Sidestreet

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Drama

Sidestreet was a Canadian television drama, which aired Sundays on CBC from 1975 to 1978. It starred Sean McCann and Donnelly Rhodes as police working the mean streets of 1970s Toronto. The producers of "Sidestreet:" wanted to feature 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.

Episodes

Cast

The Hold Out

1. The Hold Out

14th Sep 1975

A widow being terrorized by a real-estate developer trying to force her out of her home.

The Money-Go-Round

2. The Money-Go-Round

21st Sep 1975

A young man turns to crime to pay off inherited debts to a loan shark. Extortion and purse snatching by a bicycling thief heat things up and community service cops Alex Woodward and Johnny Dias move quickly to defuse a dangerous situation.

The Rebellion of Bertha Mackenzie

3. The Rebellion of Bertha Mackenzie

28th Sep 1975

Two social workers are involved as a Metis mother of two children fights to keep from being evicted from her home.

Perhaps in Dreams Old Man

4. Perhaps in Dreams Old Man

5th Oct 1975

An informer's tip shatters the dreams of two elderly pensioners whose obsession with owning a farm in Alberta leads them to commit a rather unusual robbery.

Rape

5. Rape

12th Oct 1975

The rape of a young woman soon to be married triggers a series of events affecting the lives of several people in addition to the rapist and his victim.

Do You Know Where Your Children Are?

6. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?

19th Oct 1975

A police inspector is torn between a sense of duty and paternal concern when he learns that his son has become involved in organized juvenile crime.

Strikebreaker

7. Strikebreaker

26th Oct 1975

Tempers flare when a professional strikebreaker leads a group of scabs across a picket line.

Playing the Game

8. Playing the Game

2nd Nov 1975

A young parolee is harassed by two overly zealous cops who employ barely-within-the-law tactics to extract information from him.

First air date

14th Sep 1975

Last air date

12th Nov 1978

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks