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The Best Laid Plans is a Canadian comedy-drama miniseries based on the Stephen Leacock Award-winning novel of the same name by Terry Fallis. The series stars Jonas Chernick as Daniel Addison, a disillusioned political staffer in the office of Opposition Leader George Quimby who is forced to run a local candidate's campaign during a federal election. The election featured is in part a parody of the 2008 Canadian federal election. The six-part series premiered January 5, 2014 on CBC Television and concluded its run on February 3, 2014.
Original Release
01/05/2014
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jonas Chernick | Daniel Addison |
Kenneth Welsh | Angus McLintock |
Jodi Balfour | Lindsay Dewar |
Sarah Allen | Rachel Bronwin |
Raoul Bhaneja | Bradley Stanton |
Barbara Gordon | Muriel Parkinson |
Ron Lea | Norm Fontana |
Eric Peterson | Jerry Stockton |
Jordan Johnson-Hinds | Pete 1 |
Varun Saranga | Pete 2 |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Here's the Deal | Sunday, 05 January 2014 |
2 | Running to Lose | Monday, 06 January 2014 |
3 | Raise a Little Hell | Monday, 13 January 2014 |
4 | You Had an Option, Sir | Monday, 20 January 2014 |
5 | Going Brogue | Monday, 27 January 2014 |
6 | Just Watch Me | Monday, 03 February 2014 |
Directors
Writers
Susan Coyne, Terry Fallis, Jason Sherman
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jonas Chernick | Daniel Addison |
Kenneth Welsh | Angus McLintock |
Jodi Balfour | Lindsay Dewar |
Sarah Allen | Rachel Bronwin |
Raoul Bhaneja | Bradley Stanton |
Barbara Gordon | Muriel Parkinson |
Ron Lea | Norm Fontana |
Eric Peterson | Jerry Stockton |
Jordan Johnson-Hinds | Pete 1 |
Varun Saranga | Pete 2 |
Mark McKinney | George Quimby |
James Bradford | Donald |
Heather Tod Mitchell | Marjorie |
Janet Rice | Edna |
Sandra Wilson | Millie |
Eva Link | Maryanne |
Zachary Aiello | Big Jim |
Stephen MacDonald | Parker |
Sonja Smits | Prime Minister Diane Gagnon |
John Koensgen | National News Anchor |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Peter Moss | Executive Producer |
Brian Dennis | Executive Producer |
Phyllis Platt | Executive Producer |
Matt Code | Producer |
Mary Pantelidis | Producer |