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X Company

Canadian TV series or program

This article is about the Canadian television series. For the research subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., see X Development.

X Company is a Canadian/Hungarian spy thriller television series created by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern, the creators of the CTV series Flashpoint, which ran from 2008 to 2012. The series premiered on February 18, 2015, on CBC Television. The series takes place during World War II, and follows five recruits as they are trained as agents at a secret Canadian training facility, Camp X near Lake Ontario east of Toronto and then sent out into the field in Europe.[1][2] The final episode of the series aired on CBC on March 15, 2017.

A view of part of the site of Camp X looking toward Lake Ontario.
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X Company was produced by Temple Street and Pioneer Stillking Kft. Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern wrote some episodes and were also executive producers with Ivan Schneeberg, David Fortier, Kerry Appleyard (Temple Street) and Bill Haber (Ostar Productions).[3] Directors included Grant Harvey, Amanda Tapping, Paolo Barzman, Julian Gilbey and Stephanie Morgenstern.[4]

On March 4, 2015, CBC renewed the series for a second season with ten episodes, two more than the first season of eight.[5][6] On March 31, 2016, CBC announced that the series would be renewed for a ten-episode third season, to début in the winter of 2017. On September 1, 2016, it was announced that this would be the final season for the show.[4][7]

International distribution

The series was shown in several countries, via distribution by Sony Pictures Television. Broadcasters that aired the series included TF1 in France, History in Latin America, History in the UK, Mystery in Japan, D-Smart in Turkey, 365 Media in Iceland, MBC in the Middle East, Mega in Greece and by Pickbox in Slovenia and Bosnia/Herzegovina.[4] On April 2, 2017, the series was picked up by Ovation in the United States.[8]

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    Production

    X Company had been an idea being considered for over a dozen years by creators Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern. They made a short film entitled Remembrance which did well enough on the festival circuit to encourage them to develop a feature script which eventually became X Company.[9] Originally titled Camp X, the series was filmed in Budapest, Hungary, from August to October 2014, and in Orlovat, Serbia[10] and is a Canadian-Hungarian co-production. X Company is inspired by the real spy training facility, Camp X, which was located between Whitby and Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.[11][12]

    Season 2 filmed for four months in Budapest, and Esztergom,[13] Hungary beginning in July 2015.[14] Season 2 aired on January 27 on CBC.[15]

    Season 3, the final of the series, was also filmed in and around Budapest, Hungary; location work was completed in November 2016 and the premiere was on January 11, 2017.[3]

    Critical reception

    Writing in the Huffington Post, Denette Wilford said: "X Company is another history lesson CBC is offering audiences, and it nails it once again".[9] The Globe and Mail's TV critic John Doyle called it "vastly entertaining" and "a good solid thriller".[16]

    Episodes

    Season 1 (2015)

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    Season 2 (2016)

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    Season 3 (2017)

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    References

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      David, Greg (September 8, 2016). "Production Begins on Third — and Final — Season of CBC's X Company". TV, eh?. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
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      "Production underway on the third and final season of CBC and Temple Street's acclaimed WWII drama 'X Company'". CBC Media Centre. September 8, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
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      "X Company Season 3: The Final Chapter". CBC. September 1, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
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      Tartaglione, Nancy (April 2, 2017). "Ovation TV Acquires U.S. Rights To 'The Halcyon' & 'X Company' From Sony – MIPTV". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
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      Wilford, Denette (February 17, 2015). "'X Company' Review: CBC Delivers Another Much-Needed History Lesson To Canadians". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
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      "Snimanje filma na železničkom mostu na Tamišu". ilovezrenjanin.com (in Serbian). August 27, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
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      Vlessing, Etan (August 14, 2014). "Hugh Dillon, Evelyne Brochu join Camp X". Playback. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
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      Yeo, Debra (August 15, 2014). "Hugh Dillon to star in spy school drama Camp X". Toronto Star. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
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      "Nácik masíroznak majd Esztergom utcáin: figyeljen a belvárosban!". Szeretgom.hu (in Hungarian). August 7, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
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      Roy, Marie-Josée (March 15, 2015). "Gala des Jutra 2015 : les potins du tapis rouge". Le Huffington Post Québec (in French). Retrieved April 4, 2015.
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      @XCompany (December 10, 2015). "Five Spies. One Mission. Season 2 of #XCompany kicks off January 27th at 9PM!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 7, 2018 – via Twitter.
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      Doyle, John (February 17, 2015). "X Company is excellent, if conventional, entertainment". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
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      Bailey, Katie (February 19, 2015). "X Company recruits 800K viewers on CBC". Playback. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
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      Cummins, Julianna (January 29, 2016). "X Company's return brings in 521K viewers". Playback. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
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