I remember seeing this show on Global during one of my visits to Canada a few years ago near the end of its last season run.
While I was not familiar with any of the back-story, I was taken by the drama the style and the acting. Its setting a Toronto Investment Bank is reminiscent of the absolutely terrific British 1989-1990 drama also dealing with an Investment Bank Capital City (search Title Capital City 1989 on IMDb). Capital City was a show that I loved when I was a kid.
Traders appealed sufficiently to me as to keep my eye on amazon.ca to see if and when it would ever be released on DVD. Well, the wait is over and it is here. I am now half way through the Season 1 DVD of Traders and I am really enjoying it. It has remained fresh, despite being some 10 years old now. If anyone from Alliance Atlantis is reading this though please note that the DVDs tend to freeze especially on the first disk. These problems need to be addressed. Also lacking are any Special Features which should be standard on any contemporary DVD release. Nonetheless worry not I will be purchasing Season 2 when it is eventually released.
Reading some of the other reviews here which unsurprisingly have generally been written by Canadians there seems to be some Cultural Cringe regarding the quality of Canadian drama. Maybe it is only because I have tended to see the best of what's on offer, but I have always viewed Canadian drama as pretty good
I give Traders Season 1 DVD a buy recommendation.
And if you like Traders and ever see Capital City on release I give that a Strong Buy.
