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- June 19, 2013 - 8:30am
- June 19, 2013 - 8:40am
solve noisy mysteries, go on adventures and have lots of fun!
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"Radical Dreamer: The Passionate Journey of Graham Spry" is a one-hour documentary about the extraordinary life and legacy of Graham Spry, known as the 'Father of Canadian Broadcasting.'
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The film tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe's art treasures during the Third Reich and the Second World War. In a journey through seven countries, the film takes the audience into the vio
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- June 23, 2013 - 10:31pm
RAW OPIUM is a two-part documentary about a commodity that is both a "gift of the gods" and a scourge of modern society. A seemingly harmless flower that has tremendous power - the power to ease pain and the power to destroy lives. From field to ma
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A revamped, high-speed version of a familiar quiz show featuring the top ten Ontario teams as they vie for a berth in the national competition. With host and quizmaster Nicole Stamp.
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- June 22, 2013 - 2:56pm
- June 27, 2013 - 4:26pm
A posse of word-wrangling Reading Rangers always saves the day with teamwork and a helping hand.
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A victim of the declining fortunes of the family farm in the 1980s, farmer John Peterson was all too aware of the ongoing multinational takeover of American farming. Always a free spirit, he bet instead on the future of organic produce.
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Political scientist, writer, and activist James Laxer probes vital issues on "The Real Story", a series of programs dealing with current affairs. Interviewing political thinkers, writers, historians, economists, and military strategists, Laxer explores s
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A woman seeks a balance between her life as a classically trained theatre actor in search of a successful audition and her life as a TV alien character.
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- June 19, 2013 - 7:00pm
- June 21, 2013 - 1:00am
Wildlife filmmaker Rebecca Hosking takes over the family farm, a haven of biodiversity carefully preserved by her father. Larger, high-yield farms rely heavily on fossil fuels to power machines, create pesticides and fertilizers and distribute food.
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A fascinating portrait of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko who was fatally poisoned in London in 2006 - and a withering indictment of human rights abuses in the Russia of Vladimir Putin.
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Director Jamie Kastner sets off on a road trip through California, Europe and Dubai to meet those who manage to turn the world economic crisis into opportunity.
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When Alan finally comes round from a coma, his wife is overjoyed. Little does she realize that waking up is just the beginning of Alan's recovery. The man she loved has disappeared. He has no memory of the accident that led to his injury and, worse
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- June 19, 2013 - 1:00am
- June 19, 2013 - 1:30am
A multi-award winning series about how gardens change lives. Each episode features a gardener who takes the viewer on an intimate voyage through their life and culture via their garden. The series looks at healing gardens, accessible outdoor spaces, commu
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Three Kurdish refugees from the strife in Iraq smuggle themselves into England and are refused asylum. When their friend Saman is arrested, Mahmoud and Rezghar take refuge in a Catholic church. Despite the fact that they are Muslim, Father Michael of
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The degradation of the environment is driving rural populations from their way of life. Whether they flee the sinking island of Maldives, the eucalyptus plantations of Brazil or oil wells in Alberta, environmental refugees are growing in number and o
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Between 15 April and 21 May 1945, an international team of doctors, nurses and medical students, former inmates, soldiers, prisoners of war and local Germans transformed the concentration camp of Bergen - Belsen into a place of rehabilitation, saving
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Between 15 April and 21 May 1945, an international team of doctors, nurses and medical students, former inmates, soldiers, prisoners of war and local Germans transformed the concentration camp of Bergen - Belsen into a place of rehabilitation, saving
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Between 15 April and 21 May 1945, an international team of doctors, nurses and medical students, former inmates, soldiers, prisoners of war and local Germans transformed the concentration camp of Bergen - Belsen into a place of rehabilitation, saving
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Filmmaker Arthur Lipsett juxtaposed sounds and images taken from footage discarded by other NFB directors and material he shot and recorded himself. He forced the viewer to experience film not solely as entertainment but as a way of interrogating the
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A film within a film emerges as documentary filmmaker Matt Gallagher attempts to capture the turmoil on set as his friend and colleague Marshall Sfalcin makes a documentary about Sfalcin's grandfather who he claims invented fast food. Sfalcin is driv
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By late 1944, the worst of World War II appears to be over. But the conflict in the Pacific is about to heat up and it will be a long road to Tokyo for the Allies. Combining interviews and vivid archival footage, this is an eyewitness account of an o
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- June 19, 2013 - 11:00am
- June 19, 2013 - 1:45pm
Rob the Robot is an animated series that teaches preschoolers thinking skills, problem solving and working together as well as colours, numbers and shapes.
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- June 19, 2013 - 9:00am
- June 20, 2013 - 9:00am
Rob the robot is an animated series that teaches preschoolers thinking skills and problem solving.
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Canadian independent producers speak about their documentaries.
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- June 22, 2013 - 12:00am
- June 29, 2013 - 12:00am
English poets such as William Blake and Lord Byron were at the forefront of a movement that has become known as the Romantic Revolution. With this revolution God, Church and absolute monarchy would be displaced from the centre of society and replaced by t
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Stunning access by award-winning filmmaker Kim Longinotto to a South African group of black and white women who offer help to young victims of sexual abuse and work to bring offenders to justice.
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Scottish adventurer Jock Wisharthe attempts to row to the geomagnetic North Pole.
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Set in the 1960s, the series revolves around the staff and patients of St. Aidan's Royal Free Hospital in Whitby, Yorkshire.
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Advice for kids from the Queen, the King and the Jester.
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Actress Maryam d'Abo suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage in 2007. Her experience inspired this film to be made with her husband filmmaker Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire) who witnessed her recovery.
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Actress Maryam d'Abo suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage in 2007. Her experience inspired this film to be made with her husband filmmaker Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire) who witnessed her recovery.
