Charlie Jade
Charlie Jade (2005) is a science-fiction television series that was co-produced by Canada and South Africa and created by Chris Roland and Robert Wertheimer. It ran for one season. A second season was scripted, but has not as yet been produced.
Twenty episodes were originally made for the first (and, to date, only) season of Charlie Jade. A special "catch-up" episode, filmed in Montréal at a later date, was added to this run at the request of the Canadian network CHUM, in order to bring new viewers up to speed. This episode, "Can of Worms", fits in between episodes 16 and 17.
No episodes of this series were either written or directed by women.
Cast
- Jeffrey Pierce as Charlie Jade
- Patricia McKenzie as Reena
- Tyrone Benskin as Karl Lubinsky
- Michael Filipowich as 01 Boxer
- Michelle Burgers as Essa Rompkin
- Marie-Julie Rivest as Jasmine/Paula
- Danny Keogh as Julius Galt
- Langley Kirkwood as Porter
- David Dennis as Sew Sew Tukarrs
- Rolanda Marais as Blues Paddock
Notes: The central characters and antagonists in this series, Charlie Jade and 01 Boxer, are both white males. Of the other major characters, Reena is a Black woman from an alternate universe, and Karl Lubkinsky is a Black male American expat living in Cape Town. The casting for background characters is multi-racial, but a large number of the actors are Canadian rather than South African.
(The name 01 is pronounce "Oh One".)
Overview
The series follows the adventures of the title character, Charlie Jade, a (white, male) detective from a parallel universe accidentally transported to ours.
The setting of the series is Cape Town, South Africa, and its surroudings, and the parallel worlds that coexist with it in other universes.
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