Timeslots

Knowledge is the go-to channel in BC for arts, culture and social-issues documentaries. We’re also a top choice for kids programming.

Our featured timeslots showcase biographies, performance documentaries, observational and point-of-view films from filmmakers across Canada and around the world.

Storyville
Tuesdays at 9pm

Inspired by the renowned BBC documentary strand of the same name, this is the place to see character-driven creative documentaries on cultural, social and political issues from home and around the world. Storyville acquisitions include both feature-length and one-hour documentaries. Past programs include:

• The English Surgeon
  
• Rough Aunties
  
• Born Into Brothels
  
• My Kid Could Paint That
  
• The Devil's Playground
  
• God Grew Tired of Us
  
• Coma
  
• Autism: The Musical
  
• Soweto Strings
  
• Shake Hands with the Devil
  
• Citizen Black
  
• Capturing the Friedmans
  
  >View current Storyville lineup

Masters
Mondays at 9pm

Masters is a one-hour documentary timeslot that showcases inspiring portraits of masters of the arts from a variety of disciplines. Past programs include:

• Van Gogh: The Journey's End
  
• The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
  
• David Ogilvy: Original Mad Man
  
• Tasmanian Devil: The Fast Life and Furious Times of Errol Flynn
  
• Rivers and Tides
  
  >View current Masters lineup

East is East
Wednesdays at 8pm

Our spotlight on the Asia Pacific region, with a specific focus on the rapidly changing nations of China and India. East is East is one-hour timeslot that broadcasts singles and mini-series. Past programs include:

• Chinese School
  
• Indian School
  
• Mao: A Chinese Tale
  
• The Story of India
  
• Lai Man Wai: The Father of Chinese Cinema
  
  >View current East is East lineup

Radio City
Wednesdays at 9pm

Performance specials and performing arts documentaries that focus on opera, symphony and ballet. Radio City includes one-hour and feature-length programs and mini-series. Past programs include:

• Cecelia Bartoli: The Barcelona Concert
• Suzie LeBlanc: A Musical Quest
• Ode to a Requiem
• Lang Lang: Live in Carnegie Hall
• Music From the Inside Out
  
  >View current Radio City lineup

Route 66
Thursday at 9pm

Presenting classic documentaries from the past, Route 66 is a road-trip through the last 40 years of celluloid reality. Our programming preference is for feature-length documentaries, although some hour-long documentaries are included. Past programs include:

• Fog of War
  
• Sherman's March
  
• startup.com
  
• Grey Gardens
  
• Comic Book Confidential
  
  >View current Route 66 lineup

Knowledge Kids
Every weekday, 6am to 6pm

Twelve hours a day, five days a week, Knowledge Kids is a branded block of high quality, entertaining and educational series for children aged 2-8.

>Visit Kids website