Canadian crime drama TV series
This article is about the Canadian TV series on the CBC. For the British TV series, see
The Coroner .
Coroner Genre Based on Jenny Cooper series M. R. Hall Developed by Morwyn Brebner Starring Composer Tom Third Country of origin Canada Original language English No. of seasons 4 No. of episodes 38 Production Executive producers Adrienne Mitchell Morwyn Brebner Brett Burlock Peter Emerson Jonas Prupas Sean Reycraft (S2–4)Noelle Carbone (S3–4) Suzanne Colvin-Goulding (S3–4) Aren Prupas (S4) Serinda Swan (S4) Producer Suzanne Colvin-Goulding Cinematography Samy Inayeh Running time 42 minutes Production companies Original release Network CBC Release 7 January 2019 (2019-01-07 ) – (2022-04-07 )
Coroner police procedural crime drama television series. Developed byMorwyn Brebner , the series is based on theJenny Cooper crime novels byM. R. Hall .Serinda Swan stars ascoroner Jenny Cooper.Coroner premiered onCBC on 7 January 2019.
The series stars Serinda Swan as Jenny Cooper,[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Cast and characters [ edit ] Serinda Swan as Dr. Jenny Cooper, a former ER doctor now working as a coroner in Toronto, Jenny is dealing with PTSD from the abrupt death of her husband, Dr. David Kalighi, from an aneurysm. Several months after his death, she discovers that he had a heavy gambling problem, leaving significant debts that force Jenny to sell their home and move out of the city.Roger Cross as Det. Donovan "Mac" McAvoy, a senior homicide detective who works alongside Jenny investigating various suspicious deaths, meeting her for the first time in the premiere episode. Though somewhat jaded, he is open to many of the theories and conclusions Jenny makes during investigations, and is willing to back her up if she brings enough evidence.Ehren Kassam as Ross Kalighi, Jenny's gay teenage son, who is grieving the loss of his father, but dealing with resentment for him as well. A promising athlete on his school swim team, Ross steps away from the sport because of his father's death and tries to find himself again. Éric Bruneau as Liam Bouchard (seasons 1–3; guest season 4), a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces whom Jenny meets during an onsite investigation. He works as a handyman. After aone-night stand , they slowly build a supportive friendship after she hires him to make repairs around her new home. Due to limited finances, he resides in atreehouse , 'off the grid' in the woods.Tamara Podemski [ a] Saad Siddiqui as Dr. Neil Sharma (seasons 1–3) Lovell Adams-Gray as Dr. Dwayne Allen (season 1; guest season 2)Kiley May as River Baitz (seasons 2–4; recurring season 1)Andy McQueen as Det. Malik Abed (seasons 2–4)Jennifer Dale as Peggy Cooper (seasons 3–4), Jenny's mother and Gordon's wifeShawn Ahmed as Alphonse Usmani (seasons 3–4) Mark Taylor as Clark Coleman (seasons 3–4)Uni Park as Dr. Melanie Lum-Davis (season 3) Nicholas Campbell as Gordon Cooper (season 4; recurring seasons 1–3)Jon De Leon as Dennis Garcia (season 4; recurring season 3) Thom Allison as Dr. Elijah Thompson (season 4)Kate Corbett as Cassidy James (season 4)Alli Chung as Det. Taylor Kim (season 1) Graeme Jokic as Matteo (seasons 1–3) Oluniké Adeliyi as Noor Armias (season 2)Nicola Correia-Damude as Kelly Hart (season 2)Jonathan Tan as Dr. Luca Cheng (seasons 3–4) Sarah Podemski as Kirima Rite (seasons 3–4)Production and development [ edit ] Coroner was developed for television byMorwyn Brebner fromM. R. Hall's series ofcrime novels ,[ 4] Muse Entertainment ,Back Alley Film Productions , andCineflix Studios ,[ 5] Adrienne Mitchell as executive producer and lead director.[ 2]
The first season consists of eight episodes.[ 4] Coroner for an eight-episode second season on 25 March 2019.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
On 2 June 2021, CBC announced the series had been renewed for a fourth season.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
In June 2022,Sally Catto , CBC General Manager, announced that Serinda Swan had decided to leave the series, and options were being discussed with its producers.[ 13]
Season Episodes Originally released First released Last released 1 8 7 January 2019 (2019-01-07 ) 25 February 2019 (2019-02-25 ) 2 8 6 January 2020 (2020-01-06 ) 24 February 2020 (2020-02-24 ) 3 10 3 February 2021 (2021-02-03 ) 7 April 2021 (2021-04-07 ) 4 12 6 January 2022 (2022-01-06 ) 7 April 2022 (2022-04-07 )
No. No. in Title Directed by Written by Original release date Prod. Canada viewers 9 1 "Fire" Adrienne Mitchell Morwyn Brebner 6 January 2020 (2020-01-06 ) 351416-9 N/A 10 2 "Borders" Adrienne Mitchell Wendy Motion Brathwaite 13 January 2020 (2020-01-13 ) 351416-14 0.96[ 21] 11 3 "Crispr Sistr" Winnifred Jong Nathalie Younglai 20 January 2020 (2020-01-20 ) 351416-15 N/A 12 4 "Unburied" Winnifred Jong Sean Reycraft 27 January 2020 (2020-01-27 ) 351416-11 N/A 13 5 "One Drum" Charles Officer Shannon Masters 3 February 2020 (2020-02-03 ) 351416-16 N/A 14 6 "The Flipside" Charles Officer Seneca Aaron 10 February 2020 (2020-02-10 ) 351416-13 N/A 15 7 "Monster in the House" Adrienne Mitchell Noelle Carbone 17 February 2020 (2020-02-17 ) 351416-12 N/A 16 8 "Fire, Part 2" Adrienne Mitchell Morwyn Brebner 24 February 2020 (2020-02-24 ) 351416-10 N/A
No. No. in Title Directed by Written by Original release date Prod. Canada viewers 17 1 "Bobby" Adrienne Mitchell Morwyn Brebner 3 February 2021 (2021-02-03 ) 351416-26 N/A 18 2 "In Bloom" Adrienne Mitchell Marsha Greene 10 February 2021 (2021-02-10 ) 351416-25 N/A 19 3 "Spirits" Charles Officer Chris Roberts 17 February 2021 (2021-02-17 ) 351416-21 N/A 20 4 "Eyes Up" Charles Officer Wendy Motion Brathwaite 24 February 2021 (2021-02-24 ) 351416-20 0.81[ 22] 21 5 "Back to the Future" Gloria Ui Young Kim & Liz Farrer Noelle Carbone & Leah Cameron 3 March 2021 (2021-03-03 ) 351416-19 N/A 22 6 "No Justice, No Peace" Gloria Ui Young Kim Nathalie Younglai 10 March 2021 (2021-03-10 ) 351416-24 N/A 23 7 "Round and Round" Samir Rehem Shannon Masters 17 March 2021 (2021-03-17 ) 351416-23 N/A 24 8 "Blue Flock" Samir Rehem Seneca Aaron 24 March 2021 (2021-03-24 ) 351416-22 N/A 25 9 "Christmas Eve" Adrienne Mitchell Noelle Carbone 31 March 2021 (2021-03-31 ) 351416-18 N/A 26 10 "Christmas Day" Adrienne Mitchell Morwyn Brebner 7 April 2021 (2021-04-07 ) 351416-17 N/A
No. No. in Title Directed by Written by Original release date Prod. Canada viewers 27 1 "Emerge" Ruba Nadda Adriana Maggs 6 January 2022 (2022-01-06 ) 351416-27 N/A 28 2 "Cutting Coroners" Ruba Nadda Shannon Masters 13 January 2022 (2022-01-13 ) 351416-28 N/A 29 3 "Neighbourhood Watch" Farhad Mann Nathalie Younglai 20 January 2022 (2022-01-20 ) 351416-29 N/A 30 4 "Heartbeet" Samir Rehem Laura Good 27 January 2022 (2022-01-27 ) 351416-30 N/A 31 5 "Degargoony" Farhad Mann Noelle Carbone & Mazi Khalighi 24 February 2022 (2022-02-24 ) 351416-31 N/A 32 6 "Young Legend" Serinda Swan Motion 3 March 2022 (2022-03-03 ) 351416-32 N/A 33 7 "True Crime" Liz Farrer JP Larocque 10 March 2022 (2022-03-10 ) 351416-33 N/A 34 8 "LJND" Adrienne Mitchell Nathalie Younglai & Lindsey Addawoo 17 March 2022 (2022-03-17 ) 351416-34 N/A 35 9 "Our Home on Native Land" Corey Bowles Shannon Masters 24 March 2022 (2022-03-24 ) 351416-35 N/A 37 10 "Safe Space" Corey Bowles Seneca Aaron 31 March 2022 (2022-03-31 ) 351416-36 N/A 37 11 "Blast to the Past" Samir Rehem Noelle Carbone 7 April 2022 (2022-04-07 ) 351416-37 N/A 38 12 "Death Goes On" Samir Rehem Adriana Maggs 7 April 2022 (2022-04-07 ) 351416-38 N/A
Coroner premiered onCBC on 7 January 2019,[ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 5] [ 26] [ 7] [ 8] [ 27] [ 28]
In September 2018, Cineflix Rights acquired the global distribution rights toCoroner .[ 29]
In October 2018,NBCUniversal International Networks acquired Coroner from Cineflix Rights for their channels in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Africa, Latin America, Brazil and Australia.[ 30] [ 31]
Season 1 premiered in the United Kingdom onUniversal TV on 21 January 2019.[ 32] Coroner in the UK was Universal TV's strongest ever series launch.[ 33] Sky Group byComcast and the subsequent merger of operations,[ 34] Sky Witness on 29 July 2020.[ 35] [ 36]
UK'sChannel 4 acquired the first and second seasons in May 2020[ 37] [ 38] More4 channel on 6 May 2021.[ 39]
In the United States,The CW acquired the broadcast rights to the series in June 2020.[ 40] Coroner premiered in the U.S. on 5 August 2020.[ 41] [ 42] [ 43] [ 44] [ 45] [ 46]
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