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Video: The Nature of Things – “The Man Who Tweeted Earth”

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.

 

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Bomb Girls

Bomb Girls producers & actors react to cancellation

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From Amber Dowling of TV Guide Canada:

Producers, actors, Global respond to ‘Bomb Girls’ cancellation
“We are very proud of the remarkable work done on this series by our writers, cast and crew,” the statement reads. “Together we told stories that were proudly Canadian, that illuminated fascinating aspects of our history and celebrated the astonishing women and men who fought so hard for our freedom.” Read more.

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TV, eh? podcast episode 132 – “A Modest Reprisal”

The Writers Guild of Canada announced their award winners (but I bet they didn’t use a kazoo when they did), Bomb Girls is cancelled, Package Deal gets a premiere date, Big Brother Canada breaks records, the Canadian Screen Awards are looking for a nickname, the Canadian TV funding model is blamed for a lack of hit shows, Murdoch Mysteries and Degrassi are on a top 50 list, Rachel looks into the transmedia-ing of Canadian TV, and Diane rants about how Canadian networks can get Canadian audiences to watch Canadian TV (hint: it’s not the audience who’s the problem).

Beverage update: Coco Chai Rooibois, La Croix cran-raspberry sparkling water and Madria Sangria tradicional.

Episode 132: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.

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Tuesday: Just for Laughs

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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.

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Awards, Flashpoint, Less Than Kind

WGC Screenwriting Award winners announced

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From a media release:

The 2013 WGC Screenwriting Awards Winners – Celebrating Canada’s Screenwriters

It was a loud and lively night in downtown Toronto as the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) celebrated Canada’s screenwriters at the 17th annual WGC Screenwriting Awards. More than 600 revelers from the film, TV and digital media industry came together to congratulate the finalists and cheer the winners.

Screenwriters Andrew Wreggitt (The Phantoms), Martin Gero (L.A. Complex), Kim Coghill (Less Than Kind), Dan Williams & Lienne Sawatsky (Sidekick) and Julie Strassman-Cohn & Jill Golick (Ruby Skye PI) were just a few of those recognized. A complete list of winners is below.

The co-creators of Flashpoint, Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern, were recognized with the prestigious WGC Showrunner Award for their leadership and the creative vision that took the show through five spectacular seasons.

Screenwriters Anne-Marie Perrotta, Simon Racioppa and Lienne Sawatsky received the WGC Writers Block Award for their invaluable contribution at the bargaining table and beyond, assisting the WGC in obtaining minimum fees for animation writing.

The 2013 WGC Screenwriting Awards show was hosted by Ryan Belleville (Satisfaction, Almost Heroes) and written by Bob Kerr (22 Minutes). Dishing out awards were special guest presenters including Yannick Bisson (Murdoch Mysteries), Sergio Di Zio (Flashpoint), Erica Durance (Saving Hope), Susin Nielsen (Robson Arms; Arctic Air), Dave Lawrence (Fubar; Fubar II) and Ken Craw (Heartland).

2013 WGC Screenwriting Awards Winners

ANIMATION

Sidekick “I, Sidebot”
Written by Dan Williams & Lienne Sawatsky

CHILDREN & YOUTH

How To Be Indie “How To Make a Christmas Miracle”
Written by John May & Suzanne Bolch

DOCUMENTARY

A Sorry State
Written by Mitch Miyagawa

MOVIES & MINISERIES

The Phantoms
Written by Andrew Wreggitt

SHORTS & WEBSERIES

Ruby Skye P.I.: The Haunted Library “#Creepy”
Written by Julie Strassman-Cohn & Jill Golick

TV COMEDY

Less Than Kind “Jerk Chicken”
Written by Kim Coghill

TV DRAMA

The L.A. Complex “Down in L.A.”
Written by Martin Gero

SPECIAL AWARDS

WGC Showrunner Award – Mark Ellis & Stephanie Morgenstern (Flashpoint)

The Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize – Wild Medicine by Adam Garnet Jones

Writers Block Award – Anne-Marie Perrotta, Simon Racioppa & Lienne Sawatsky

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