Bomb Girls | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | |
Written by | Michael MacLennan |
Directed by |
Ken Girotti Adrienne Mitchell Anne Wheeler |
Starring |
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Country of origin | Canada |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
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Producer(s) | Wendy Grean |
Location(s) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Cinematography | Eric Cayla |
Editor(s) | |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company(s) | |
Distributor | Shaw Media |
Release | |
Original network | |
Picture format | |
Original release | January 4, 2012 | – April 29, 2013
External links | |
Official website | www |
Production website |
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Bomb Girls is a Canadian television drama that debuted on January 4, 2012 on Global and Univision Canada in Spanish. The plot profiles the stories of four women working in a Canadian munitions factory during World War II, beginning in 1941. Originally intended to be a six-part drama mini-series, two seasons have aired. The show began airing in the United States on ReelzChannel on September 11, 2012 and in the United Kingdom on ITV3 on November 10, 2012, in Ireland on TG4 on 6 January 2013 and in Poland on Fokus TV on 10 June 2014.
On February 7, 2012, Bomb Girls was renewed by Shaw Media for a second season consisting of 12 episodes. The second season premiered on Global Canada January 2, 2013.
The series was created by Michael MacLennan and Adrienne Mitchell and based on a concept by Debi Drennan and Maureen Jennings. The first season was written by Michael MacLennan, Esta Spalding, John Krizanc, and Shelley Eriksen and directed by Adrienne Mitchell, Ken Girotti, and Anne Wheeler. The executive producers are Janis Lundman, Michael MacLennan, Adrienne Mitchell, and Michael Prupas. The first season producer is Wendy Grean. The editors are Teresa De Luca and Tad Seaborn. Eric Cayla does cinematography on the show. Aidan Leroux is the production designer, Joanne Hansen is the costume designer, Valentine Prokop is in the sound department, and Marie Nardella is in makeup department. Mario Rachiele adds visual effects to the program. The score is composed by Peter Chapman, and music supervision is by Andrea Higgins of Arpix Media.
The series was filmed in Toronto with a converted furniture factory in Etobicoke standing for the Victory Munitions Factory. Season 1 was filmed from September 12 to November 16, 2011.Muse Entertainment and Back Alley Film Productions are the production companies. In Canada, the series is distributed by Shaw Media; internationally the series is distributed by Muse Distribution International.