Robson Arms

Robson Arms is a Canadian television series that began airing on CTV on June 17, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2008. Robson Arms is a co-production between Vancouver-based Omni Film Productions Limited and Halifax's Creative Atlantic Communications.

Robson Arms
Robson Arms title screen
Created byGary Harvey
Susin Nielsen
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes39
Production
Executive producersGary Harvey
Susin Nielsen
Brian Hamilton
Running time22 minutes
Release
Original networkCTV
Original releaseJune 17, 2005 (2005-06-17) 
June 30, 2008 (2008-06-30)
External links
Robson Arms Website

The show is a comedy-drama (dramedy) anthology organized around the Robson Arms, an apartment building in Vancouver, at the fictional address of 951 Pendrell Street. Each of the show's episodes focuses principally on a different tenant of the building, although the core cast members interact in minor roles throughout the series. In each episode, the Troubadours comment on the storyline through song.

The show was created to fulfill a licensing requirement of CTV's Vancouver station, CIVT, which originally promised, as an independent station, to produce 20 episodes of an anthology series entitled The Storytellers. Only ten such episodes were produced. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) did not agree that CIVT's new network programming supplanted this commitment and asked the station to fulfill its promise.[1] CTV believed the anthology would be more successful as a series with common characters, and Robson Arms was the result.

Two of the show's regular cast members, Gabrielle Miller and Fred Ewanuick, appeared in this series concurrent with their continuing roles in another CTV production, Corner Gas.

The series currently airs in reruns on CTV's secondary CTV Two system.

Cast and characters

The season(s) during which each actor has been included in the main cast are marked in black. White square means the actor doesn't appear in that season at all.

Actor(s) Character Appearances
S 1 S 2 S 3
Tom SaundersThe Tall Troubadour
Jason DedrickThe Not as Tall Troubadour
John CassiniYuri Kukoc
Helena YeaGrandma Tan
Colin FooBao Tan
Gabrielle RoseToni Mastroianni-Tan
Justine WongRuby Tan
Zak SantiagoHal Garcia
Alisen DownSault Ste. Marie
David Richmond-PeckGeoff McAlister
Fred EwanuickNick Papathanasiou
Kevin McNultyStanley Wasserman
Haig SutherlandFred Fochs
Jane McGregorAlicia Plecas-Fochs
Gabrielle MillerBobbi Briggs
Tobias MehlerBobby Briggs
William B. DavisDr. Carlisle Wainwright
Margot KidderElaine Wainwright
Jim TaiRicky Tan
Maxine MillerBeatrice Dubois
Shirley DouglasPauline Dubois
Mark McKinneyTom Goldblum
Megan FollowsJanice Keneally
Peter DeLuiseWayne Ross
Laura BertramChris Colton
Gabriel HoganAndrew Colton
Linda KashCarol Goldstein
Tegan MossGeorgie Goldstein
Bill MondyVal Kukoc
April TelekSasha Kowalski
Allison HossackTrixie Hoskins
Dave FoleyChuck Hoskins

Robson Arms, the Building

The structure used as the apartment building is not located in Vancouver's West End, but rather is located at 951 Boundary Road on the east side of the City of Vancouver. It is called Taylor Manor, and is on the City of Vancouver's historic building registry.[2] The skyscraper skyline behind the building is superimposed to make it look like it is located in Vancouver's West End.

Episodes

Season 1 (2005)

Episode # Original Air Date (CTV) Episode Title
1 June 17, 2005 Dancing the Horizontal Mambo
2 June 17, 2005 The Tell-Tale Latex
3 June 24, 2005 The Eyes of Grandma Tan
4 June 24, 2005 ICQ
5 July 1, 2005 A Certain Vintage
6 July 1, 2005 Sweet City Woman
7 July 8, 2005 Hairpiece of Mind
8 July 8, 2005 A Material Breach
9 July 15, 2005 The Lonely Passion of Mr. Tan
10 July 15, 2005 Educating Alicia
11 July 22, 2005 The Recipe
12 July 22, 2005 The Misses Dubois Turn Out the Lights
13 July 29, 2005 Aftershock

Season 2 (2007)

Episode # Original Air Date (CTV) Episode Title
1 February 10, 2007 Ordinary Assholes
2 February 17, 2007 Saultology
3 February 24, 2007 I Did Not Have Sex With That Woman
4 March 3, 2007 Something Straight Between Us
5 March 10, 2007 Mr. Lonely
6 February 27, 2007 Pest Control
7 March 17, 2007 Misery, Inc.
8 March 12, 2007 The Daughter of Frankenstein
9 March 24, 2007 Wayne's World
10 March 31, 2007 Mussolini and Me
11 April 7, 2007 All About Kitty
12 April 14, 2007 Lizard of Doubt
13 April 21, 2007 Texas Birthmark

Season 3 (2008)

Episode # Original Air Date (CTV) Episode Title
1 February 26, 2008 Gila Monster
2 February 27, 2008 Geeks in Love
3 May 5, 2008 Positivity
4 May 12, 2008 I Pagliacci
5 April 28, 2008 Mean Girls
6 May 19, 2008 Prince of Nigeria
7 May 26, 2008 Wrong and Wronger
8 June 2, 2008 No Sex in the City
9 March 10, 2008 Cherchez la Femme
10 June 16, 2008 Trixie's Honour
11 June 23, 2008 Baby? What Baby?
12 June 24, 2008 My Brother's Keeper
13 June 30, 2008 Hero

Home media

Video Service Corp has released all 3 seasons on DVD in Region 1.

DVD Name Ep# Release date
The Complete First Season 13 April 3, 2007
The Complete Second Season 13 November 6, 2007
The Complete Third Season 13 September 23, 2008

References

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