Putin's Road to Sochi
The Passionate Eye
Exposes why the Sochi Olympics have become the most expensive Games ever. With extraordinary access, Putin's Road to Sochi investigates the corruption, sky-rocketing budgets, & the environmental cost of staging the Winter Olympics in a sub-tropical resort.
Saturday September 28 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network
Seige in the Sahara
The Passionate Eye
Survivors of the terrorist attack on an Algerian gas plant offer a gripping reconstruction of their hostage taking, raising key questions about the role of the Algerian army and Canadian jihadists in the deaths of 40 hostages.
Saturday October 5 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network
Season Premiere
Doc Zone
There is no institution more adored or reviled than the modern zoo. Despite their popularity with the public, the debate over whether wild animals belong in captivity continues. Is it time to re-invent them?
Thursday October 3 at 9 pm on CBC-TV
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Watch 45:18
The Passionate Eye
Secrets of Modern Spies
How does super spy James Bond compare with reality?
Watch 56:18
The Nature of Things
Billion Dollar Caribou
In Alberta, woodland caribou's future is like the flip of a coin; heads we pay the price to keep them, tails we pay the price to let them disappear.
Watch 45:02
The Nature of Things
The Beaver Whisperers
A growing number of scientists, conservationists and grass-roots environmentalists see the beaver as a much overlooked tool when it comes to reversing the disastrous effects of global warming and world-wide water shortages.
Watch 45:09
Doc Zone
Counterfeit Culture
Counterfeit Culture will explore the world of the fake, the fraudulent, and the faux. The documentary will reveal the hidden, humorous, and often deadly side of the $500 Billion counterfeit industry and bring new significance to the term caveat emptor.
Watch 45:48
Doc Zone
Tales from the KP
Stories of redemption, punishment, and trauma from one of the oldest prisons in the world, the Kingston Penitentiary,
Love, Hate & Propaganda
Propaganda, the weapon of mass persuasion, is a powerful force and has helped shape events of the 20th century. Each series examines how propaganda influenced significant moments in history, and the lives of the people who lived through them.
Hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos, Love, Hate & Propaganda is a primer on the art of mass persuasion, aimed directly at a media-savvy generation.
One Ocean
Cast off and join us on a great adventure into a mysterious world - the ocean. Join David Suzuki now and sign up for the One Ocean Pledge, an open call to make a difference in the future life of the ocean.
Visit our 3D Biosphere to create your own personal marine reserve; play games that help you balance the health of your reserve's ecosystem; swim with pre-historic creatures and set a record in the fast-paced Pollution Collector game.
Ocean Explorer will take you on guided tours of the deep sea. Timelines, profiles of sea life, marine experts, webisodes, podcasts and much more will allow you to immerse yourself in our planet's vast ocean.
Eat.Cook.Love
Healthy eating has become a complicated affair. Sifting through cooking paradoxes and food obsessions, the Doc Zone series Eat, Cook, Love reminds us that eating is one of life's great pleasures.
The 8th Fire
A provocative, high-energy journey through Aboriginal country showing you why we need to fix Canada's 500 year-old relationship with Indigenous peoples; a relationship mired in colonialism, conflict and denial.
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