Underplayed Gems

The Canadians

The Canadians poster
Genre
documentary television program
Country
Canada
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The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This series examines important figures from Canadian history. Each episode focuses on one person and tells their story. The show was designed to teach viewers about the people who shaped the nation.

educationalbiographicalinformativehistoricalstraightforwardcerebralneutral-tonedslow-paced

What happens

The Canadians is a biographical television show broadcast by History Television. The series was produced by Edmonton-based Great North Productions and each one-hour episode examines a historical Canadian. It was a flagship program for History Television and represented its largest editorial involvement at the time, and was also the broadcaster's first foray into educational products including CD-ROMs, web development and publishing, in partnership with the CRB Foundation. Originally titled Faces of History, the first season of 16 one-hour episodes was overseen by commissioning editor Shelley Saywell and hosted by Laurier LaPierre. When LaPierre became chairman of Telefilm Canada, which provided funding for the series, he stepped down from hosting duties. The episodes from the first season were repackaged to match later seasons when shown in reruns. For its second season of 14 episodes, producers changed the look of the show and gave it a more descriptive title, The Canadians: Biographies of a Nation. Patrick Watson, who had replaced Saywell as commissioning editor, took over as host and narrator. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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