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Overview

Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion is a two-part miniseries produced in 2003 by CBC Television. It presents a fictionalized version of the Halifax Explosion, a 1917 catastrophe that destroyed much of the city of Halifax. It was directed by Bruce Pittman and written by Keith Ross Leckie. The Film Stars Vincent Walsh, Tamara Hope, Clare Stone, Zachary Bennett, Shauna MacDonald and Ted Dykstra.

The series was expensive by Canadian television standards with a budget of $10.4 million. It was heavily promoted by the CBC and paired with a number of non-fiction documentaries. The broadcast drew a sizable Canadian audience of 1.5 million viewers. It drew some praise for the adept use of special effects to show the destruction of the explosion. However the miniseries was poorly received critically. One critic at the Globe and Mail described it as "execrably written and acted" while another strained to find positive elements, "At times, there is a plodding workmanlike quality to Shattered City." The miniseries won some technical awards at the Canadian television Gemini Awards in 2004 but was passed over for any direction or writing awards and won only a single supporting acting award for Ted Dykstra.

Series Cast

  1. Graham Greene as Elijah Cobb

    Graham Greene

    Elijah Cobb

    2 Episodes

  2. Max Morrow as Courtney 'Court' Collins

    Max Morrow

    Courtney 'Court' Collins

    2 Episodes

  3. Gavin Buhr as Big Convict

    Gavin Buhr

    Big Convict

    2 Episodes

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Season 1

2003 • 2 Episodes

Season 1 of Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion premiered on October 26, 2003.

Episode 2

(1x2, October 26, 2003) Season Finale

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Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion

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Original Language English

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