UNSCRIPTED AUTUMN -WINTER 2020-2021 ABOUT CBC & Radio-Canada Distribution is the international content licensing arm of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Canada’s English language national public broadcaster and Radio-Canada - Canada’s French language national broadcaster. Driven by the experiences and perspectives of some of the world’s best storytellers, our catalogue of festival selected and award winning titles offers a cinematic journey unlike any other. From forward-thinking artistry, science, and innovation, to never-before- seen natural wonders, and groundbreaking current and historical events; our high-end, factual content pushes boundaries, promotes discourse, and provides a stage for the moments and movements that continue to change the way we think and live. As the global content market continues to evolve, we are excited to be diversifying both our offerings and our approach to content sales. We look forward to forging new ground with our global partners. Explore CBC & Radio-Canada Distribution, where there is a story for everyone. FRIDGE WARS Competition, Format | 6 x 44 What happens when two celebrity chefs are forced to race against the clock and make an extraordinary meal using only the ingredients taken from the fridges of two everyday families? FRIDGE WARS! Hosted by comedian Emma Hunter, each episode of this cutthroat culinary format begins in the family’s home where Emma conducts a surprise fridge raid, taking everything from last week’s leftover lasagna to the condiments. With the ingredients in hand, the competition heats up in the studio where two of the country’s best chefs are given 45 minutes to create a 5-star dish using ingredients they’ve never seen. When time’s up, the family takes their place at the dining room table, tasting each meal and scoring them on look, taste and originality. The results go in the FRIDGE WARS vault and the competition takes ENTERTAINMENT FACTUAL place again with a new family and another fridge full of challenging ingredients. With the scores tabulated, the chefs and families are brought together to find out which chef created the most mouth-watering masterpieces and is named this week’s FRIDGE WARS champion. Producer The Gurin Company / CBC Distributor Magnify Media Original Broadcaster CBC WATCH Version English Year 2020 3 COMING SOON WILD CANADIAN WEATHER Nature & Wildlife | 4 x 52 4K From the award winning natural history filmmaker Jeff Turner comes an epic new 4k nature series following stories of extreme weather as it forges the landscape, rules the life cycles of wildlife, and pushes humans to their limits. WILD CANADIAN WEATHER explores the ways in which landscapes, wildlife and people have been shaped by four key weather elements - Wind, Rain, Cold and Sun. From polar vortex NATURE WILDLIFE & NATURE blizzards to raging forest fires, the natural world has evolved and adapted to survive under some of the most extreme and dangerous weather conditions on the planet. This series weaves together stories of how different species harness the incredible power of the weather to migrate, hunt, escape danger, and reproduce. WILD CANADIAN WEATHER is an intimate and dramatic exploration of life in one of the most intense and challenging climates on the planet. Producer River Road Films Original Broadcaster CBC / The Nature of Things WATCH Version English Year 2021 4 COMING SOON REBELLION Science, Environment | 1 x 52 In the summer of 2018, an unlikely group of citizens each took a stand against the systems that refused to acknowledge the global warming crisis. REBELLION reveals the moments that sparked a global movement. From 15-year-old Greta Thunberg’s “School Strike for Climate” outside of the Swedish parliament, to Academy Award winning actress and activist Jane Fonda’s multiple arrests following her participation in some of the biggest climate change protests in US history, the people’s resistance has been fierce. Through the streets of Delhi, and up the steps of Congress, REBELLION is the story of a generation marching in revolt. Producer Grand Passage Media Inc. Original Broadcaster SPECIALS DOCS & CBC / The Nature of Things Version English WATCH Year 2020 5 COMING SOON CRUISING TOWARDS COVID Science, Current Affairs | 1 x 52 Everything the world experiences now as we grapple with the coronavirus pandemic happened first on cruise ships: rapid infection, asymptotic transmission, social DOCS & SPECIALS DOCS & distancing, a tragic and heavy toll on the elderly, questions of how to test and trace, and dilemmas over whether to quarantine or not. While many scientists protested an onboard quarantine due to the dangers posed to passengers, these outbreaks provided researchers with a crucial early look inside the behaviour and nature of COVID-19. Told through the eyes of the cruise passengers, CRUISING TOWARDS COVID investigates the science behind the outbreaks on several major cruise lines, and how these lessons continue to affect every one of us today, and for a long to come. Producer WATCH BLUE PEARL RODUCTIONS Original Broadcaster CBC / The Nature of Things Version English Year 6 2020 MURDER ON THE FRINGE Crime & Investigation | 6 x 48 or 3 x 96 MURDER ON THE FRINGE takes viewers on a chilling journey into some of the most fascinating homicide stories of the 21st century, committed in society’s most marginalized communities. This collection of films explores the highly sensationalized case of a transgender woman attacked by a client who became unhappy with the terms of their arrangement; the mysterious murder of an adult film producer who made a deal that took a deadly turn; and a stealthy serial killer who went undetected as gay men continued to go missing in a busy urban neighbourhood. Each story offers new insights from investigators, never- before-seen footage of the events leading up to the crimes, CRIME & INVESTIGATION CRIME & testimony from those closest to the victims, and in some cases, the accused themselves. These incredible stories reveal the hardships of marginalized communities looking for justice and answers as they mourn the loss of their friends and loved ones. Producer Yap Films Inc. Original Broadcaster WATCH OutTV Version English Year 2020 7 FEEDING THE PLANET Science, Environment | 2 x 40 or 1 x 72 With the world’s population growing rapidly, and climate change disrupting food quality and availability, scientists are suggesting we may soon be struggling to feed the planet and protect the environment at the same time. This exciting two-part series explores the state of global food security DOCS & SPECIALS DOCS & and what agriculturalists are doing to transform our relationship with the Earth that feeds us. From nature-friendly farming, and the promotion of crop diversity, to the range of approaches adapting agriculture to new climate conditions, FEEDING THE PLANET takes a look at the tools, technology, and even old world farming methods that will allow manufacturers to keep growing while also decreasing their carbon footprint. Producer Nova Média Original Broadcaster Radio-Canada Versions WATCH French, English Year 2020 8 TRIMATES Nature & Wildlife | 2 x 52 4K Over 50 years ago, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas each embarked on remote, lonely journeys into the bush to live with our closest ancestors, the Great Apes. Decades later, they’ve made history, endured tragedy and inspired a generation of young women who’ve followed them into the rainforests to study our origins and save a vanishing world. Narrated by award-winning actress Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy, Killing Eve), TRIMATES is a prime-time documentary for the whole family. A tale of exotic lands, intrepid explorers and majestic creatures. This is a story of two generations of women: the young pioneers - NATURE WILDLIFE & NATURE Goodall, Fossey and Galdikas - who set out into the jungles over half a century ago, and the generation who followed their articles, transfixed by their stories and determined to follow the same distant paths. The Trimates not only transformed primatology, they helped transform the possibilities for women in science. Featuring an original musical score, and up-close and personal footage filmed by one of the world’s most renowned natural history cinematographers, this film takes us deep into the jungles and mountains of Uganda, Borneo and Congo, as we explore the frontiers of important research and our human origins. Producer Grand Passage Media Inc. Original Broadcaster WATCH CBC / The Nature of Things Version English Year 2019 9 FIRST ANIMALS Science, Archeology | 1 x 52 4K British Columbia’s mountain peaks were once the bottom of an ancient ocean. Five hundred million years SCIENCE later, the fossils of marine life are being discovered. FIRST ANIMALS tells the story of the Burgess Shale fossils that have rewritten our understanding of evolution. Follow renowned paleontologist Dr. Jean Bernard Caron and his team as they extract the specimens – some completely brand new to science. The Cambrian Era finds are then brought back to the museum where scientists begin trying to interpret what these animals would’ve looked like and how they behaved. Featuring incredible 3D renderings that reveal life during the Cambrian Explosion, FIRST ANIMALS immerses audiences into a time when animals evolved at a stunning rate as we explore the dawn of predator- versus-prey, an era when life got dangerous. Producer Red Trillium Films Inc. Original Broadcaster CBC / The Nature of Things Version WATCH English Year 2019 10 AN ACCIDENTAL WILDERNESS Nature, Science | 1 x 52 What started as a dumping ground for construction waste became a flourishing green space, home to wildlife great and small. Evolving over the course of 60 years, and minutes from the center of one of North America’s largest cities, this urban construction waste landfill has become an incredible example of nature’s restorative will. From coyotes, owls, and beavers, to turtles, snakes, and several hundred species of bird and flora; WILDLIFE & NATURE wildlife and vegetation have reclaimed this five-kilometer urban landscape, melding into the industrial aftermath, and becoming home to creatures great and small.