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Anne, Featured

CBC announces debut date for Anne; plus photo gallery & teaser trailer!

Mark your calendars Anne of Green Gables fans! CBC announced that Season 1 of Anne is set to debut Sunday, March 19, at 8 p.m. on the public broadcaster.

Written and executive-produced by Moira Walley-Beckett (Breaking Bad), Anne stars Amybeth McNulty in the title role. Geraldine James and R.H. Thomson portray Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert.

We visited the set recently, so look for interviews from the cast and executive producers closer to airdate.

Check out the photo gallery of the key cast:

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And the teaser trailer!

Here are CBC’s official notes on the project:

ANNE is a coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and many challenges, fights for love and acceptance and her place in the world. Set in Prince Edward Island in the late 1890s, the series centers on Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty), a young orphaned girl who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an aging sister and brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform the lives of Marilla (Geraldine James) and Matthew Cuthbert (R.H. Thomson) and eventually the entire small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination. Anne’s adventures will reflect timeless and topical issues including themes of identity, feminism, bullying and prejudice.

ANNE is executive produced by Moira Walley-Beckett (three-time Emmy® and Golden Globe award winner, Breaking Bad, Flesh & Bone) and Miranda de Pencier (Beginners, Thanks for Sharing), under her Northwood Entertainment banner. Walley-Beckett is penning the entire first season of the series and serves as showrunner. ANNE is produced by Northwood Entertainment for CBC and Netflix.

Anne debuts Sunday, March 19, at 8 p.m. on CBC.

Related: Check out our interview with Walley-Beckett during the cross-Canada Anne auditions.

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Featured, X Company

X Company 305: Faber’s fate hangs in the balance in “Frontiers”

Last week on X Company, the team suffered another devastating loss when Harry (Connor Price) was killed while helping Jewish prisoners escape from a train. The young radio operator’s loss looms large in this week’s new episode, “Frontiers,” as Alfred (Jack Laskey) and Neil  (Warren Brown) must fight personal feelings in order to free Faber (Torben Liebrecht) from the Polish Resistance, and Camp X learns it has lost another agent. Meanwhile, Aurora (Évelyne Brochu) is faced with disturbing realities when she starts her undercover job at the Race and Resettlement office in Poland.

Here’s our preview.

Faber’s fate hangs in the balance
Faber needs the team’s help to escape the Polish Resistance, but Alfred and Neil’s cooperation isn’t a given after the death of Harry.

Aurora begins her new uncover assignment
“Helene Bauer” starts working alongside Heidi Adler at Race and Resettlement, but she quickly learns there’s a darker side to the job—and Heidi—than she bargained for.

“[Heidi] seems fresh, funny, powerful, irreverent—and that was fun to write,” previews episode writer Jillian Locke. “But there is no doubt that Heidi has a more … serious side. She’s in Poland to do a job, and Aurora is going to learn more about just how serious that job is.”

Sinclair and Krystina butt heads
Sinclair’s continued reluctance to send Krystina into the field puts a strain on their relationship—and gives Lara Jean Chorostecki yet another chance to show why she nabbed a Canadian Screen Award nomination for her performance on X Company.

Alfora forecast
Unseasonably warm with a chance of spycraft.

X Company airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on CBC.

Image courtesy of CBC. 

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Murdoch Mysteries

Link: Inside CBC’s hit series Murdoch Mysteries with showrunner Peter Mitchell

From Eleanor Besley of Pop Journalism:

Link: Inside CBC’s hit series Murdoch Mysteries with showrunner Peter Mitchell
“I’m responsible for the large, creative parts of the show. I work with the writers to come up with ideas for stories, casting, and the post-production and editing work. From beginning to end, I have a hand in all those aspects. This show has been running for ten years now, so everybody knows their job. On a good day, I don’t have to do anything, except to say “yes,” “no,” or “sure, try that,” and just let everybody do their jobs.” Continue reading. 

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Workin' Moms

Link: Workin’ Moms: Frankie’s struggles hit close to home for Juno Rinaldi

From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:

Link: Workin’ Moms: Frankie’s struggles hit close to home for Juno Rinaldi
“ I experienced my own PPD with the birth of my second child. So I could totally relate and empathize with what Frankie was going through. It’s a tricky beast PPD. It kind of snuck up on me. I had a tough third trimester, crazy fast birth, a baby that was the worst sleeper, and then I wanted to go back to work so desperately for fear of being “forgotten” as an actor and known only as a “mom” that I took on a show much, much too early.” Continue reading.

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Reality, Lifestyle & Documentary, The Nature of Things

Link: Showcasing The Bugs In Your Home!

From Jim Bawden:

Link: Showcasing The Bugs In Your Home!
Usually on The Nature Of Things TV fans get to visit tropical rain forests or the frozen Canadian North or laboratories in Oxford University.But director Roberto Verdecchia had this great idea — he wanted nothing better than to visit an average Toronto home and report from there.

But director Roberto Verdecchia had this great idea — he wanted nothing better than to visit an average Toronto home and report from there.

You can see for yourself on the absolutely original hour The Great Wild Outdoors which premieres on CBC-TV Thursday, February 9 at 8 p.m. Continue reading.

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