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''Red Serge'' is a Canadian television
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series, which aired on
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in 1986 and 1987."Red Serge Wives: history with the fun intact". ''
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'', January 4, 1986.
A
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set in the 1880s, the series starred
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as Abe Farwell, an
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expatriate with criminal ties running a saloon in a small town near the
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border with the help of Lily (
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), Emma (Brenda Robins) and Maisy (Hilary Strang) Chadwick, the adult daughters of his deceased former business partner. The series also starred
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, Bruce McMillan, Terence Kelly, Greg Ellwand and David Matheson as officers with the local
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detachment, and
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as the chief of a nearby
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reserve. Each of the Chadwick sisters was also in a romantic relationship with one of the RCMP officers, complicating Farwell's attempts to hide the saloon's forays into illegal bootlegging and
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. Produced under the working title ''Red Serge Wives'', the series went to air under the title ''Red Serge''. It premiered on CBC Television in January 1986 for a six-episode run, and was renewed for a second six-episode season which aired in winter 1987. The series garnered
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nominations for Best Dramatic Miniseries at the
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in 1986, and for Best Drama Series at the 2nd Gemini Awards in 1987. Although at least 13 more episodes had been planned, a combination of budget cuts at the CBC and McNamara's death in late 1986, shortly after having completed filming the episodes which aired in 1987, led to the series being cancelled after its second season."B.C. CBC starts job cuts, as gloomy future feared". ''
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'', March 4, 1987.


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*{{IMDb title, 0387771 1986 Canadian television series debuts 1987 Canadian television series endings 1980s Canadian comedy-drama television series CBC Television original programming Television shows set in Alberta Television shows filmed in British Columbia Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fiction Canadian Western (genre) television series 1980s Western (genre) television series