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| Meg Tilly | ... |
Lorna Corbett
(18 episodes, 2012-2013)
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| Jodi Balfour | ... |
Gladys Witham
(18 episodes, 2012-2013)
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| Charlotte Hegele | ... |
Kate Andrews
(18 episodes, 2012-2013)
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| Ali Liebert | ... |
Betty McRae
(18 episodes, 2012-2013)
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| Antonio Cupo | ... |
Marco Moretti
(18 episodes, 2012-2013)
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| Anastasia Phillips | ... |
Vera Burr
(17 episodes, 2012-2013)
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Richard Fitzpatrick | ... |
Harold Akins
(17 episodes, 2012-2013)
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| Peter Outerbridge | ... |
Bob Corbett
(14 episodes, 2012-2013)
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Natasha Greenblatt | ... |
Sheila Corbett
(13 episodes, 2012-2013)
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| James McGowan | ... |
Rollie Witham
(11 episodes, 2012-2013)
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Kate Hennig | ... |
Adele Witham
(11 episodes, 2012-2013)
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| Carlyn Burchell | ... |
Carol Demers
(11 episodes, 2012-2013)
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| Michael Seater | ... |
Ivan Buchinsky
(10 episodes, 2013)
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| Sebastian Pigott | ... |
James Dunn
(9 episodes, 2012-2013)
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| Jim Codrington | ... |
Leon Buck
(8 episodes, 2012-2013)
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| Lisa Norton | ... |
Edith McCallum
(8 episodes, 2012-2013)
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Set in the 1940s, Bomb Girls tells the remarkable stories of the women who risked their lives in a munitions factory building bombs for the Allied forces fighting on the European front. The series delves into the lives of these exceptional women from all walks of life - peers, friends and rivals - who find themselves thrust into new worlds and changed profoundly as they are liberated from their home and social restrictions. Written by Michael MacLennan
This show keeps getting better and better every week. It's a shame that it's almost over.
What I like most about this show (in addition to the amazing acting by Tilly and Belfour) is how it clearly depicts Canadian history so accurately, right down to how people spoke and how everyone behaved, while still keeping the audience highly entertained. There's so much detail that goes into society, status, race, morals, etc in every single episode. My favorite scene so far was with Marco and Lorna and the spaghetti...really great (how Italian culture was still quite foreign to this Canadian woman - how often do we get to see that on American television?).
You can tell the producers put a lot of thought into casting and they really had a great script to work with. It's simply a stunning show - and really quite surprising for me, considering a lot of Canadian content lacks that spark to pull you in. This show has spark - and then some!!!