Link: CBC’s X Company blends Second World War fact with a modern feel

Sometimes success can get in the way of a passion project. That’s what happened to Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern, co-creators of the new spy drama X Company (premiering Wednesday at 9 p.m. on CBC).

Fourteen years ago, the husband and wife team made a short film about a man with a condition known as synesthesia. “His senses were all fused together,” says Ellis. “He feels shapes with his skin, which would leave a taste in his mouth and gave him a near perfect memory.” Continue reading.