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30 Greatest Moments: Adele celebrates her triumphant return to the spotlight by counting down the megastar’s top 30 moments since she first burst onto the scene and captured our hearts in 2008.

Documentary | 93 min

30 Greatest Moments: Adele

Sophie Willan’s candid and heartfelt comedy about a working class woman dreaming big in a small town – and finally putting herself front and centre.

Comedy | 1 season

Alma's Not Normal

Your 20s can be tricky, especially when you’re Anne. But if she can navigate her turbulent love life and balance girlfriends, friends, and career, she might be able to master adulthood.

Coming of age | 2 seasons

Anne+

The feature-length documentary Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age by Léa Clermont-Dion and Guylaine Maroist plunges us into the vortex of online misogyny and documents hatred towards women. This bleak opus, reminiscent of a psychological thriller, follows four women across two continents: former President of the Italian parliament Laura Boldrini, former Democratic representative Kiah Morris, French actor and YouTuber Marion Séclin, and Donna Zuckerberg, a specialist in online violence against women and the sister of Facebook’s founder. This tour de force reveals the devastating effects such unapologetic hatred has on victims, and brings to light the singular objective of cyber-misogyny: to silence women who shine. Some targets of cyber-violence will crumble under the crystallizing force of the click. Others, proud warriors, will stand tall and refuse to be silenced.

Documentary | 78 min

Backlash: Misogyny in The Digital Age

Bangla Surf Girls takes us into the heart of Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, where young girls join a local surf club and dare to dream of freedom.

Documentary | 52 min

Bangla Surf Girls

A subversive all-female ensemble, that features some of Canada's best sketch comedians as they take aim right down the barrel of contemporary social trends and office politics.

Sketch | 5 seasons

Baroness Von Sketch Show

Young police detective Anita is forced to leave Reykjavik for her hometown situated in Iceland's black sands. When the body of a woman is found, she finds herself on a dark journey into her own past.

Crime and Police | 1 season

Black Sands

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.

Specials | 66 min

Buffy Sainte-Marie Starwalker

A moving, intimate, funny, and true-to-life look at the colourful stories of midwifery and families in East London in the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth.

Period drama | 11 seasons

Call the Midwife

Host Andi Petrillo sits down with Shireen Ahemed, Signa Butler, and Anastasia Bucsis to discuss the state of women's sport in Canada, on International Women's Day.

Interview and talk-show | 38 min

CBC Sports: International Women's Day in 2023

Tracey Gordon is a 24-year-old religious Beyoncé-obsessed virgin. Growing up through the church, with her strict preacher Mother, she has ended up rather 'underdeveloped' in certain areas - but Tracey wants more. We follow Tracey as she embarks on her journey into adulthood, crashing her way through what she should and shouldn’t be doing.

Chewing Gum

The Coroner is a one-hour character procedural about a female coroner who investigates suspicious deaths.

Medical | 4 seasons

Coroner

Da Kink in my Hair centres on Letty’s, a salon in Toronto's Caribbean community. The kind of neighbourhood place where women go to let their hair down in more ways than one. Life's big events - love, marriage, divorce, births, death - send clients into the salon, where they end up in the capable hands of the smart, juicy owner.

Comedy | 2 seasons

Da Kink in My Hair

Three young female activists in Hong Kong, Chile, and Uganda cope with the staggering personal impacts of their activism.

Documentary | 89 min

Dear Future Children

Diggstown follows Marcie Diggs, a star corporate lawyer who reconsiders her priorities after her beloved aunt commits suicide following a malicious prosecution. The team of lawyers that Marcie works with are a curious band of do-gooders, cynics and scrappers - messy souls struggling to keep personal disappointment and demons out of their practice. They work directly in the community to find justice for their diverse clients, exploring issues of racism, poverty and gender bias.

Procedural | 4 seasons

Diggstown

Teenage best friends Zoe and Becca set out to build their own fake ID empire, but when business starts booming, their life of crime gets way too real.

Coming of age | Season 1

Fakes

As the Taliban nears Kabul, 20-year-old Fatima’s life changes before her eyes. Unable to leave home, she turns to her phone and confides in an Afghan friend in Canada.

Documentary | 20 min

Fatima in Kabul

The story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is told through compelling, never-before-seen footage, in this intimate documentary from Swedish director Nathan Grossman.

Documentary | 1 episode

I am Greta

The lives of 25-year-old Jean Jones and her multi-generational, middle-class Jamaican-American family of strong-minded, stubborn yet loving women, come to an arresting stop when an estranged grandfather dies on the doorstep of the family’s brownstone during a Sunday dinner. Tensions rise and old conflicts come to a boil as Jean uncovers the family’s buried secrets. The Jones women face their divorces, infidelities, and past transgressions, while Jean faces the tough truths of her failing career and her crippling ability to move on from a past relationship to the love staring her right in the face.

Comedy | 87 min

Jean of the Joneses

Three successful Chinese women in their mid 20s and 30s, battle against the immense pressure to marry young and avoid being labeled `leftover women'.

Documentary | 88 min

Leftover Women

Created and hosted by Grammy-nominated artist Lido Pimienta, LIDO TV is a variety show filled with unhinged sketches, interviews, music and documentaries that cover timely topics with humour and heart.

Lido TV

Returning to work after maternity leave, Maryam, Catherine and Helen face the challenges of balancing motherhood with being doctors in an over-stretched, post-Covid healthcare system.

Medical | 1 season

Maternal

The story of iconic writer, poet, actress and activist Dr. Maya Angelou, whose life intersected with some of the most defining moments in America's recent history.

Documentary | 114 min

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Two midwives, one Buddhist and one Muslim, defy strict ethnic divisions to work side by side in a makeshift clinic in western Myanmar, providing medical services to the Rohingya of Rakhine State.

Documentary | 92 min

Midwives

An exciting new Mandarin-language version of Australia's Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, that follows the unlikely detective duo - Miss S and Inspector Luo Qiuheng- who solve cases in 1930s Shanghai.

Drama | 1 season

Miss S

What does it mean to be a modern-day Mohawk woman? Mohawk Girls is a half-hour dramatic comedy about four young women trying to figure out the answer. But with their parents, friends, community, and even their garbage man having an opinion, it’s an impossible task.

Comedy | 5 seasons

Mohawk Girls

Joanna, a young aspiring writer lands a day job at J.D. Salinger’s literary agency. While her old-fashioned boss Margaret assigns her to answer fan mail, Joanna struggles to find her own voice.

Period drama | 101 min

My Salinger Year

Over the years, Pamela Anderson’s story has seemingly been told by everyone but herself. Now, she’s taking back authorship of her life. She sat down with Tom Power to share her story in her own words.

Interview and talk-show | 34 min

Pamela Anderson on Q with Tom Power

PEN15 is middle school as it really happened, in all its R-rated glory. Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle star, playing younger versions of themselves as awkward 7th grade outcasts, surrounded by actual 13-year-olds. Set in 2001, Maya and Anna face the trials and tribulations of middle school. From boys to school dances to overbearing parents. Where the best day of your life can turn into your worst with the stroke of a gel pen.

Dark Comedy | 2 seasons

PEN15

The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary.

Documentary | 101 min

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

This action-packed series follows Guns and Gangs detective, Samantha (MacNeill) and Narcotics detective, Kelly (Moore), who by day are true action heroes in their own particular way.

Dark Comedy | 3 seasons

Pretty Hard Cases

Real Blackity Talk is a docu-talk show that shines a spotlight on the perspectives and experiences of Black women and non-binary Black folk in Canada, hosted by sisters Aiza and Kamana Ntibarikure.

Interview and talk-show | 1 season

Real Blackity Talk

Revenge of the Black Best Friend follows Dr. Toni Shakur, a self-help guru whose mission is to cancel the entertainment industry’s reliance on token Black characters…before she gets cancelled herself.

Revenge of the Black Best Friend

In an alternate 1995, a mysterious disease has wiped out all of the adults. In this new age, two gangs are pitted against each other in a brutal war for territory, resources and survival.

Drama | 82 min

Riot Girls

Leigh Shaw (Elizabeth Olsen) life is upended in the wake of her husband’s unexpected death, and is forced to realize that there was a lot she didn’t know about her husband.

Drama | Season 2

Sorry for Your Loss

Meet Lauren. Her life’s a little chaotic. She’s a busy Lawyer, freshly divorced, and a mother of two slightly insane children. Oh, and she’s having lots of casual sex too.

Spreadsheet

THE BOOK OF NEGROES is a six-part miniseries that follows the harrowing journey of Aminata Diallo and her return home after being forced into slavery as a child.

The Book of Negroes

The Changemakers explores the biographies of women whose courage and tenacity 100 years ago shaped the political life and future of this nation

Documentary | 53 min

The Changemakers

The Conductor follows Marin Alsop on her journey from student to conductor, delving into the struggles women face in music.

Documentary | 60 min

The Conductor

THE FALL examines the lives of two hunters: one a serial killer that stalks his victims (Jamie Dornan) and the other a high-powered detective superintendent brought in to catch him (Gillian Anderson).

Drama | Season 1

The Fall

A cyclist is just two races away from winning the World Cup before a doping scandal threatens to derail her career.

Drama | 108 min

The Little Queen (La Petite Reine)

The Witches of the Orient tells the tale of the Japanese women’s volleyball team’s thrilling rise, unbelievable 258 games winning streak, and eventual Olympic gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Documentary | 100 min

The Witches of the Orient

This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary story-teller examines her life, her works and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career.

Documentary | 121 min

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

A young reclusive singer/songwriter is discovered online and invited to join a mysterious, high-pressure music production team that creates hits for superstars.

Topline

Created by Lena Waithe, Twenties follows a queer Black woman, Hattie, and her two straight best friends as they chase their dreams and figure out life, love and the professional world.

Twenties

A dramatic comedy set in Toronto, virgins! follows the lives of four 20-something year-old women who are too modest for the big city, and too provocative for the East-African homes they come from.

virgins!

Can women have it all? Some days yes and some days… not so much. Workin’ Moms follows the loves, careers, and friendships of four 30-something urban moms.

Sitcom | 7 seasons

Workin' Moms

Betrayal. Power. Revenge. Pleasure has a price.

Period drama | 1 season

Harlots

Comedy | 88 min

Lucky Grandma

The Chinese Canadian experience through small-town food.

Documentary | 1 season

House Special

The secret language of sisterhood and the desire to protect.

Documentary | 87 min

Hidden Letters

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