Premieres on Global Tuesday January 22 at 10 pm ET/PT (8 pm AST, Atlantic Canada)

Heroes are men and women, human beings with flaws and weaknesses, who
knowingly place themselves at risk in order to save another. They should also
know...never expect thanks.

The Pacific Ocean collides into Canada's mountainous coastline in one
of the most beautiful and treacherous locations on earth, Port Hallet. Here, human beings go up against nature at their peril – because nature almost always wins. In a place like this, Rescue Specialists know that disasters follow few rules. Decisions, which may cost or save lives, are made as quickly as reflexes allow. This is a series about the men and women who make them.

Homegrown talent starring in this primetime Canadian original series
include Steve Bacic (Andromeda) as Duty Captain, Miro Da Silva; Jeremy Guilbaut (Edgemont) as Rescue Specialist, Andrew Vanderlee; Zoie Palmer (Instant Star) as Rescue Specialist Carly Greig; and Claudette Mink (The Days) as Rescue Specialist Laura Nelson. David James Elliott, well known to television fans for JAG and Closer to Home, will play recurring character, David Nelson on the series.

There is action as the rescuers dangle from helicopters and plunge
into seas, but the beating heart of the series is the peculiarly human topography of four particular rescue workers' "ordinary" lives. In life, as in work, these individuals, struggle to do the right thing, never entirely sure what the right thing is.

They are search and rescue workers, and they hold on to the belief
that where there is life, there is always a horizon of hope.

The Guard is produced by Halifax Film and Brightlight Pictures Inc., for Global
Television.