Reluctant Nation [SEP] original network
Reluctant Nation
Reluctant Nation is a Canadian historical docudrama television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1966.
Premise.
This series was produced as a Canadian Centennial project, featuring dramatic portrayals of historical Canadian leaders who are interviewed in the format of contemporary television journalism. This public affairs style highlighted concerns which faced the early Canadian Confederation such as dealings with the United States and Europe, dealings among Canadian provinces and the role of francophones in the new nation.
John Saywell of York University was a series consultant.
of science fiction and police drama elements, the film stars Mandy Patinkin as Sam "George" Francisco, a new Newcomer detective in the Los Angeles Police Department, and James Caan as Matthew Sykes, George's initially reluctant human partner.
Television.
In 1989, Fox adapted the film into a new television series, also called "Alien Nation", for its burgeoning Fox Network. As with the film, the series follows the Newcomers, an alien race bred as slaves on a distant planet whose ship crashes on