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Eureka! (Canadian TV Series)
This is a list of programs broadcast by TVO, an English-language provincial educational television station, operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario. Current programming Children's programming (TVOKids) Public affairs programming * '' The Agenda with Steve Paikin'' * Legislative Assembly of Ontario Question Period (from the Ontario Parliament Network) Cultural programming * '' Employable Me'' * ''Great Blue Wild'' (2019) * ''Human Plus'' * '' The Life-Sized City'' * ''National Geographic'' * '' NFB Shorts'' * ''Striking Balance'' * '' The Water Brothers'' Scripted programming Drama series * '' Heartbeat'' Movie presentations * ''Sunday Family Movie'' Former programming * '' Allan Gregg in Conversation with...'' * '' Almost Home'' * ''Ancient Civilizations'' * ''Antiques Roadshow'' * ''Art's Place'' * ''Arts Alive'' * ''The Ascent of Man'' * ''Blackadder'' * '' Borgen'' * '' Brilliant Creatures'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Ontario
The Government of Ontario () is the body responsible for the administration of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. The term ''Government of Ontario'' refers specifically to the executive—political Minister of the Crown, ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet/Executive Council), appointed on the Advice (constitutional law), advice of the premier, and the Nonpartisanship, non-partisan Ontario Civil service, Public Service (whom the Executive Council directs), who staff ministries and agencies to deliver government policies, programs, and services—which Corporate identity, corporately brands itself as the ''Government of Ontario'', or more formally, His Majesty's Government of Ontario (). Role of the Crown , as monarch of Canada is also the King in Right of Ontario. As a Commonwealth realm, the Canadian monarch is Personal union, shared with 14 other independent countries within the Commonwealth of Nations. Within Canada, the monarch exerci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borgen (TV Series)
''Borgen'' () is a Danish political drama television series. Adam Price is the co-writer and developer of the series, together with Jeppe Gjervig Gram and Tobias Lindholm. ''Borgen'' is produced by SAM Productions on behalf of DR, the Danish public broadcaster, which previously produced '' The Killing''. In Denmark, "Borgen" () is the informal name of Christiansborg Palace where all three branches of Danish government reside: the Parliament, the Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme Court, and is often used as a stand in term for the Danish Parliament (). The programme tells how, against all the odds, Birgitte Nyborg Christensen ( Sidse Babett Knudsen)—a minor centrist politician—becomes the first female prime minister of Denmark. Other main characters are Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Katrine Fønsmark, a TV1 news anchor; Pilou Asbæk as Kasper Juul, a spin doctor; Søren Malling as Torben Friis, news editor for TV1; Mikael Birkkjær as Birgitte's husband, Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Pennies
''Golden Pennies'' is an Australian-British television series which screened in 1985 on ABC and ITV. The series starred Carol Drinkwater and Bryan Marshall. The ten-part series centres on the Greenwood family as they seek to make their fortune in the Victorian goldfield town of Jericho in the 1850s. It was executively produced by Christopher Muir, written by Graeme Farmer and directed by Oscar Whitbread. Cast * Carol Drinkwater as Rebecca Greenwood * Bryan Marshall as Luke Greenwood * Gerard Kennedy as Uriah Lovejoy * Jason Donovan as Sean * Frank Wilson as Doc Slope References External links''Golden Pennies''at IMDb IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ...''Golden Pennies''at Australian Television British adventure television series 1985 British televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Globe Trekker
''Globe Trekker'' (sometimes called ''Pilot Guides'' in Australia, Spain and Thailand, and originally broadcast as ''Lonely Planet'') is a British adventure tourism television series produced by Pilot Productions. The British series was inspired by the Lonely Planet travelbooks and began airing in 1994. ''Globe Trekker'' is broadcast in over 40 countries across six continents. The programme won over 20 international awards, including six American Cable Ace awards. Program synopsis Each episode features a host, called a ''traveller'', who travels with a camera crew to a country/major city and experiences the sights, sounds, and culture that the location has to offer. Special episodes feature in-depth looks at beaches, apes, nature, road trips, Chinatown, trekking, sacred places, slave trade, piracy, volcanos, war, journeys, history, festivals, endangered places and food guides. DVDs of special interest also feature culture, nature and around the world collections. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full Circle With Michael Palin
''Full Circle with Michael Palin'' is a 10-part 1997 documentary television series, first broadcast on BBC One from 31 August to 9 November 1997. Presented by Michael Palin, ''Full Circle'' was the third of a series of programmes in which Palin made and documented lengthy journeys. The first was '' Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin'', a 7-part series first broadcast in 1989, and the second was '' Pole to Pole with Michael Palin'', an 8-part series first broadcast in 1992. The series documented a 245-day, 50,000-mile (80,000 km) trip taken by Palin and a film crew around the rim of the Pacific Ocean in 1995 and 1996, beginning on the Diomede Islands between Alaska and Russia in the Bering Strait. The intent was to make the full anti-clockwise trip around the Pacific Rim and end up back on the Diomede Islands, but due to rough weather, he was unable to actually set foot back on the Islands again at the end of his journey, bringing him within two miles of completi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourth Reading
''Fourth Reading'' was a weekly current events newsmagazine series in Canada, airing on TVOntario from 1992 to 2006.Bonnie Malleck, "Former CBC newscaster jumps ship to TVOntario". ''Waterloo Region Record'', October 2, 1992. History It was hosted by Steve Paikin. Its name derived from the parliamentary convention that a bill receives three readings in a legislative house before becoming law; media coverage would therefore constitute a "fourth reading". The show covered provincial politics in Ontario, and national political issues affecting the province, through news reportage, interviews and panel discussions. The show premiered in 1992, soon after Paikin joined the network as host of its flagship news series ''Between the Lines''. In 1994, ''Between the Lines'' was replaced with '' Studio 2'', although ''Fourth Reading'' continued to air; however, when ''Studio 2'' was replaced with ''The Agenda'' in 2006, ''Fourth Reading'' ceased to air as a standalone program, and was subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eco Engineering
Eco may refer to ecology or economics. It may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Eco'' (1987 video game), a 1987 life simulation game * Eco (2018 video game), a 2018 simulation game * "Eco" (song), a 2025 song by Joan Thiele * '' Emil Chronicle Online'', a 2005 Japanese MMO computer game * English Chamber Orchestra, based in London * Eco, a character in the ''Dragonar Academy'' light novel series * Eco, a fictional substance in the ''Jak and Daxter'' games * Eco, a character on the children's show ''The Shak'' Government and politics * Economic Cooperation Organization, an international organization * Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand * Environmental Commissioner of Ontario * European Communications Office Technology * .eco, a top-level domain for the Internet * eco - Association of the Internet Industry, the German Internet industry association * Ecosia, a web search engine * Elementary column operations, an operation perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dying At Grace
''Dying at Grace'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Allan King and released in 2003. The film profiles a group of patients in palliative care at Toronto Grace Health Centre in Toronto, Ontario, exploring their thoughts and feelings on their imminent deaths. The film premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival, then played at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Berlinale, Leipzig, Sydney, Singapore, Taipei, Prague, Phoenix, Vancouver, and Montreal film festivals. It was broadcast on television by TVOntario in February 2004. The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2003, and won the Donald Brittain Award for best television documentary on a social or political topic and best documentary film editing at the 19th Gemini Awards in 2004."Award show let laughter lead the way". ''Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, part of a humanoid species called Time Lords. The Doctor travels in the universe and in time using a time travelling Spacecraft, spaceship called the TARDIS, which externally appears as a British police box. While travelling, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating List of Doctor Who villains, foes. The Doctor usually travels with Companion (Doctor Who), companions. Beginning with William Hartnell, List of actors who have played the Doctor, fourteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; the most recent being Ncuti Gatwa, who portrayed the Fifteenth Doctor from 2023 to 2025. The transition between actors is written into the plot of the series with the Regeneration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplomatic Immunity With Steve Paikin
''Diplomatic Immunity'' was a weekly political analysis television show on TVOntario, which ran from 1998 until June 2006. Issues discussed reflected contemporary foreign affairs concerns including terrorism, Middle East affairs, and US politics, though potentially any issue of international significance was considered. It was hosted by Steve Paikin, who also co-created it, and featured regular guests and invited analysts. The show began as a weekly segment on the network's flagship news and public affairs series '' Studio 2'', before being spun off into a standalone series in 1998. Regular guests included: * Janice Stein, Director of the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. * Patrick Martin, a columnist and editor at ''The Globe and Mail'' * Richard Gwyn, a columnist at the ''Toronto Star'' * Lewis MacKenzie, a retired Major-General of the Canadian Forces * Eric Margolis, a columnist at the ''Toronto Sun'' and the Huffington Post Invited analys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Darling Buds Of May (TV Series)
''The Darling Buds of May'' is a British comedy drama television series, produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network, first broadcast between 7 April 1991 and 4 April 1993. The first six episodes of Series 1 and the first two of Series 2 are adaptations of the 1958 novel of the same name, and three of its four sequels, by H. E. Bates. The remaining episodes are original storylines based on the same format. Set in rural 1950s Kent, it follows the life of the Larkin family. It stars David Jason as "Pop" Larkin alongside Pam Ferris as "Ma" Larkin, with Catherine Zeta-Jones playing their eldest daughter Mariette, who marries tax inspector Cedric "Charley" Charlton, played by Philip Franks. A ratings success, it was Zeta-Jones's breakthrough role. Featuring a total of 20 episodes, it was broadcast as three series of six double-episode story lines in the spring of 1991, 1992 and 1993, plus two single-episode Christmas specials aired in 1991 and 1992. The title is from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Corporation (2003 Film)
''The Corporation'' is a 2003 Canadian documentary film written by University of British Columbia law professor Joel Bakan and filmmaker Harold Crooks, and directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott. The documentary examines the modern corporation. Bakan wrote the book ''The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power'' during the filming of the documentary. A sequel film, '' The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel'', was released in 2020. Synopsis The documentary shows the development of the contemporary business corporation, from a legal entity that originated as a government-chartered institution meant to affect specific public functions, to the rise of the modern commercial institution entitled to most of the legal rights of a person. The documentary concentrates mostly upon corporations in North America, especially in the United States. One theme is its assessment of corporate personhood, as a result of an 1886 case in the Supreme Court of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
