The Canadian Experience
A six-part series of absorbing documentaries that define who we are as a people and a country. Tales from our distant past reveal the heroic struggles of our ancestors, while stories from our history illuminate the triumphs and trials of the diverse people who call Canada home.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The Queen and the Skipper: The story of Bluenose
22-01-200460mEighty years ago when men went to sea in wooden ships, she was the Queen of the North Atlantic. A working schooner with the heart of a racer. The Bluenose was the fastest deep-wate...
- Ep 2
2.Talking Canadian
29-01-200460mWhy do English-speaking Canadians talk the way we do? Why do we say couch instead of chesterfield, windshield instead of windscreen, and ee-ther and eye-ther, sometimes interchange...
- Ep 3
3.Freedom's Land: Canada and the Underground Railroad
05-02-200460mThis is the story of how Canada and the Underground Railroad became the focal point of the anti-slavery movement in the tumultuous decade leading up to the American Civil War.
- Ep 4
4.The Year of the Hunter: The story of Nanook
12-02-200460mRobert Flaherty was the very first to bring us a film based on the idea that reality could be as gripping as fiction. After years as an explorer in Canada’s North, and funded by a...
- Ep 5
5.Expo '67: Back to the future
19-02-200460mThe bright shining sixties’ version of the future came to Canada in 1967, the country’s one-hundredth birthday--a time when everything seemed possible. The Canadian Experience expl...
- Ep 6
6.Sisters in the Wilderness
26-02-200460mThe story of pioneer writers Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill is one of ambition, passion, staggering hardship and remarkable success. It is the ultimate “Survivor” story.
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