Charlie Jade (2005– )

A missing persons detective finds himself caught between three parallel universes.

Creators:

Chris Roland, Robert Wertheimer

Stars:

Jeffrey Pierce, Michael Filipowich, Michele Burgers

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jeffrey Pierce	...	Charlie Jade (21 episodes, 2005)
Michael Filipowich	...	01 Boxer (21 episodes, 2005)
Michele Burgers	...	Essa Rompkin (21 episodes, 2005)
Tyrone Benskin	...	Karl Lubinsky (21 episodes, 2005)
Danny Keogh	...	Julius Galt (21 episodes, 2005)
Marie-Julie Rivest	...	Jasmine (21 episodes, 2005)
Patricia McKenzie	...	Reena (21 episodes, 2005)
Graham Clarke	...	Brion Boxer (14 episodes, 2005)
David Dennis	...	Sew Sew Tukarrs (10 episodes, 2005)

Storyline

Charlie Jade is a rogue private detective in a world dominated by greedy multinational corporations. While on an investigation, Charlie explores a secret desert facility. A massive explosion propels him from his own universe (alphaverse) to a strange parallel universe (betaverse). Soon, Charlie is drawn into a conflict that involves these two universes and one other pacifist universe (gammaverse) with unsuspected terror at its heart.

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Plot Keywords:

private detective | south africa | parallel worlds

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Taglines:

Three worlds... One hope

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

South Africa Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 April 2005 (Canada)

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

4142276, CinéGroupe, Jonsworth Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Charlie Jade's car is a Aston Martin DBS6, in production from about 1968 to about 1973. James Bond drove one in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It is Right Hand Drive as that is correct for Cape Town. A good one is worth about GBP £50 000 or US$100 000.

User Reviews

Wonderful

This is a response to someone who called the show "Mesmerisingly bad".

Charlie Jade is NOT a show that you can jump into as you channel surf.

More to the point, I can't think of any other show that would come close to Charlie Jade in *seeming* to be "mesmerisingly bad" if one tried to jump in to the occasional episode now and then.

I really liked the show. I cared about the characters. I didn't know how I could deal with their problems. No clever and satisfying solutions presented themselves. Often the characters' progress seemed barely worth their trials. And the writers introduced one very neat twist to alternate reality story-telling: that some people might behave very differently while visiting different realities.

I was very disappointed when they wound up this show prematurely. But in hindsight, it seems predictable: despite PVR's and TV-series transferred to DVD, it's still too expensive to make television shows that are horrible for channel-surfers.