Panic Button, Space- “There Will Be Space”
Five subjects enter the craziest haunted house ever built to face their fears. Vanessa, an intense and devoted music teacher endures a series of tests with snakes, while Ruth tackles her childhood phobia of spiders. Kayvon, an ultra-competitive Alpha male, comes face to face with a python, as Ashlee battles an infestation of cockroaches, and Yassin must overcome his fear of rats.
From DK Latta of Huffington Post Canada:
Is Canadian TV Better Than We Admit?
Detractors (and villifiers) of Canadian TV programs are often quick to point out that usually only one or two (scripted) Canadian TV series make it into the weekly top 20 or 30 (more if you count news, specials, and hockey). That’s the glass half empty. Glass half full? An astonishing number of Canadian series are doing OK. Read more.
The season finale of THE NATURE OF THINGS – ‘The Man Who Tweeted Earth’ – airs Thursday, April 25 at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC-TV. Most of us can only imagine what life is like on board the International Space Station. But last December that all changed when Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield started his five month tour of duty. As Hadfield orbits the earth at 28,000 km/h, he uses social media to deliver a unique real-time connection to space that society has never been able to experience. Using Twitter to communicate and by constantly snapping pictures of Earth from above, Hadfield’s mission has helped to close the distance between us and space. Climb aboard the International Space station and get an in-depth look at Hadfield’s mission with the season finale of THE NATURE OF THINGS.
Just For Laughs 30th Anniversary Special: 30/30 Hindsight, CBC
A retrospective look at the last 30 years of world events, from the not-too-rosy viewpoint of stand-up comics. Hosted by CBC’s George Stroumboulopoulos, 30/30 Hindsight features classic moments from Just For Laughs’ impressive archives, with footage from comedy giants Louis CK, Russell Peters, Jon Stewart, Drew Carey, Chris Rock, Aziz Ansari, Ray Romano, and dozens more.
From Kidscreen:
Murdoch Mysteries star to front The Adventures of Napkin Man
Yannick Bisson, the leading actor on CBC juggernaut Murdoch Mysteries, will also have a starring role on an upcoming kids series from Little Airplane Productions and Breakthrough Entertainment. Read more.
