The Phoenix Team Explained

Genre:	spy drama
Starring:	Don Francks Elizabeth Shepherd
Country:	Canada
Language:	English
Channel:	CBC Television
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	7
Executive Producer:	Stanley Colbert
Producer:	Lawrence S. Mirkin

The Phoenix Team was a Canadian television drama series which aired on CBC Television in 1980.

Plot

David Brook (Don Francks), a Canadian spy during the Cold War, teams up with former British secret service agent Valerie Koester (Elizabeth Shepherd) and return to the espionage business. Brook and Koester are also former lovers. Other characters include General (Mavor Moore), the Canadian secret service chief, and Graydon (Brian Linehan), the spies' manager, Carvallo (Steve Pernie), Janev (Lee Broker), Moffat (Gerry Crack), Theo (Arnie Achtman) and Miss Woods (Amelia Hall).^[1]

Scheduling

Hour-long episodes were broadcast on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. from 16 September to 28 October 1980.

Episodes

• "Old Times' Sake" (part 1, part 2) – John Trent director
• "Like Father, Like Son"
• "Sanctuary"
• "Saving Grace"
• "The Judas Game"
• "Close Shave"
• "The Fourth Man"

External links

• Web site: The Phoenix Team . Blaine . Allan . . 1996 . 7 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100617013844/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Per.html . 17 June 2010 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Phoenix Team . Joseph . Chrysdale . October 2005 . Canadian Communications Foundation . 8 June 2020 .