Documentary Series

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Callout: Search & Rescue

39×30'

CALLOUT: SEARCH AND RESCUE follows real stories filmed live by Search and Rescue (SAR) teams during actual missions. Each episode features a rescue by SAR volunteers who bravely put themselves in harm’s way for the lives of others.  Whether it’s a volunteer K9 dog handler looking for a lost child, a twenty-something SAR-tech skydiving to his first mountain rescue, or a ‘body hunter’ scuba diving in a frozen river to recover a drowned subject, everyone has a story to tell - about themselves and their rescues.

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Chef Off

6×30'

This series follows a cooking competition between chefs and rivals Michael Lyon and Michael Blackie.  Far from the safety of their world-class restaurants, each chef must square off against his opponent in a no-holds barred culinary competition.  In every episode, these duelling foodies take on whatever is thrown at them: bizarre ingredients, twists, turns, rules that suddenly change and judges who might be culinary experts or children.  With guile, guts and their own instinct for survival, they must out cook their opponent - or face a diabolically humiliating punishment.

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Drug Class

26×30'

Rand Teed, a drug and alcohol educator, works with 6 students struggling with varying levels of drug and alcohol consumption. Each student’s story is told through their personal diary cams, the drug classes, counselling sessions and a view into their everyday lives. While some clean up their act using his method and guidance, not everyone is so lucky.

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Ed’s Up

39×30'

An adventure show featuring Barenaked Ladies star Ed Robertson.The tongue-in-cheek musician takes time out from his successful music career to face a series of challenges. From Jamaica to London, Robertson spends 16 weeks being dropped into tough environments, like a tree-planting camp, a steel mill, and a gold mine. With only a set of GPS coordinates and an adventurous attitude, he has no idea what he’s getting himself into.

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Extreme Angler

45×30'

Extreme Angler TV is an entertaining HD fishing series that educates viewers about high impact fishing.  Host Karl Kalonka combines a high energy personality with fast paced editing and unique camera angles, offering the viewer a realistic insight into techniques, equipment and strategies involved in hardcore fishing.  This series distills more action, excitement and giant fish into five minutes than most traditional fishing shows generate in a full season.

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Guinea Pig

24×30'

Bringing the very real experiences of a professional daredevil to audiences, human guinea pig Ryan Stock pushes the limits of the human experience—all in the name of science!  Whether he is getting shot by a less than lethal weapon or getting face to face with some scorpions and tarantulas, Ryan does things most people would never dream of doing and uses extreme science to explain the world around us and its effect on the human body.

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Modern Love

6×30'

This is a sexy and entertaining look at remarkable individuals who are forging new relationship trends in the 21st century. The award-winning documentary series examines couples who have found new alternatives for building lasting love in our post-modern world. We see swingers; a multiple partner marriage; a marriage with one gay partner and one straight; and a lasting marriage of two women, one of whom used to be a man. Who said love was simple?

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Rites of Passage

13×30'

Rites of Passage explores the four common human experiences of birth, death, coming of age and marriage through different cultural and religious perspectives. From the inside of a Hindu mandir to a Sikh gudwar, from a Jewish death rite to Zoroastrian coming of age, this series shows us there is more in common to the four pillars of life than there are differences.

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Shadow Hunter

13×30'

Shadow Hunter delves into the fascinating world of the paranormal through the eyes of charismatic parapsychologist Dr. Darryll Walsh. He takes the viewer on a journey to explore the historic, scientific and cultural relevance of a variety of paranormal phenomena. A dedicated truth seeker, armed with healthy skepticism and a good sense of humor, Walsh gets to the bottom of everything from vampires and fairies to poltergeists and phantom ships.

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The Children’s Room

52×11'

A reality series following the adventures of seven charismatic kids aged three to six. Each episode takes us into the unscripted and enchanting world of preschoolers.  From snacks to naps, dress-up to show and tell, this series highlights the unpredictable nature of children in a daycare setting. Series is broken into two seasons that follow two different sets of children.

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The Rawside Of…

8×60'

Following the stories of musical artists and bands on the verge of international success.  This series goes behind the scenes, and offers the viewer an eye-witness view into the artists’ worlds, whether it’s on the road, in the studio, or in their own homes.  Artful cinematography and uncensored conversations make this a compelling window into the lives of bands in transition.

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Truth Duty Valour

52×60'

Truth, Duty, Valour is a 52 part one-hour television series profiling what young Canadian soldiers, sailors and airmen go through to be among the best in the world. From intense combat training to highly competitive fitness challenges we follow the military as it prepares for deployment to global hotspots. Witness urban warfare training, fighter jets in air-to-air combat, soldiers making their first parachute jump, sailors in hand-to-hand combat, and tanks slugging it out in competition!
These young soldiers, sailors and airmen have been involved in operations around the world in countries such as Afghanistan, Rwanda, the Balkans, East Timor, Somalia, Macedonia, Sierra Leone, Kuwait, Haiti and Kosovo. At home they have been heavily involved in dealing with natural disasters such as river flooding, assisting in forest firefighting, and ice storms. Their heroic work in Search and Rescue missions is of legendary proportions.
Their fear, pain, and anxiety is real. So is their passionate pride. Come see these young soldiers, sailors and airmen as they train and compete to be the best of the best.