This ain’t your parents CBC. That seemed to be the message Wednesday in Toronto as Canada’s public broadcaster hosted an industry event they called “CBC Live at Massey Hall.” The hour-long stage presentation was youthful and vibrant, showcasing a Millennial-and-under vibe that made it seem more like a re-launch of Vice than a traditional broadcaster’s
The pandemic forced many of us into lockdown in 2020. As humans retreated, did other species come out to party? That’s one of the questions raised in “Nature’s Big Year,” a timely and fascinating documentary premiering Friday on The Nature of Things (9pm ET on CBC and CBC Gem). Writer, director and executive producer Christine
If you were going to start looking for Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, you might not think to begin the journey in Edmonton, Alberta. Tell that to Stacy Schiff. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author researched much of her bestselling biography, “Cleopatra: A Life,” at the University of Alberta. “My husband’s a dyed-in-the-wool Albertan,” the Massachusetts native
Dr. David Suzuki has been hosting The Nature of Things for 40 seasons. In TV terms, that’s forever. To put it in perspective, it’s ten years longer than The Simpsons! He’d like to hand the series off to younger hands, but, as he told me the other day on the phone from his home in
Ever since she was a child, Sarika Cullis-Suzuki has been fascinated by what goes on under the tides. The daughter of famed Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki, she loved exploring tidal pools near the family cabin on Quadra Island in British Columbia. It’s a world where, she says, “I learned to snorkel before I could swim.”
If the recent Canadian federal election has left some of us wondering what the heck we ever evolved from, The Nature of Things has some answers. This Friday, Oct. 25, the long-running series takes a look at “First Animals,” the strange creatures that emerged from ancient seas over half a billion years ago. Canadians, it
Hard to believe it has been almost a year since the devastating tsunami overwhelmed the north shores of Japan. Dr. David Suzuki visited the region in December and his report back airs tonight on The Nature of Things’ “Journey to the Disaster Zone: Japan 3/11” (CBC, 8 p.m.).I screened an unmixed early cut of the special