On Your Own (TV Series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | On your own |
| Original title | Counterstrike (USA) Force de frappe (France) |
| Country of production |
Canada , France |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1990-1993 |
| Production company |
Alliance Communications Corporation, Grosso-Jacobson Productions |
| length | 50 minutes |
| Episodes | 66 in 3 seasons |
| genre | Action , crime |
| idea | Mario Azzopardi, Robin Davis |
| production | Julian Marks |
| First broadcast | July 1, 1990 (USA) on USA Network |
| German-language first broadcast |
January 6, 1992 on Tele 5 |
| occupation | |
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On your own is a Canadian - French thriller - television series and includes three seasons with 66 episodes in a length of 50 minutes. It ran for the first time on July 1, 1990 in the United States on the cable station USA Network , before it was also seen on CTV in Canada and on TF1 in France from November 1991 . It is set in Toronto and Paris and was shot entirely in English; it was dubbed for the French broadcast. The French dubbing was directed by Jean-Pierre Dorat from Alphabet Production .
In Germany, it was first broadcast on January 6, 1992 on Tele 5 . It was later repeated on RTL II in 1997 and on Tm3 in 1998 .
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After his wife was kidnapped by terrorists , the international tycoon Alexander Addington put together a secret team of troubleshooters to help him fight terrorism around the world. He hires Peter Sinclair from Scotland Yard as team leader. They track down the French trick, art and jewelery thief Nicole Beaumont and blackmail her into joining the team because she has valuable connections with criminals. The third team member is Luke Brenner, an American mercenary whom they rescue from a Mexican prison. The other recurring characters from the television series are Bennet, Alexander Addingtons servant, and JJ, Alexander Addingtons pilot.
In season two, Peter Sinclair and Alexander Addington meet French reporter Gabrielle Germont, whom they recruit for the team to prevent them from publishing a report on them. In the third episode of the season, Peter Sinclair and Gabrielle Germont rescue Hector Stone, a US CIA agent and former Navy SEAL whose cover was blown, and offer him to join the team.
The character of Alexander Addington's daughter Suzanne, who designed the team's computer systems, was written out of the series at the beginning of the second season. Suzanne Addington does not appear again until one episode of the third season in which she is played by another actress. In her place, Alexander Addington has a secretary and confidante named Hélène Previn.
Awards and nominations
- Awards
- 1994 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for James Purcell
- Nominations
- 1994 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for Sophie Michaud
- 1992 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for Simon MacCorkindale
- 1992 Gemini Award for best performance by an actor in a continuing leading role (Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role) for Christopher Plummer
Web links
- On your own in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- On your own at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Force de frappe - L'Encyclopédie des Séries TV on Toutelatele.com., Accessed April 1, 2013
- ↑ Force de frappe on DSD doublage (French)
- ↑ On your own at wunschliste.de
- ↑ James Purcell. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Sophie Michaud. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .