InSecurity
InSecurity is a Canadian spy comedy television series that aired on CBC Television from 2011 to 2012. The series centres on a team of covert operatives working for the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), a fictional Canadian intelligence service. The series is set in Ottawa but filmed primarily in Regina, Saskatchewan. The initial season of 13 episodes premiered January 4, 2011. It was followed by a second season of 10 episodes before cancellation by CBC on April 19, 2012 due to budget cuts from the 2012 Canadian federal budget.
| InSecurity | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Created by | Kevin White Robert de Lint Virginia Thompson |
| Written by | Kevin White |
| Directed by | Robert de Lint Ron Murphy Jeff Beesley |
| Starring | Natalie Lisinska William deVry Rémy Girard Matthew MacFadzean Grace Lynn Kung Richard Yearwood Ali Kazmi |
| Theme music composer | The Asteroids Galaxy Tour |
| Opening theme | The Sun Ain't Shining No More |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 23 (and 1 pilot) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producers | Kevin White Virginia Thompson Robert de Lint |
| Production locations | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Vérité Films Inc. Company Name Here Productions Inc. |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC |
| Release | January 4 – December 12, 2011 |
One of the producers called it "the 24 of Canada"; one writer described it as "24 without Jack Bauer; CSI minus the science; and James Bond - if James Bond were Mr. Bean."
The initial pilot focused on the tedium involved in electronic eavesdropping but the decision was made that it would be too "niche". A second pilot was done with a more 24 approach.