Forgive Me (TV series)

Forgive Me
Genre	Drama
Starring	Mike McLeod John Dunsworth Jane Alexander Hugh Thompson Olympia Dukakis Brenda Fricker Candy Palmater Jeremy Akerman Rob Joseph Leonard Ryan Doucette Craig Layton Lauren Liem Juanita Peters Susan Leblanc Shawn Duggan
Theme music composer	Christopher Francis Mitchell
Composer(s)	Warren Robert
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producer(s)	Doug Pettigrew, Thom Fitzgerald
Location(s)	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Running time	25 minutes
Production company(s)	Emotion Pictures Inc.
Release
Original network	Super Channel
Original release	September 4, 2013
External links
Website

Forgive Me is a Canadian television series that breaks the seal of the Catholic confessional booth. A young insomniac priest gets caught up in the sins of his congregants while a secret from his own past threatens his calling.

The series is written and directed by Thom Fitzgerald. It stars Mike McLeod, John Dunsworth, Jane Alexander, Hugh Thompson, Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Jeremy Akerman, Ryan Doucette, Candy Palmater and Rob Joseph Leonard.^[1]

The series began its original broadcast on September 4, 2013 on Super Channel in Canada.^[2]

Critical response

The series was generally well-received, attaining positive reviews. John Doyle of The Globe and Mail praised Mike McLeod's performance as "superb", noted "a visual sumptuousness that's startling" and called it "a powerful 30 minutes of television."^[3] Brad Oswald of the Winnipeg Free Press wrote "The confessional-confined dialogue is smart, and the stripped-down performances are seamlessly delivered and punctuated with moments of pure, stark, painful honesty."^[4]

Awards and nominations

• 2016 ACTRA Award for Best Leading Actor, Mike McLeod^[5]
• 2016 ACTRA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, Mary-Colin Chisholm^[5]
• 2016 ACTRA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, Gharrett Patrick Paon^[5]
• 2015 ACTRA Award for Best Leading Actor, Mike McLeod^[6]
• 2015 ACTRA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, Candy Palmater^[7]
• 2015 Screen Nova Scotia Award nomination for Best TV Series^[8]
• 2015 Canadian Screen Award (Gemini Award) nomination for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series, Thom Fitzgerald for the episode "Hallowed Be Thy Name"^[9]
• 2015 Canadian Screen Award (Gemini Award) nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, Mike McLeod^[10]
• 2015 Canadian Screen Award (Gemini Award) nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series, Hugh Thompson, for the episode "Hallowed Be Thy Name"^[11]
• 2015 Canadian Screen Award (Gemini Award) nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series, Jane Alexander, for the episode "Forgive Us Our Trespasses"^[12]
• 2015 Canadian Screen Award (Gemini Award) nomination for Best Performance in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series, Brenda Fricker, for the episode "Thy Will Be Done"^[13]
• 2014 ACTRA Award for Outstanding Male Performance in a Feature Film, MOW, TV Series or Web Series, John Dunsworth, Forgive Me^[14]
• 2014 ACTRA Award for Outstanding Female Performance in a Feature Film, MOW, TV Series or Web Series, Jane Alexander, Forgive Me^[15]
• 2014 ACTRA Award Nomination for Outstanding Female Performance in a Feature Film, MOW, TV Series or Web Series, Lauren Liem, Forgive Me^[16]
• 2014 ACTRA Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male, Hugh Thompson, Forgive Me ^[17]

References

1. "Internet Movie Database". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
2. Nemetz, Andrea (3 September 2013). "Fitzgerald's divine intervention". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
3. Doyle, John (4 September 2013). "Forgive Me: A fine, fraught new series about sinners". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
4. Oswald, Brad (4 September 2013). "It's no sin to confess Forgive Me is revealing". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
5. "2016 Screen Nova Scotia Award Winners". Sea and Be Scene. Sea and Be scene. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
6. "Jonathan Torrens host and winner at Screen Nova Scotia awards". The Chronicle Herald. The Chronicle Herald. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
7. "Screen Nova Scotia announces nominees". The Chronicle Herald. The Chronicle Herald. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
8. "Screen Nova Scotia announces nominees". The Chronicle Herald. The Chronicle Herald. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
9. "2015 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Television Nominations" (PDF). Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Official Website. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
10. "2015 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Television Nominations" (PDF). Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Official Website. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
11. "2015 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Television Nominations" (PDF). Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Official Website. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
12. "2015 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Television Nominations" (PDF). Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Official Website. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
13. "2015 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Television Nominations" (PDF). Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Official Website. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
14. Webb, Jeremy. "OTL- October 4, 2013". Off The Leash website. offtheleash.ca. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
15. Webb, Jeremy. "OTL- October 4, 2013". Off The Leash website. offtheleash.ca. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
16. Webb, Jeremy. "OTL- October 4, 2013". Off The Leash website. offtheleash.ca. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
17. Barnard, Elissa (14 January 2014). "Actor gets nod for ACTRA nomination". The Chronicle-Herald. Retrieved 17 January 2014.