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Documentary Specials

A listing of documentary specials airing on CBC TV, CBC News Network and CBC Radio.

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10 Marias: One Year Later

Find out whats become of the Maria hopefuls. Is there life after Maria and which finalist is appearing in a new Andrew Lloyd Webber production? more >

Wednesday June 24 at 9 pm on CBC-TV & Wednesday July 1 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld

Norman Dioge

SUNDAY AT 10

An Inconvenient Truth

Former Vice President Al Gore's crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it. more >

Sunday December 6 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network

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CHRISTMAS DAY

March of the Penguins

Experience a journey like no other on the planet - one that spans hundreds of miles across a frozen continent. Braving icy winds, freezing temperatures and starvation, this is the incredible true story of a family's quest to bring new life into the world. more >

Saturday December 25 at 4 pm ET & 7 pm ET on CBC News Network

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Refuge

Canadian director Alexandre Trudeau journies to war-torn Darfur, to witness what's happening first-hand, and to give some explanation as to why the world seems unable, or unwilling, to help the people caught in this tragedy. more >

Saturday November 22 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC News Network

world trade centre

Toxic Legacy

On a sunny morning in September 2001, more than twenty seven hundred people died violently in events of unimaginable horror. Another killer was unleashed that day. A slow silent poison that now threatens thousands of lives. The toxic dust and gases created by the disintegrating towers. An enormous compression wave pushed through the streets and into buildings with the force of a hurricane. more >

Sunday September 7 at noon on CBC-TV & Thursday September 11 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC News Network

Hidden Lives

A three-part series looking at unique Canadian multicultural communities. more >

Wednesday March 19, March 26 & April 2, 2008 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network

Bionic Boys

Last Bannock Standing

The Bionic Bannock Boys, Cory Generoux, Preston Lacaine and Keon Francis are the biggest thing to hit aboriginal comedy on the prairies since the signing of the treaties. They've been writing and performing together for the past seven years. During that time they’ve seen many members come and go. But, when they found themselves down to three they decided to audition for the ‘funniest Indian out there.’ more >

Saturday February 23, 2008 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network

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Town At the Top of the World

This is the story of the dark and painful birth of Grise Fiord, North America’s northern most civilian community, The Town on Top of the World. more >

Wednesday January 2, 2008 at 10:00 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network

Winged Migration

Winged Migration

Filmmaker Jacques Perrin takes on his greatest challenge yet: exploring the mystery of birds in flight. Five teams of people (more than 450 people, including 17 pilots and 14 cinematographers) were necessary to follow a variety of bird migrations through forty countries and each of the seven continents. more >

Saturday December 29, 2007 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network

The Boy who Lost his Legs

The Boy Who Lost His Legs

Keaton Grassie was nine years old when a sudden, rare but deadly infection changed his life forever. It also changed the lives of his parents and younger brother. But Keaton is lucky to be alive. more >

Wednesday October 3, 2008 at 10:00 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network

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1 Day

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Interactive

Geologic Journey II

Take a trip around the world and back in time to discover its geologic hotspots.

darwin

Interactive

One Ocean

Watch video, make a pledge and play games in your own undersea biosphere.

Radio Documentaries

Ideas host Paul Kennedy

Ideas

Documentaries about contemporary thought.

And The Winner Is…

And The Winner Is…

Award-winning radio every week fresh from the winners-circle.

Michael Enright

The Sunday Edition

Michael Enright hosts a lively three-hour program of conversation, documentaries, and the best music on the radio.

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