documentary Channel

A Place of Tide and Time

In remote eastern Quebec, some fight to keep their small village alive while teenagers see exile as their only option.

Wed Nov 18 at 7pm ET

The Artists

Thurs Nov 19 at 7pm ET on documentary Channel

A look at the first three decades of video game history through the stories of the designers and programmers who laid the groundwork to redefine pop culture.

Fine Lines

Thursday November 19 at 9 pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

Personal stories that explore why some of the world's most elite mountain adventurers take life-threatening risks.

Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art

Sunday November 22 at 9 pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

A crime documentary about the largest art fraud in American history set in the super rich, super obsessed and superfast art world of New York.

Nahanni: River of Forgiveness

Thurs Nov 26 at 7pm ET on documentary Channel

Twelve Dene, men and women, unite to build a moose skin boat and ride it down the mighty Nahanni river.

Transformer

Sat Nov 28 at 9pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

From "white trash kid" to world record power lifter, Matt Kroczaleski faces the most challenging feat of strength yet: becoming a woman.

You’re Soaking In It

Sun Nov 29 at 9pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

Advertising as we once knew it is dead. Say hello to the age of big data. It is the price we pay for free internet?

Lovesick

Tues Dec 1 at 9pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

How do you find love when you're HIV+? One doctor finds a way -- by matchmaking her HIV+ patients.

Grass Roots in Dry Lands

Thurs Dec 3 at 7pm ET on documentary Channel

Set in Palestine, Israel and Jordan, Grassroots in Dry Lands reveals a unique human-rights-based approach to democratic change taking root in neighbourhoods across the region....

Cielo

Fri Dec 4 at 10:30pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

An exploration of the crazy beauty of the night sky in the Atacama Desert, one of the best places on our planet to explore and contemplate its splendour.

The Fence

Sunday December 6 at 9 pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

Two thousand Canadians suffered the longest incarceration anywhere in the Second World War, a bitter four-year period inside Japanese POW camps in Hong Kong and Japan.

Legends of the Deep

Three-part series @ 5pm ET Dec 7, 8 & 9 on documentary Channel

Céline and Fabien Cousteau dive deep to explore shipwrecks, strange scientific occurrences, and mysterious natural anomalies to solve some of the great ocena riddles of all time.

Quebec My Country Mon Pays

Tues Dec 8 at 9pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

Quebec My Country Mon Pays charts the aftermath of Quebec’s Quiet Revolution in the 1960s.

Cool Daddy

Wed Dec 9 at 7pm ET on documentary Channel

Chase, son of jazz singer Kenny Colman, tries his hand at singing in an attempt to reconcile with his ailing father.

Take Light

Thurs Dec 10 at 7pm ET on documentary Channel

Amid the tangled wires of Nigeria’s energy crisis, hope flickers in the stories of ordinary people connected by the grid.

What’s With The Jews?

Fri Dec 11 at 10:30pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

The stunning social, scientific and artistic accomplishments of the Jews raise an obvious question. How do they do it?

Design Canada

Sun Dec 13 at 9pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

Meet the graphic designers who transformed Canada from a colonial outpost to a vibrant and multicultural society.

WW2: Treasure Hunters

All Day Marathon Wednesday Dec 16 on documentary Channel

A military expert and a relic hunter are on a mission to unearth the truth about Britain's wartime past.

Saving Lives at Sea

All Day Marathon Friday Dec 18 on documentary Channel

Every day around the UK, an army of unpaid volunteers put their lives on the line to try and save complete strangers.

Secret Nazi Bases

All Day Marathon Monday Dec 21 on documentary Channel

Remnants of the Nazi’s schemes lie concealed in structures scattered across the globe. From tunnels to towers, artillery sites and communication centres; the remains of these schemes lie waiting to reveal truths about the Fuhrer’s tactics and dreams.

The Operatives

All Day Marathon Tues Dec 22 on documentary Channel

Eco warriors on a mission. Ex-military commandos bringing environmental criminals to justice.

Paramedics

New Year's Eve All Day Marathon Thursday Dec 31 on documentary Channel

Australia’s ambulance crews fight to save lives in a race against time. Cameras fitted to road ambulances and helicopters give unprecedented insight into the daily lives of these emergency service heroes.

Homicide: Hours to Kill

Mondays at 9 pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

A true-crime documentary series that follows determined investigators as they piece together events during the final 24 hours of a victim's life to reconstruct the timeline of the murder, unlock the motive, and identify the perpetrator.

I Am Steve McQueen

Tues Jan 5 at 9pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

The enthralling story of one of the biggest stars Hollywood has ever seen, and one of the most enduring tough guys to ever grace the silver scene.

Edwardian Britain in Colour

2 Parts back-to-back Wed Jan 6th at 9pm & 10pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

Black-and-white films of the era are colourized to bring Edwardian Britain back to life to offer a fascinating window on a vanished world.

Secrets of Survival

Fri Jan 8 at 10:30 pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

Canadian Malka Rosenbaum discovers she has a sister born in the Holocaust. German Juergen Ulloth finds out he has a different father, an American WW2 soldier. Follow their search, as they discover secrets hidden from them about their past.

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Sat Jan 9 at 9pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr, once known as the world's most beautiful woman, was a technological pioneer who also invented a covert communication system that's now the basis of secure WiFi.

The Cowboy

Tues Jan 12 at 9pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

The legend and history of the Cowboy as told by original interviews with on-screen and off-screen Western heroes, rare archival content, and over 100 years of classic Western films and television series.

Rise of the Nazis

3-part Series Wednesday's at 9pm ET/PM Jan 13, Jan 20 & Feb 3 on documentary Channel

This is the inside story of Hitler’s journey to power. How did a bombastic and ‘bohemian corporal’ travel from the fringes of German politics to become the all powerful Führer of Germany?

Losing Our Religion

Thurs Jan 14 at 7pm ET on documentary Channel

A feature length documentary about preachers who are not believers, and what atheists do when they miss church.

Shiners

Tues Jan 19 at 7pm ET on CBC

From the street shiners of New York City, to the masked ‘lustras’ of La Paz, Shiners travels the world to show you what it means to be a shoe shiner.

Toxic Beauty

Fri Jan 22 at 10:30pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

A whistle blower, her lawyer, world class scientists, cancer survivors and those who have lost their lives, strip a dominant pharmaceutical company of all credibility in this powerful documentary film, while exposing the hard truths about dangerous, unregulated chemicals and toxins in cosmetics and care products.

The Walrus and the Whistleblower

Sunday Jan 24 at 9pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

A whistleblower is sued for $1.5 million for plotting to steal a walrus and falls down the rabbit hole of a personal quest while calling for an end to marine mammal captivity.

Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz

Wed Jan 27 at 9pm ET/PT on documentary Channel

Ben Ferencz, age 98, is the last surviving Nuremberg trial prosecutor and he is on a life-long crusade in the fight for law not war.

The Guardians

Sun Jan 31 at 9pm ET/PT on CBC

A cautionary tale examining systemic abuse of elderly people in Las Vegas revealing the consequences of unchecked power.

"Despite all the bad things that happen, you’re actually in control of how you feel about it," says Tamara O'Brien. Watch the video.

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It's a tradition from Wynyard, Saskatchewan that goes back 40 years and still brings the town together every summer. Find out more.

Bianca Mercer shares her life story publically, but it comes at a personal cost. More.

Broadcast to an audience of 900 million, it was the beginning of an unhealthy relationship between terrorists and the media. More

‘Sometimes I have kept his place in my heart a secret rather than face people who simply can’t abide it.’ Read more.

Known as the 'sexy' Buddy Holly, Ontario's own Jeff Giles loves bringing audiences back to the music they grew up with. More

At only six feet above sea level, Kiribati is threatened by sea level rise and extreme weather

If you’re in trouble, you might just want an action film actor nearby. Seriously. More.

The homework struggle is real for moms in Nigeria where they have the added problem of no electricity.

A Place of Tide and Time