Episodes

Foster Hewitt: The Birth of Hockey

He shoots, he scores! To celebrate a new season of Hockey Night in Canada, Rewind celebrates half a century of legendary hockey commentator Foster Hewitt....

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Margaret Atwood: A Portrait

A portrait of one of our foremost Canadian writers: Margaret Atwood. Atwood's brilliant mind, caustic tongue and wicked sense of humour, coupled with her prolific...

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Ben Johnson: A Hero Disgraced

A look back at a defining moment in Canadian sports: the Ben Johnson drug scandal.  Twenty-five years ago, Johnson won gold with a world record...

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The Birth of TIFF

It's always been tough to make movies in Canada. The filmmaker Paul Donovan once said that making a movie in Canada is like climbing Mount Everest...

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Rewind Goes Back to School

 Rewind starts a new season by going back to school. Michael Enright celebrates teachers and students, chalkboards and laptops, shiny new pencils and smart phones....

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Stompin' Tom Connors

An hour of Stompin' Tom Connors. The beloved troubadour died last March. Rewind presents songs and stories.  You can listen to the show right here.And...

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Betty Friedan

Rewind marks the 50th anniversary of a book that ignited the women's movement of the 1960's and 70s- Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, with interviews...

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Rita MacNeil

The beloved singer Rita MacNeil died in April. What a lot of people might not know is that she got her start writing and singing...

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Bill McNeil

A portrait of the longtime CBC broadcaster Bill McNeil. His work on the programs Assignment and Voice of the Pioneer made him a household name...

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Space Travel Predictions

A look at space predictions through the ages with the help of Bob McDonald, host of Quirks & Quarks and guest host Jeff Goodes. Rewind...

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