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It’s the great Canadian book debate! Five champions choose books by Canadian writers that they believe the entire country should read. After four days of debate, one book is named the winner.

Education | 8 seasons

Canada Reads

Sam Smith made a name for themself with devastating songs about love and loss in 2014. Now they’re trying something new: focusing on joy. Smith joined Tom Power to talk about their new album Gloria.

Specials | 32 min

Sam Smith on Q with Tom Power

Ring in the new year with CBC and Rick Mercer, featuring performances from Devon Cole, JJ Wilde, OKAY TK, Vincent Valliers, Chad Price, Savannah Re, Kardinal, James Barker Band, and Leela Gilday.

Specials | 47 min

Canada's New Year's Eve: Countdown to 2023

Award-winning comedian and actor Lee Mack hosts from London’s Royal Albert Hall. The star-studded extravaganza includes performances from Nile Rodgers & Chic, George Ezra, Ellie Goulding and more.

Specials | 112 min

Royal Variety Performance Gala (2022)

CBC News Chief Political Correspondent Rosemary Barton sits down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a year-end interview.

Specials | 22 min

A Year-End Interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (2022)

Canada’s best figure skaters take to the ice in the annual uplifting and entertaining Stars On Ice skating show.
4-time World Champion, Kurt Browning and 3-time World Champion and 2-time Olympic Silver medalist Elvis Stojko lead a world class cast including World Bronze medalists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, and Olympic medallist Katelyn Osmond, as they perform show stopping numbers in front of a full house.

Specials | 45 min

Stars On Ice 2022

It's Christmas at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, but not everyone's feeling festive. Paul O'Grady helps a lonely beagle and comforts a Patterdale Terrier cross who needs a serious operation.

Specials | 23 min

Paul O'Grady for the Love of Dogs at Christmas (2021)

The Scotiabank Giller Gala celebrates the very best of Canadian fiction with a prestigious grand 100K prize delivered by hosts Rupi Kaur and Sarah Gadon during a glamorous live event.

Award shows | 58 min

Scotiabank Giller Prize (2022)

A musical tribute to musician, visual artist, human rights activist, Truth and Reconciliation educator, and Oscar-winning composer Buffy Sainte-Marie featuring performers inspired by her life’s work, including Crystal Shawanda, Leela Gilday, Logan Staats, Marie-Mai, Sarah Midanik, ShoShona Kish, Tom Jackson, William Prince, and Jeremy Dutcher.

Concerts and performances | 66 min

Buffy Sainte-Marie Starwalker

Live from Ottawa, Adrienne Arsenault hosts special coverage of the events to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, including a commemorative program honouring residential school survivors, their families, and their communities.

Specials | 120 min

National Day for Truth & Reconciliation

COME TOWARD THE FIRE is an Indigenous-led celebration of creativity, brilliance, culture, and community. It showcases the voices of artists, speakers, and dance groups from Musqueam and Indigenous nations across Turtle Island.

Specials | 43 min

Come Toward the Fire

Join chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault for a CBC News special covering the funeral of Queen Elizabeth the Second.

News | 120 min

CBC News Special: Funeral for Queen Elizabeth II

Alicia Keys takes the stage at the sumptuous Ace Hotel Theatre in downtown Los Angeles for an unforgettable evening of music and storytelling.

Specials | 55 min

Alicia Keys Live In L.A.

FreeUp! is the annual youth-led celebration of Emancipation Day featuring music, theatre, spoken word, and dance, hosted by Ngozi Paul, featuring Jully Black, and co-produced with CBC ARTS.

Specials | 2 episodes

FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2022

In documentary style, the Indspire awards honours Inuit, Métis, and First Nations peoples who are inspiring change and progress in their communities.

Specials | 48 min

Indspire Awards 2022

An insightful livestream discussion with award-winning filmmakers Danis Goulet (Night Raiders) and Tracey Deer (Beans), hosted by Adam Garnet Jones.

Specials | 87 min

National Canadian Film Day: Celebrating Indigenous Voices

Stylish and shockingly relevant, this 2 part documentary series brings the 1960's protest movement in Quebec and the radical FLQ militants who defined it, to life. Revolutionary moments ripped from the CBC archives along with first-person accounts, reveal a fight for social justice that crossed a line to bombs, kidnapping, and murder.

News | 1 season

How to Start a Revolution

Specials | 3 episodes

Local Specials

CBC’s new documentary program gets to the heart of current affairs and social issues that matter to Canadians. With unique and often unexpected access, these stories will ignite discussions.

Current Affairs | 5 seasons

CBC Docs POV

In the wake of an inquest into the mysterious deaths of seven First Nations high school students in Thunder Bay, Ont., Tanya Talaga examines what — if anything — has changed since they died.

Specials | 44 min

Mashkawi-Manidoo Bimaadiziwin Spirit to Soar (Anishinaabemowin version)

Hosted by Ngozi Paul, and featuring talented artists like Haviah Mighty, Michie Mee, d'bi.young anitafrika, and more, FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2021 is a youth-led celebration.

Specials | 180 min

FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2021

Ittetsu Nemoto, a former punk-turned-Buddhist-priest in Japan, has made a career out of helping suicidal people find reasons to live. But this work has come at the cost of his own family and health.

The Departure

Tokyo Idols explores a cultural Japan's fascination with girl bands, delving into the cultural obsession with young female sexuality and the disconnect between men and women in modern societies.

Specials | 89 min

Tokyo Idols

Emerging from years in isolation to an enraptured crowd, transgender musical genius Beverly Glenn-Copeland finally finds his place in the world.

Specials | 60 min

Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story

The story of Ted Ngoy, a Cambodian refugee who arrived in Los Angeles in 1975 and changed everything we know about America’s favorite pastry, the donut.

Current Affairs | 99 min

The Donut King

The unlikeliest of friendships are forged on opposite sides of the world, in the wake of a massive natural disaster in Japan.

Lost & Found

An intimate look at Prince William's global mission to champion action for the natural world and celebrate the pioneering work of local heroes.

Prince William: A Planet For Us All

A Halifax accountant with a penchant for precision immerses himself in the ancient art of sacred geometry. With a sweet sense of humour, Bert shares how his meticulous drawings helped him to heal.

Specials | 12 min

The Artistic Accountant

The hues of life swirl around us every day, but it takes an artist's eye to decode them. In this evocative short film, writers Charles Demers, Chelene Knight and Shazia Hafiz Ramji take us on a dreamy journey through ROYGBIV, sorting memories into the spectrum.

Specials | 13 min

Colour Study

CBC Music First Play Live brings you Canadian music like you’ve never seen it before – featuring intimate and exclusive performances from emerging and established Canadian acts.

Specials | 1 season

CBC Music: First Play Live

Balletlujah is a film that celebrates the music of one of Canada`s most iconic artists, K.D. Lang, and follows the creation of a ballet based on her work. Framed by intimate and revealing interviews woven through spectacular dance performance, Balletlujah explores the emerging friendship and spiritual connection shared by K.D. Lang and Alberta Ballet Artistic Director Jean Grand-Maître, as they collaborate on the creation of a great new Canadian artistic endeavour.  Sure to be the definitive K.D. Lang documentary, Balletlujah reveals K.D. Lang as you’ve never seen or heard her: raw, unguarded, funny, emotional, and above all else, a true Canadian artist worthy of celebration.

Balletlujah

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