Sidestreet: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Police show with protagonists who were community service officers instead of ordinary detectives. Episodes dealt infrequently with murder (as per the typical crime TV show), but more with other types of crimes - issues such as blockbusting, strikebreaking, rape, poverty, and the problems of the elderly in the city.

Series details

• Title: Sidestreet
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
• Premiere date: 1975-09-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 1978-11-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBC
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 34199
• IMDb ID: tt0071052
• TVDB ID: 340189

Cast and credited roles

• Donnelly Rhodes — Nick Raitt
• Jonathan Welsh — Glenn Olsen
• John Swindells — Inspector Ted Bowman
• Sean McCann — Inspector Alec Woodward
• Stephen Markle — Sergeant Johnny Dias

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1975-09-14; final listed air date 1975-11-02.
• Season 2: premiered 1976-10-03; final listed air date 1976-11-21.
• Season 3: premiered 1977-10-09; final listed air date 1977-12-18.
• Season 4: premiered 1978-09-24; final listed air date 1978-11-11; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Sidestreet on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.