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No Opportunity Wasted starts filming

From a media release:

PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY BEGINS FOR SUDDENLY SEEMORE’S NEW CBC SERIES “NO OPPORTUNITY WASTED”

Suddenly SeeMore…Productions Inc. announces that principal photography has begun for “No Opportunity Wasted”, the new 30′ x 10 CBC reality-series that gives challengers 72-hours to step outside their comfort zone, face their fears and swerve off the road they have been on for years. Ambushes and challenges will take place in secret locations across Canada and in several countries abroad from June until September 2007. The series is inspired by the personal life philosophy of and book by “The Amazing Race”™ host Phil Keoghan. “No Opportunity Wasted” premieres on CBC in October 2007 and is produced by NOW Canada Productions Inc., a Suddenly SeeMore Productions Company.

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In the news: No Opportunity Wasted

John Kennedy of Canada.com talks to No Opportunity Wasted host Phil Keoghan:

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No Opportunity Wasted announces guide

A media release:

PHIL KEOGHAN HAND-PICKS CANADIAN ADVENTURER BRUCE KIRKBY AS THE GUIDE FOR THE NEW CBC SERIES “NO OPPORTUNITY WASTED”

image001NOW Canada Productions announces that Phil Keoghan has personally selected Canadian adventurer Bruce Kirkby to facilitate each NOW challenge on the new CBC series “No Opportunity Wasted”. Phil Keoghan chose Bruce Kirkby as the Canadian guide for NOW from hundreds of applicants because he embodies the NOW philosophy. Inspired by the book by and personal life philosophy of Phil Keoghan, each 10 x 30′ episode of “No Opportunity Wasted” gives challengers 72-hours to accomplish something they never thought possible. The series premieres on CBC Television in October 2007 and is produced by NOW Canada Productions Inc., a Suddenly SeeMore Productions Company. Phil Keoghan will act as the series’ executive producer. Critically acclaimed versions of the series have aired in the US and New Zealand.

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In the news: CBC’s new direction

Gayle MacDonald of the Globe and Mail covers CBC’s launch of the new season:

  • CBC’s ‘new direction’: more drama, reality TV: Public broadcaster pokes fun at its 2006 flops and promises new shows will satisfy ‘changed’ viewers
    “People like to meet characters. They like to fall in love with them, and stay with them for a while. Our goal is to increase the number of people coming to the CBC,” [executive director of network programming Kirstine] Layfield said, adding that in 2006 the network enjoyed its best prime-time season in five years with shows such as Little Mosque on the Prairie, Dragons’ Den, The Rick Mercer Report and Test the Nation: National IQ Test consistently pulling in one million weekly viewers.
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In the news: CBC’s fall schedule

Lee-Anne Goodman of the Canadian Press reports on the new CBC lineup:

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