Diamonds (Canadian TV series)

Diamonds is a French and Canadian-produced television series, which aired from September 22, 1987, to 1989. The show starred Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne, former actors who had met and married while playing private investigators on a TV series called Two of Diamonds, and continued to work together as real private investigators after both their divorce and the cancellation of their show.^[1]

Diamonds
Starring	Nicholas Campbell Peggy Smithhart Tony Rosato Roland Magdane Alan Feiman
Theme music composer	Dominic Troiano
Country of origin	Canada France
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	44
Production
Executive producers	Sonny Grosso Larry Jacobson
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Alliance Entertainment Grosso-Jacobson Productions
Original release
Network	Global (Canada) CBS (United States)
Release	September 22, 1987 (1987-09-22) – December 3, 1989 (1989-12-03)

The show was frequently compared to the American series Moonlighting. In a direct nod to the comparison, one episode actually featured an encounter with a character who mistook Devitt and Towne for Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.

The cast also included Roland Magdane, Geraint Wyn Davies and Tony Rosato. Campbell was also an occasional writer for the series.

Produced by Alliance Entertainment, the series aired on Global in Canada, and in a late night slot on CBS in the United States,^[2] as well as on the USA Network. It was one of several Canadian-produced drama series to air in the CBS Late Night block of crime dramas — others included Adderly, Night Heat and Hot Shots. Of those shows, it was the only one to explicitly acknowledge that it was set in Toronto.^[3]

Diamonds also aired on RTÉ Television in Ireland.

Cast

• Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt
• Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne
• Roland Magdane as Rene (season 2)
• Tony Rosato as Lt. Lou Gianetti
• Alan Feiman as Darryl

Episodes

Season 1: 1987–88

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Poison Pill"	Miklós Lente	Jaron Summers	September 22, 1987 (1987-09-22)
2	2	"Kiss & Tell"	George Mendeluk	Unknown	September 29, 1987 (1987-09-29)
3	3	"There Once Was a Lady from Katmandu"	Timothy Bond	Gabrielle St. George	October 6, 1987 (1987-10-06)
4	4	"Here Comes the Bride"	René Bonnière	Unknown	October 13, 1987 (1987-10-13)
5	5	"Domestic Spirits"	Patrick Corbett	Philip Rosenberg	October 20, 1987 (1987-10-20)
6	6	"Class Reunion"	Gilbert M. Shilton	J.K.E. Rose	November 3, 1987 (1987-11-03)
7	7	"Good Hands"	Patrick Corbett	Unknown	November 10, 1987 (1987-11-10)
8	8	"The Smiling Mortician"	Gilbert M. Shilton	Giles Blunt	November 17, 1987 (1987-11-17)
9	9	"Fan Club"	Unknown	Unknown	January 5, 1988 (1988-01-05)
10	10	"Little Girl Lost"	Patrick Corbett	Unknown	January 12, 1988 (1988-01-12)
11	11	"When the Wind Blows"	Unknown	Unknown	February 2, 1988 (1988-02-02)
12	12	"Ay, There's the Rub"	Unknown	Unknown	February 9, 1988 (1988-02-09)
13	13	"There's No Business"	René Bonnière	J.K.E. Rose	February 23, 1988 (1988-02-23)
14	14	"Family Plot"	Unknown	Unknown	March 1, 1988 (1988-03-01)
15	15	"Sweetheart Deal"	William Fruet	Chris Haddock	March 8, 1988 (1988-03-08)
16	16	"The Final Cut"	Patrick Corbett	Unknown	March 29, 1988 (1988-03-29)
17	17	"Man with a Gun"	Unknown	Unknown	April 5, 1988 (1988-04-05)
18	18	"Where There's a Will"	Unknown	Unknown	April 12, 1988 (1988-04-12)
19	19	"The Whistle Blower"	Unknown	Unknown	May 3, 1988 (1988-05-03)
20	20	"Ghost Writer"	Unknown	Unknown	May 10, 1988 (1988-05-10)
21	21	"Exposure"	René Bonnière	Peter Lauterman, Angelo Stea	May 17, 1988 (1988-05-17)
22	22	"Goodbye Cabin"	Gilbert M. Shilton	Chris Haddock, Jeremy Hole	May 24, 1988 (1988-05-24)

Season 2: 1988–89

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
23	1	"A Couple of Couples"	Mario Azzopardi	Nick Arnold	December 4, 1988 (1988-12-04)
24	2	"All Bets Off"	Mark Sobel	R.B. Carney	December 11, 1988 (1988-12-11)
25	3	"Leap of Faith"	Unknown	Peter Lauterman, Angelo Stea	December 18, 1988 (1988-12-18)
26	4	"By the Book"	Randy Bradshaw	Nick Arnold	January 10, 1989 (1989-01-10)
27	5	"Separate Ways"	Mark Sobel	Unknown	January 24, 1989 (1989-01-24)
28	6	"Life is a Lot Like Hockey"	René Bonnière	Chris Auer	February 7, 1989 (1989-02-07)
29	7	"Family Business"	Donald Shebib	Jeff F. King	February 21, 1989 (1989-02-21)
30	8	"Le Cheval: Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	April 16, 1989 (1989-04-16)
31	9	"Le Cheval: Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	April 23, 1989 (1989-04-23)
32	10	"Back in Fashion"	Roger Andrieux	Barbara Samuels	April 30, 1989 (1989-04-30)
33	11	"Coming of Age"	Donald Shebib	Gerry Davis	May 14, 1989 (1989-05-14)
34	12	"Doctor, Lawyer, Liar, Thief"	Unknown	Unknown	July 16, 1989 (1989-07-16)
35	13	"Lady Blue"	Nicholas Campbell	Jeff F. King	August 13, 1989 (1989-08-13)
36	14	"Hot Property"	Donald Shebib	Jim Henshaw	August 20, 1989 (1989-08-20)
37	15	"Payola"	Randy Bradshaw	Ashley Collie	August 27, 1989 (1989-08-27)
38	16	"Voodoo"	Randy Bradshaw	Peter Mohan	1989 (1989)
39	17	"The List"	TBD	TBD	1989 (1989)
40	18	"Street Song"	TBD	TBD	1989 (1989)
41	19	"Dinosaur"	TBD	Giles Blunt	1989 (1989)
42	20	"13 Bis"	Bruno Gantillon	Nicholas Campbell	1989 (1989)
43	21	"Death Kiss"	Paolo Barzman	Yves Lavandier	1989 (1989)
44	22	"The Silver Leaf"	Paolo Barzman	Jeff F. King	December 3, 1989 (1989-12-03)

References

1. "'I'd be happy to do this forever' Series has Campbell beaming". The Globe and Mail, August 27, 1987.
2. "TV and movie company enjoys $70-million year". Toronto Star, November 24, 1987.
3. "Private networks making progress developing Canadian content". Ottawa Citizen, September 10, 1988.

External links

• Diamonds at IMDb