Strategic Response Unit
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| Genre | Police procedural |
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| Starring |
Hugh Dillon Amy Jo Johnson David Paetkau Enrico Colantoni Sergio Di Zio Michael Cram Mark Taylor Jessica Steen Ruth Marshall Olunike Adeliyi Clé Bennett |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 75 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Tracey Boulton |
| Location(s) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Running time | 44 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Avamar Entertainment Pink Sky Entertainment CTV (2008–2011) CBS Paramount Television (2008–2009) CBS Television Studios (2009–2011) CBS Television Distribution (2012) Ion Television (2012) Bell Media (2011–2012) |
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| Original network | CTV |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | July 11, 2008 – December 13, 2012 |
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| Website | shows |
Flashpoint is a Canadian police drama television series that debuted on July 11, 2008 on CTV. In the United States, the series originally aired on CBS, then aired on Ion Television; in the United Kingdom it aired on Universal Channel. The series was broadcast on the Canadian French-language network V in Quebec, having launched on March 9, 2009. The series was created by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern and stars Hugh Dillon, Amy Jo Johnson, David Paetkau, Sergio Di Zio and Enrico Colantoni. It was announced January 25, 2011 that Ion Television had acquired all rights to the show held by CBS including the option to continue production. After the fourth season of Flashpoint concluded, a fifth season was ordered; starting to air in Canada in September 2012. On May 1, 2012, the producers announced that the fifth season would be the last of the series. The series finale aired on December 13, 2012.
The show focuses on a fictional elite tactical unit, the Strategic Response Unit (SRU), within a Canadian metropolitan police force (styled on the Toronto Police Emergency Task Force). The SRU are tasked to resolve extreme situations that regular officers are not trained to handle, including hostage-taking, bomb threats, and heavily armed criminals. Although the team is seldom seen doing so, they do sometimes discuss the "day job" of serving high-risk arrest warrants. Equipped with high-tech tools and a cache of weapons and explosives, members use negotiation tactics and intuition to try to avoid the use of deadly force, which they exert only as a last resort. The outcome of a given situation is often determined by a split-second decision, hence the show's title.
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