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BBC First to air original series Griff’s Canadian Adventure


TORONTO — Blue Ant Media announced yesterday BBC First’s new original series Griff’s Canadian Adventure, featuring Welsh comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones (above), will have its Canadian broadcast premiere Thursday, April 21 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT exclusively on BBC First. The series, spread over six, 60 minutes, episodes, follows Rhys Jones as he travels across Canada and immerses himself in Canadian culture, explains a press release. “Through mountain ranges and vast prairies to glittering cities and remote Arctic towns, the series explores how history has shaped Canada; uncovering what makes each province so tantalizingly unique, yet distinctly...