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Mad Dogs

2012-02-08T15:21:44Z

It sounded like an invitation too good to be true: an all expenses-paid trip to their friend Alvo's luxury villa in Majorca, complete with sun, pool and all the champagne they can drink.

But soon after old college buddies Quinn, Woody, Baxter and Rick arrive, they find themselves stuck in the holiday from hell. Alvo was never the easiest man to get along with, but now there's a new edginess to his jokes. Past tensions and resentments begin to resurface. And it seems he's made some powerful enemies...

Before they know it, the boys have stolen a boat, disposed of a body and are caught in the middle of a major drugs deal.

Mad Dogs premieres March 5th at 9pm ET on bold.

Creative Block

2012-01-10T15:08:27Z

Watch Creative Block for a half-hour explosion of talent! We showcase some of the best in the arts and entertainment community in one neatly packaged show with flair, energy, and of course, creativity.

Creative Block is an international award-winning series, hosted by Lucy van Oldenbarneveld from CBC Ottawa. The program explores the creative minds of some of Canada's best singers, musicians, visual artists, designers, spoken word artists, authors, dancers and more.

For more information about the episodes, and behind the scenes photos, visit the CBC Creative Block Facebook page.

Don't miss this season's fantastic roster of artists!

MUSICIANS:
Adam Cohen - Singer, songwriter
Jan Lisiecki - Teenage concert pianist
Jim Cuddy - Singer, songwriter
Jimmy Rankin - Singer, songwriter
Kevin Fox - Cellist, singer and songwriter
Jesse Stewart - Improvisational percussionist, artist and educator
Kim Wempe - Singer, songwriter
Matt Dusk - Jazz vocalist
Sophie Milman - Jazz vocalist

PERFORMANCE ARTISTS:
Angelo Tsarouchas - Comedian and actor
Bear Witness - DJ and video artist
Greg Frankson - Spoken word artist, a.k.a. Ritallin
Kim Kilpatrick - Storyteller
Marie Chouinard - Choreographer and dancer
Sherri Yazdani - Storyteller

VISUAL ARTISTS AND AUTHORS:
Adrian Wu - Avant garde fashion designer
Bozica Radjenovic - Sculptor, conceptual artist
Dale Dunning - Bronze sculptor
Elizabeth Hay - Author
Étienne Gélinas - Contemporary visual artist
Holly Dean - Mixed media artist
Jasmine Virani - Jewellery designer
Juan Carlos Noria - Pop art painter
Marisa Gallemit - Emerging visual artist
Mark Zelinski - Photographer and publisher
Patrick de Witt - Author
Peter Raymont - Film and television producer/director

And more to be announced!
Tune in to Creative Block

Live from Abbey Road

2012-01-05T14:48:06Z

Live From Abbey Road is a music TV series independently produced for a worldwide audience with the highest quality of global talent. Live From Abbey Road is creatively ambitious, breaking new ground for music on television as it strives to sound like an album and look like a movie. Each 60-minute show has three artists, with no studio audience and no host, instead featuring each musician speaking about their work, and showing behind the scenes footage of the musicians working on their performance and leading to the performance. Shot with 35mm lenses in the intimacy of Studios One and Two, the recordings are designed to look like succinct music movies, giving a personal insight direct into the magical world of music and its makers; it is a vision of musicians being musicians as they are out of the public eye.

The series features Feist, Blondie, The Kaiser Chiefs, Transfer, Laura Marling, Noah and the Whale, Anna Calvi, Foster The People and Villagers.

Skins Series 4

2012-01-05T14:21:48Z

The gritty and explosive Brit drama that follows the lives of senior high school students in a Manchester suburb as they learn to cope with alcoholism and angst, confusion, love and despair, sex and sexuality, friendship and betrayal. In 2008, Skins was nominated for Best Drama Series in the British Academy Television Awards.

Whites

2011-10-20T20:00:14Z

Alan Davies stars in this kitchen comedy about a celebrity chef with big ideas but no drive. The six-part series is created by Peep Show actor Matt King.

Party Down

2011-10-20T19:36:08Z

This catering crew takes catering down to a whole new level. Follow these off-beat characters as they make ends meet while waiting to get the life they really want. Stars Jane Lynch (Glee), Ryan Hansen (Veronica Mars) & Lizzy Caplan (True Blood, The Cleveland Show).

Gravity

2011-10-20T19:22:06Z

This dark comedy follows a support group of colourful characters who have attempted suicide. Members include lonely makeup counter girl Lily (Krysten Ritter of Breaking Bad); devout Catholic and widower Robert (Ivan Sergei of Jack & Jill); forty-something ex-model Shawna (supermodel Rachel Hunter), who has a thing for younger men; and group leader Doug (Ving Rhames of Pulp Fiction), a former major league baseball player who uses a wheelchair.

Showbusiness

2011-10-20T19:04:06Z

A follow-up to last year's Pineapple Dance Studio, Louie Spence kicks off a new series with a whole new cast of characters in the West End of London.

Showbusiness follows Louie and his team as he hires a production office, some rehearsal space and begins his mission to put on the best West End show London has ever seen!

Along the way we will get to meet a new cast of weird and wonderful characters trying to make it and a glittering array of TV megastars joining many of the Pineapple regulars in even crazier and outrageous antics as they delve further into the centre of the showbiz world.

The break out dance routines Pineapple was famous for are ramped up to another level in Showbusiness, with access to expert choreographer Mark Battershall and many top performances and events used to jaw-dropping effect.

Heartland

2011-10-20T18:21:07Z

This season, the characters of Heartland will find they have to return to their roots in order to move forward. Amy (Amber Marshall) will reach a new level of horsemanship and this greater connection with horses will ultimately lead her to a better understanding of the people in her life. Her sister, Lou (Michelle Morgan) discovers the sacrifice and reward of becoming a working mother, while venturing into home-renovation territory with her husband, Peter (Gabriel Hogan) as they take on transforming the Heartland Dude Ranch. Ty (Graham Wardle) will realize that in order to move forward, both in his relationship with Amy and his goal of becoming a vet, he must literally move out of the loft. Tim (Chris Potter) will seek out his long lost son and work on building a relationship with him, while Jack (Shaun Johnston), as always, remains the rock of Heartland, tirelessly keeping the family together through thick and thin.

On the web: cbc.ca/heartland
On Twitter: @HeartlandOnCbc
On Facebook: facebook.com/cbcheartland

Terminal City

2011-07-01T12:39:04Z

Not picking up the phone means you don't have to hear the bad news: you've got a lump in your breast. And that's exactly what Katie Sampson has - a tumor - along with a loving husband, a difficult father-in-law who survived Auschwitz, a rebellious daughter, a teenage son who worships pot and women's underwear, and a seven year-old who's obsessed with God.

Poltergeist: The Legacy

2011-06-03T17:36:18Z

The Legacy is a secret society that has been in existence since the sixth century (500s A.D.) It had its beginnings in England, where the Ruling House resides. The Legacy is dedicated to collecting knowledge and artifacts, solving paranormal problems and protecting mankind from supernatural evils. Over time, the membership expanded around the world. Legacy "Houses" were set up in other cities and countries. Each house has a "Precept" - a leader - that can be identified by his/her insignia ring. Dr. Derek Rayne is the Precept of the San Francisco House, set in a castle-like mansion on Angel Island in the Bay. Derek, Nick, Alex, Rachel and Philip work under the guise of the Luna Foundation, a philanthropic institution which collects artifacts and antiquities. Together, the courageous members of The Legacy search and uncover a secret world of terror as they resolve to defend the world against evil and darkness.

Psychoville

2011-02-26T18:30:54Z

The series revolves around five different characters from different parts of England: David Sowerbutts, a serial killer-obsessed man-child who still lives with his mother Maureen; Mr. Jelly, an embittered one-handed children's entertainer; Oscar Lomax, a blind millionaire who collects stuffed toy animals; Joy Aston, a midwife who treats a practice doll as if it is her real child; and Robert Greenspan, a panto dwarf in love with his Snow White who believes he has the power of telekinesis. All five are connected by a mysterious blackmailer who has sent them a letter each, all of which contains the same message: "I know what you did". Psychoville won the 2009 British Comedy Award for "Best New British TV Comedy."

Mongrels

2011-02-25T19:15:09Z

Mongrels is a puppet-based situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three in 2010. The series revolves around the lives of five anthropomorphic animals who hang around the back of a pub in the Isle of Dogs in London. The characters are Nelson, a metrosexual fox (voiced by Rufus Jones, performed by Andy Heath); Destiny, a pretentious self-absorbed Afghan hound (voiced by Lucy Montgomery, performed by Richard Coombs); Marion, a "borderline-retarded" cat (voiced by Dan Tetsell, performed by Warrick Brownlow-Pike); Kali, a grudge-bearing pigeon (voiced by Katy Brand, performed by Iestyn Evans); and Vince, a sociopathic foul-mouthed fox (voiced by Paul Kaye, performed by various puppeteers).

Alpine Ski Season

2010-12-07T18:20:50Z

Catch all the excitement of bold's alpine ski coverage live on bold!