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Zoologist George McGavin and materials scientist Zoe Laughlin dig into the history of rubbish and examine what it...
Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) attends to the beautiful but deadly countryside of Midsomer,...
Visiting spectacular gardens across America, Monty Don learns about the country's history and culture, and marvels...
Country artists the Dixie Chicks navigate their lives and musical careers in the aftermath of lead singer Natalie...
Australian artist Leon Pericles is putting on an exhibition of his life's work, but with his wife and creative...
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Explore life on the highest mountain plateau on Earth, a beautiful and otherworldly place that is also one of the...
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, "hacktivist" network Anonymous resurfaced. Now exiled in Mexico, leader...
During the Second World War, the Nazis' efforts to develop an atom bomb were met with the Allies' struggle to...
Abacus Federal Savings Bank is a family-owned community bank in New York City which became the only financial...
Revisit the roots of some of the groundbreaking music that came out of LA's Laurel Canyon in the 60s, featuring the...
From the frontlines of Australia's worst fire season, Craig Reucassel looks at what we can do to prepare, survive...
Historian Simon Schama explores the enduring and powerful legacy that the Romantics have left on the modern world.
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In newly independent India, a young woman is torn between romance and responsibility in this witty period drama...
Mohawk filmmaker Sonia Bonspille Boileau explores how the Oka Crisis, triggered by the planned expansion of a golf...
Master carver and land defender Joe Martin reconciles his past as a logger by revitalizing the traditional ancestral...
When the elders in filmmaker Lindsay Mae Willie's ancestral community ask their youth to return home to learn and...
Horticulturalist Monty Don digs into the fascinating history of British gardens over the past 400 years, showing how...
Guarded by mountains to the north and a vast desert to the south, Mongolia is home to some of the toughest and most...
Wildfires are growing more prevalent across the globe and burning with greater size and fiercer intensity than ever...
In the Philiippines, journalist Maria Ressa and her team fight for democracy and against President Duterte and his "...
Tony Robinson embarks on a whirlwind journey around the globe, jumping on and off trains to experience local...
Join host Mikael Colville-Andersen as he travels to life-sized cities around the world, looking for the very best...
Indigenous, Chinese, Japanese, Punjabi, Black, and European stories are woven together to present an astute look at...
This short film distills Bill Reid’s voice as a master Haida goldsmith and artist, while incorporating aspects of...
Director Elle-Maija Tailfeathers tells the story of the Musqueam First Nation's 200-day vigil to halt a Vancouver...
Join host Sophie Fouron (from Waterfront Cities of the World) as she travels the globe to discover the unique...
A five-part Knowledge Original series that follows the heroic members of Canada's busiest volunteer search and...
When the Totem Pole disappeared from the Haida landscape for more than a century, a 22-year-old carver named Robert...
In the 50 years since he carved his first totem pole and saw it raised on Haida Gwaii, Robert Davidson has come to...
High in the snowy peaks of BC, adventurers, nuns, artists and photographers feel the draw of the mountains so...
Follows a Vancouver couple as they decide to eat only rescued food for six months. What they find is shocking:...
This documentary celebrates 13 BC First Nations languages and pays tribute to the drive to preserve and revitalize...
Rock star and music aficionado Sami Yaffa journeys to the far reaches of the world to explore how music is the only...
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In the aftermath of the war, the West is concerned about Stalin's growing power, and communist ideology spreads all...
A most unusual fawn arrives on Hope's doorstep. A graveyard is the spooky setting for an unlikely reunion.
Isolated human settlements, red pandas, elephants and black-tailed pythons all call this river home.
Angelika prepares to release her "miracle bear" Wasabi, while two cub brothers fight for their lives.
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Monty Halls treks through the outback of Slovenia as he learns the story of the most successful mass escape of...
Some 70 years after the Japanese Army forced them into sexual slavery during WWII, three former "comfort women"...
Two tiny orphans struggle to survive. Hope takes a second swing at a release gone wrong.
Dianne Vasilich appeals against her conviction for murder as it becomes increasingly likely that her victim, Steven...
Despite a history of political and economic upheaval, the passionate locals of Buenos Aires have adopted grassroots...
Zoologist George McGavin and materials scientist Zoe Laughlin dig into the history of rubbish and examine what it...
After years of conflict over logging in Clayoquot Sound, BC, communities look to the past to learn how the...
Peter and Chris travel into the Rhondda Valley, across the Brecon Beacons into breathtaking Snowdonia. Along the...
Poet Al Purdy's cabin became a mecca for the pioneers of Canadian literature, and now after his passing, art...
Hope for Wildlife
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Just Another Day
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A dark day descends on Hope for Wildlife. A rare owl appears ready for release - but will it fly?
Frederik takes his half-sister Signe to trial. During the trial and questioning of various witnesses, many family...
Victor Cicansky's surrealist pieces, early experimental Funk sculptures, ceramic Mason jars and bronze bonsai trees...
Tony Robinson tackles the dramatic west Scottish Highlands to reveal the bloody tale of the Jacobite uprisings and...
The Brokenwood Mysteries
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The Dark Angel
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In an abandoned asylum on the edge of town, a young couple accidentally stumbles upon a body.
Leif Tronstad persuades the Allies to send in a team of Norwegians and they concoct a plan to blow up the factory...
Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart
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Summer: The Greatest Race
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By midsummer, the sun rules here for nearly 18 hours a day. Otters, guillemots, golden eagles and pine martens race...
Hope for Wildlife
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Spring Forward
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Hope's busy season arrives sooner than ever. A rehabber comes to visit Hope, and two patients from last year are...
James Nesbitt's Ireland
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James Nesbitt's Ireland
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James visits an Irish brandy maker in County Cork, heads to Tipperary for some produce and meets an estate agent who...
Rumours of a sea monster quickly spread across Toronto after a body marked by a large bite washes up on the shore of...
The stars are shining at the Waldbuhne, an annual outdoor concert starring the world-renowned Berliner...
Discover the wildlife and flora that call these remote islands home and find out how life here has led to some...
Heartbeat
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Home to Roost
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David meets a young couple who are living in a row of empty derelict cottages, and Vernon tries his hand at selling...
Midsomer Murders
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The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy
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An urban myth called the Wolf Hunter has people flocking to Little Worthy. But when a man is killed, Barnaby and...
Heavy Lifting
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Heavy Lifting
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Meet Eden Gorosh, an apprentice crane operator who is about to take on her first major lift, making the huge leap...
Jack Taylor
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The Pikemen
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Jack uncovers a vigilante group calling themselves the Pikemen, after old Irish freedom fighters. His only hope for...
On what is supposed to be detective Sarah Lund's last day of work in a Copenhagen homicide department, she gets a...
A savage murder, seemingly at the jaws of a wild beast, leads Murdoch into the mysterious world of North American...
A Suitable Boy
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A Suitable Boy
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Competition for Lata's hand grows when she returns to Brahmpur. Maan's long-awaited reunion with Saeeda Bai is short...
Tales from Northumberland
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Tales from Northumberland
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Robson discovers how the bloody battles between the English and the Scots turned this region into a war zone in the...
The Country House Revealed
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Marshcourt
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Built for Herbert Johnson, Marshcourt evokes the decadence and frivolity of the bankers' era of dominance.
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing
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Country artists the Dixie Chicks navigate their lives and musical careers in the aftermath of lead singer Natalie...
Monty Don's American Gardens
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Monty Don's American Gardens
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Monty witnesses an American prairie in full bloom, then joins a volunteer community in New York who are growing...
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Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century
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Party Like It's 1889
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Suzy shows us how technological revolutions allowed music to burst out of court, church and concert halls and into...
Murdoch Mysteries
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The Annoying Red Planet
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By all appearances, Martian activity is responsible for the death of a Rouge Valley landowner.
Treasures of Ancient Greece
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The Classical Revolution
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Alistair Sooke explores the Ancient Greeks' fascination with the naked human body and how their art forms advanced...
Coastal Railways with Julie Walters
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Devon and Cornwall
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Julie Walters travels on the famous Great Western Railway's coastal tunnels and seaside tracks.
Catch the Westbound Train
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Highlights the unique history of the Great Depression in Vancouver and the influx of transient men that arrived with...
Potlatch Keepers
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When the elders in filmmaker Lindsay Mae Willie's ancestral community ask their youth to return home to learn and...
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger
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Because of the death of Jordan River Anderson, Jordan's Principle was passed into law, which resulted in First...
The Legacy
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The Legacy
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Gro is working hard to make her mother's museum a reality, and will sacrifice everything to make it happen. Signe is...
Apocalypse: The Second World War
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Shock
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Paris is occupied, like most European capitals. Hitler attacks the USSR to try to dominate Europe before the US can...
World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel
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World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel
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Having forged an unlikely alliance with Churchill, Joseph Stalin overreaches with audacious plans to drive back the...
Wild Mongolia: Land of Extremes
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Extreme Grassland
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The Mongolian Steppe lies between the taiga forests in the north and the Gobi desert in the south. It's home to...
Murdoch Mysteries
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Murdoch in Ladies Wear
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Murdoch investigates the murder of an Eaton's department store manager.
The Country House Revealed
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Easton Neston
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Don't Look Back
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Bob Dylan is captured on-screen in DA Pennebaker's groundbreaking film, which takes us on his 1965 UK tour- his last...
Heavy Lifting
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Heavy Lifting
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Brad and Nathan Moore are forced to work through the rain as they hoist massive concrete roof slabs.
The Persians: A History of Iran
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The Persians: A History of Iran
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Samira tells the story of the clash between two powerful civilizations and why Iran was the only country in the...
Tales from Northumberland
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Tales from Northumberland
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Robson Green begins his Northumberland adventure by spending 24 hours living with the wildlife rangers on the remote...
Wildest Middle East
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Jordan: Nature's Furnace
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Wildlife in Jordan faces some of the natural world's greatest challenges, with their lives governed by one powrful...
The Life-Sized City
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Copenhagen
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It consistently tops livability surveys year after year - so is Copenhagen the ultimate life-sized city?
Anatomy of a Wildfire
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Modern Wildfires
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A rapidly urbanizing world is creating environmental conditions that fuel mega-blazes. To dodge fiery disaster, our...
Grace
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Dead Simple
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DS Grace finds himself pulled into an investigation by his old friend Detective Sergeant Branson involving a high-...
A Suitable Boy
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A Suitable Boy
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University student Lata Mehra is looking towards her own future, but her mother wants to find her a suitable match....
Janet King
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A Song of Experience
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Crown Prosecutor Janet King's controversial pursuit of a police commissioner for the manslaughter of his wife takes...
Midsomer Murders
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The Miniature Murders
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The worlds of miniature dolls houses and real houses collide when a prolific real estate agent is murdered.
Islands on the Edge
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Islands on the Edge
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On the most outlying islands, seabirds rush to feet their chicks while avoiding the murderous intentions of "bonxies...
Heartbeat
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Home Sweet Home
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Craddock sends Nicholson to patrol the town centre on his own, the police investigate a suspicious death at a...
Wild Bear Rescue
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Grizzlies!
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Tanya and Peter head to the coast to search for an orphan grizzly cub, leaving Angelika to move 40 black bears into...
Wild Bear Rescue
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Lights Out
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Two cubs become deathly ill from a parasite that has killed many bears, and the shelter gets the bears ready for...
James Nesbitt's Ireland
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James Nesbitt's Ireland
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In County Galway, James meets a fisherman who is excited about the new crop of oysters, and encounters a traditional...
The Brokenwood Mysteries
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Scared to Death
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During the annual agricultural fair, a surly boss seems to have mysteriously died of fright on the Ghost Train. Was...
Labyrinth of Peace
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Labyrinth of Peace
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Klara learns some surprising news, Egon is about to arrest Scholtz and Frey, and Johann finds himself facing a...
Investigative Geniuses
Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) attends to the beautiful but deadly countryside of Midsomer,...
Detective Mike Shepherd investigates murders in a rural New Zealand town where the people are friendly, if a bit...
The disappearance of twelve young girls from a small town in northern Chile triggers an investigation by police...
The warm and humorous story of a high flying doctor who moves to the UK with ambitions to work in a top London...
Detective Tom Thorne is racing against time to track down a mysterious serial killer who mistakenly left their last...
Detective Tom Thorne investigates a pair of serial killers terrorizing his small town.
Set in Toronto in the 1890s, Detective William Murdoch uses cutting-edge and scientific forensic techniques to solve...
May is Asian Heritage Month
Some 70 years after the Japanese Army forced them into sexual slavery during WWII, three former "comfort women"...
Abacus Federal Savings Bank is a family-owned community bank in New York City which became the only financial...
In May 1914, the Komagata Maru was refused permission to land in Vancouver, forcing the passengers from British...
Reveals the immigrant narratives of resilience that define BC. Chinese, Japanese, and Punjabi migrants, the...
In 1930, Indar Singh traveled from India to Abbotsford and was forced to leave his wife behind. During their 22-year...
Vancouver filmmaker Jordan Paterson crafted this documentary about the historical injustices faced by Chinese...
At the age of 12, Severn Suzuki delivered a passionate speech before the UN on climate change. Years later, she...
The fun and energetic sound created by world music group Delhi 2 Dublin is formed from the synergy of different...
BC filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns embarks on a journey of self-discovery to find out why everyone in his Japanese-...
Author Doretta Lau examines the legacy and impact of Wayson Choy's "The Jade Peony"; for British Columbia's Chinese-...
Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama overcame injustice and went on to design groundbreaking works including the...
Poverty and discrimination rampaged Victoria's Chinatown in the late 1880s. A group of Chinese merchants created the...
James Cheng's architecture reflects the intrinsic values of the Vancouver community by creating life between...
The silent majority of those who built the Canadian Pacific Railway were absent in the iconic photo that represents...
Asian discrimination escalated in British Columbia after the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, resulting...
What happens to a home when it becomes dwarfed by construction and high-rise buildings? This chilling poetic tale...
Basil Izumi was five years old when his family was torn apart and sent to live at the internment camps in the...
Spoken word artist Sol Diana shares a poem inspired by the origin stories of the Igarot people of northern Luzon,...
The dark history of D’arcy Island off the coast of Victoria was documented by a journalist who visited the seven...
The booming forest industry in British Columbia fostered the creation of an ethnically diverse town called Paldi,...
Nitobe Memorial Garden at UBC is one of the most authentic Japanese gardens in North America. Dedicated to Nitobe...
A restaurant is a village made up of the people who work there, the people who produce the food, and the customers;...
Despite racial barriers and the disaster of Pearl Harbour, Buck Suzuki remained a recognized visionary in the BC...
On the road, in the mountains, in the air, in the past; author Joy Kogawa remembers home with a sense of peace.
A lack of union protection for farmworkers in BC resulted in years-long battles between the Canadian Farmworkers...
Author Evelyn Lau reflects on her groundbreaking memoir "Runaway: Diary Of A Street Kid" on the 30th anniversary of...
Search and Rescue: North Shore
A hiker is trapped on a treacherous precipice. Then, a group trek ends in a serious head injury. Mike struggles to...
A smoky summer leads to a diabetic hiker in distress. Alec and Brady struggle against daylight to extract a mountain...
A hiker's dog falls from a steep cliff, and a tip on a six-month-old cold case triggers the team to bring out the...
Two young children are lost overnight, and the team reflects on what it takes for long line helicopter rescues....
A snowboarder disappears out of bounds, and the team faces its most challenging call of the year as an avalanche...
Volunteers of North Shore Rescue reflect on why they became members decades ago, and how that spirit has inspired...
North Shore Rescue volunteers help hikers stuck on a snowy mountain with the wrong footwear.
Veteran volunteer Bob is a friendly face on the Grouse Grind making sure hikers finish the day safely.
A couple faces danger when an everyday trail run results in a broken leg.
A volunteer shares why himself and so many dedicate their time to the search and rescue team, and that it is so much...
A Search and rescue team heads out to look for a lost hiker who had to spend the night on a mountain in shorts.
Kayla talks about her experience being a woman on the team, and how more and more women are starting to join North...
One of the North Shore Rescue’s founding members, Gerry, tells a story about how quick thinking and the use of a...
Founding members reflect on the –oftentimes heavy- gear they used on rescue calls.
Founding members talk about the clothing they wore once upon-a-time on rescues before the mandated and safer gear...
One of the volunteer’s favourite pieces of gear are multipurpose micro spikes which give traction on various...
Team members discuss another piece of their favourite multipurpose gear – poles.
A volunteer discusses his favourite piece of gear- his puffy coat, and why he has gone through so many over the...
When North Shore Rescue receives a call, volunteers never know what they’ll be in for. Kayla shows us what she packs...
Not all volunteers are rushing off to rescues in the bush. Veteran team member and mechanic, JJ, looks after North...
Volunteers are given driver training to keep their skills sharp while driving in a variety of tricky weather...
Hypothermia is a danger even in the summer on the North Shore mountains. Dr. Alec explains how the rescue team...
Volunteers attend annual Remembrance Day ceremonies and take care of any medical events to allow armed services and...
A team member takes a rescued person for an emotional return back to the area they had been fortunately found in.
Go behind-the-scenes to see the unique challenges of filming this series, from mountaineer training to following...
Director Grant Baldwin talks about the unique circumstances of filming from a helicopter, and the special camera...
Grant Baldwin (director) and Ian Christie (film cinematographer) head into the woods to retrieve cameras they left...
Summer Vibes
Immerse yourself in Argentinian culture as the Orquestra Filarmonica del Teatro Colon joins with Leopoldo Federico...
A concert for Africa, by Africa. Join some of Africa's greatest musicians as they come together for a benefit show...
Traditional and modern Caribbean music combine with elements of jazz and a touch of Bossa Nova to make for a truly...
Buena Vista Social Club singer Omara Portuondo returns to celebrate the Tropicana Club's 70th anniversary, known in...
As an art that has been passed down from generation to generation among the Andalusian Gypsies, Flamenco is an...
This concert by the world-famous Spanish guitarist was recorded in Germany when he appeared with a septet of...
Federico Garcia Lorca's ballet of a bride who runs away with a former lover on her wedding night, only to be pursued...
The energy and passion of flamenco is brought to life in this performance of the famous opera Carmen, the story of a...
The last work of Antonion Gades, Fuenteovejuna is a play based on the true story of a village rising up against an...
Spain's famed flamenco dance is front and center with Antonio Gades' unique take on the historical art form....
Russian poet and singer Bulat Okudzhava's concert was the first of its kind during the upheaval period in the...
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