Above and Beyond (miniseries)
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| Genre | History |
| Created by | Pope Productions Shaftesbury Films |
| Written by | John W. Doyle Lisa Porter |
| Directed by | Sturla Gunnarsson |
| Starring |
Richard E. Grant Jason Priestley Liane Balaban |
| Theme music composer | Dan Parr |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
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| Producer(s) | Paul Pope Justin Bodle Scott Garvie |
| Editor(s) | Jeff Warren |
| Running time | 240 minutes |
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| Original network | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) |
| Original release | October 29 – October 30, 2006 |
Above and Beyond is a four-hour 2006 miniseries aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on October 29 and 30, 2006. It stars Richard E. Grant, Jonathan Scarfe, Liane Balaban, Allan Hawco, Kenneth Welsh and Jason Priestley. The miniseries deals with the Atlantic Ferry Organization, tasked with ferrying aircraft from North America to Europe in the early years of the Second World War.
In 1940, Canadian weapons of war, including newly manufactured aircraft ordered by the British, have to be delivered to the United Kingdom.Lord Beaverbrook, head of the UK Ministry of Aircraft Production, also arranged for the purchase of aircraft from manufacturers in the United States. Aircraft were first transported to Dorval Airport near Montreal and then flown to RCAF Station Gander in Newfoundland for the transatlantic flight. The initial ferry flight of seven Lockheed Hudson bombers from Gander Airport in Newfoundland took place on November 10, 1940.
In 1941, the Atlantic Ferry Organization was set up, with civilian pilots flying the aircraft to the UK. The organization was handed over to the Air Ministry, becoming the RAF Ferry Command. More than 9,000 aircraft are ferried across the north Atlantic and, by the end of the war, helped make transatlantic flying a safe and commonplace event.
Principal photography for Above and Beyond took place at Gander and St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Other locations included Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. A period-accurate Lockheed Hudson Mk IIIA bomber belonging to the North Atlantic Aviation Museum in Gander, Newfoundland, featured prominently in the filming. A Beech 18S on display at the museum was also used. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum at Mount Hope, Ontario, with an extensive collection of wartime aircraft, was another prominent filming location utilized in the production. All flying scenes were staged with computer-generated imagery.
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