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2x1
Cracking Up
Episode overview
30, 2007
Paul Decarie rolls out of bed in his tiny apartment on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Shuffling to the bathroom, he gulps down some pills, lights a cigarette, and begins an intense .. show full overview
2x2
Driving Dreams: Revolution on Wheels (1)
Episode overview
06, 2007
Driving Dreams is about China's new love affair with the car – how it promises freedom to travel and a better life – and how the world's automakers see it as a market as large as the .. show full overview
2x3
Driving Dreams: Re-inventing The Wheel (2)
Episode overview
13, 2007
Driving Dreams is about China's new love affair with the car – how it promises freedom to travel and a better life – and how the world's automakers see it as a market as large as the .. show full overview
2x4
Darfur: On Our Watch
Episode overview
11, 2007
CBC cameras follow actress Mia Farrow on an emotionally harrowing journey through the desolate refugee camps along the Chad/ Darfur border.
2x5
How to Stop a Hurricane
Episode overview
18, 2007
There are two things you can say for sure about hurricanes. One, they are Nature’s most destructive force, and two, another big one will soon be on its way.
2x6
The Selling Game
Episode overview
25, 2007
The average consumer is exposed to 6,000 marketing messages on any given day. - Joe Jaffe, New Marketing Guru It's a bizarre new world of persuasion. The Selling Game takes a High .. show full overview
2x7
Canadaville, USA
Episode overview
01, 2007
On August 29, 2005, Frank Stronach watched on his TV as water and chaos raged in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Shocked to see abandoned victims fend for themselves while FEMA fumbled .. show full overview
2x8
China's Sexual Revolution
Episode overview
08, 2007
You've heard about China's Cultural Revolution and its sizzling Economic Revolution. But you haven't heard about its other great social upheaval - the Chinese Sexual Revolution - and like everything in that country it's happening at warp speed.
2x9
Hunting the Predators
Episode overview
15, 2007
There are twenty million websites that depict sex with children - and tens of thousands of children abused by people they know and once trusted - neighbours... school teachers... even .. show full overview
2x10
Dubai: Miracle or Mirage?
Episode overview
22, 2007
DUBAI: MIRACLE OR MIRAGE? is a one-hour documentary that examines one the world’s most fascinating and fastest developing city-states.
2x11
Paris Hilton, Inc.
Episode overview
29, 2007
We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton. Her incarceration– and subsequent release, then re-incarceration and her ultimate .. show full overview
2x12
The Pagan Christ
Episode overview
06, 2007
What if it could be proven that Jesus never existed? What if there was evidence that every word of the New Testament – the cornerstone of Christianity – is based on myth and .. show full overview
2x13
Polar Bear Fever
Episode overview
10, 2008
Question: How did the polar bear become the rock star of the animal kingdom? The answer may be that around the world millions of otherwise ordinary people have developed a serious case .. show full overview
2x14
Desperately Seeking Doctors
Episode overview
17, 2008
As Canadians, we loved to brag about our efficient and universal health care system that was the envy of the world. But the system is broken, and nearly 5 million Canadians are now .. show full overview
2x15
Pet Food: A Dog's Breakfast
Episode overview
24, 2008
Do we really know what we're feeding our pets? In the Spring of 2007, pet owners across North America were devastated when upwards of 50,000 of their beloved pet dogs and cats fell .. show full overview
2x16
The Battle of the Bag
Episode overview
31, 2008
It's hard to imagine life in the 21st century without them. Plastic bags only got a handle on the mainstream about 25 years ago but in that time they have become ubiquitous, not only here in Canada but around the globe.
2x17
How to be Happy
Episode overview
14, 2008
How many times have you thought: "I just want to be happy"? Since the time of Aristotle humans have been trying to find the key to happiness, and how we can be happier. More than .. show full overview
2x18
Blue Jean Confidential
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28, 2008
Blue jeans are the world’s favourite fashion statement — so popular they’ve become an American icon. Here’s a garment that’s remained hip for more than half a century, that’s thrived .. show full overview
2x19
Fidel Castro: A Life of Revolution
Episode overview
28, 2008
After ruling Cuba for close to fifty years, Fidel Castro has stepped down. From his childhood in rural Cuba through his fight in the Sierra Maestra to winning the revolution and .. show full overview
2x20
Canine Confidential
Episode overview
06, 2008
Canine Confidential explores a contemporary coexistence like nothing else in the human-animal world. We've always claimed dogs are "man's best friend," but it now seems they've become .. show full overview
2x21
Winning for a Living
Episode overview
06, 2008
Contests! We've all filled out a form, mailed in a ballot, or rolled up a rim. The temptation is irresistible: after all, who doesn't like to win something? But for some people, the lure .. show full overview
2x22
Sneaker confidential
Episode overview
13, 2008
A witty and entertaining look inside the heart and sole of the running shoe. We'll discover how sneakers have become the footwear of the day. Through interviews with athletes, designers, .. show full overview
2x23
Tar Sands: The Selling of Alberta
Episode overview
13, 2008
Tar Sands: The Selling of Alberta captures the intersecting storylines of a remarkable cast of characters eager to cash in on the oil boom in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Washington .. show full overview
2x24
Wine Confidential
Episode overview
20, 2008
Wine-makers have discovered that there are huge profits in making quality wine at reasonable prices. The result is an industry worth over 200 billion dollars worldwide. It's nothing .. show full overview
2x25
Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear
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23, 2008
Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear takes viewers into the heart of a country that has been the subject of such intense debate and asks whether or not the lives of ordinary citizens are .. show full overview
2x26
Gardening Confidential
Episode overview
27, 2008
Gardening Confidential takes us on an international exploration of one of the most obsessive hobbies in human history, and discovers some surprising modern twists. From robotic .. show full overview
2x27
The Climb
Episode overview
27, 2008
On October 5th, 1982, Laurie Skreslet scaled more than twenty-nine thousand feet to become the first Canadian on Mount Everest. For Canadians, it was moment of unadulterated pride. For .. show full overview
2x28
Cell Phone: The Ring Heard Around the World
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03, 2008
One little gadget, 3.3 billion subscribers -- half the population of the planet! It may fit in the palm of your hand, but the cell phone packs a powerful punch. By the year 2010, an .. show full overview
2x29
Al Queda Code
Episode overview
03, 2008
Security experts the world over agree about one thing in the so-called War on Terror: If we do not try to decipher jihadi and terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda and how they .. show full overview
2x30
Air India 182
Episode overview
22, 2008
A look at one of the worst plane bombings of the 20th century. In 1985, an Air India 747 flying from Montreal, Canada to Delhi was blown up in mid-flight by Khalistani extremists. All 331 passengers were killed, most were of Indian origin.
2x31
The girls of summer
Episode overview
31, 2008
Although many would argue that Canada’s favourite sport is played on the ice, a group of young female soccer players beg to differ. These Canadian teenagers dream of playing for Canada .. show full overview

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