the award-winning novel by Robertson Davies. Scandal erupts at the National Gallery of Canada when some treasures in a collection bequeathed by millionaire art collector Francis Cornish are discovered to be fakes.


Zoo Grew
Eighty Seven Bear Images Inc.
Producer: Peter Bryant
Screenwriter: Pat Miller Schroeder
Broadcaster: BBS Saskatchewan Inc.
A series targeted at 6 to 9 years olds. The Zoo Crew are an enterprising band of youngsters who live at a zoological research center. They enjoy discovery and adventure through their Love of wildlife and concern for embattled creatures.


"10-07", L'affaire Kafka
Tèlètiction inc.
Producers: Jacques Bonin, Claude Veillet
Screenwriter: Joanne Arsenau
Broadcaster: Tèlèvision Quatre Saisons
The kidnapping of' a banker's daughter leads the police team through a maze of money-laundering, murders, street gangs and car thefts to a well organized Russian Mafia using Montreal's Latino Cuban gangs as a front.


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