TORONTO — With most of its new fall programming scheduled to debut in October, Blue Ant Media today announced it has secured exclusive world and Canadian premieres across its channels, including T+E, Makeful, Cottage Life, Love Nature, BBC Earth, and Smithsonian Channel Canada.
“This fall, Blue Ant Media has a fully loaded lineup of new, passion-focused shows, exclusive premieres and big-name stars to entertain and excite our audiences,” said Jamie Schouela, president of Canadian media at Blue Ant Media, in the company’s news release. “Whether Canadians are looking for their paranormal fix, DIY crafting inspiration or longing to escape into the great outdoors, we have something for everyone to enjoy this season.”
As part of its Creep Week lineup this October, T+E will present three new haunting programs: Paranormal Captured (6 episodes x 60 minutes, Canadian broadcast premiere), featuring paranormal footage captured from around the world and analyzed by a panel of experts; Paranormal Night Shift (pictured, 13×60, Canadian broadcast premiere), which tells the stories of workers who say they have experienced paranormal encounters during their graveyard shift; and My Paranormal Nightmare (13×60, Canadian broadcast premiere, pictured), where eyewitnesses recount stories of paranormal encounters that have haunted them since childhood. Returning series include Strange Evidence (season three, 12×60, Canadian broadcast premiere), which promises to take audiences on a scary ride to the other side and back.
Over on Makeful, also premiering in October, continuing seasons of popular DIY programs include: The Great British Sewing Bee (season six, 10×60, Canadian broadcast premiere), which follows 12 amateur sewers as they compete to be named Britain’s Best Amateur Sewer; and The Repair Shop (season four, 30×60, Canadian broadcast premiere), where individuals bring their much loved, but broken, family treasures to Britain’s most skilled restoration experts with the hope they can breathe new life into them. Scheduled for December, The Great Pottery Throw Down (season three, 10×60, Canadian broadcast premiere) follows 12 British home potters as they strive to create intricate and imaginative work to be judged by a panel of experts in the pottery world.
On Cottage Life, series returning in October include: What on Earth? (season six, 9×60, Canadian broadcast premiere), which follows the world’s leading scientists, archaeologists and explorers as they examine some of the most bizarre and inexplicable imagery captured by satellites orbiting the Earth; and Unearthed (season four, 13×60, Canadian broadcast premiere), a series that decodes the mysteries of the world’s most iconic structures and monuments from ancient to present day.
As previously announced, Love Nature will present in November the new natural history series narrated by actor Ewan McGregor, Stormborn (3×60, world broadcast premiere). A Love Nature original commission, this three-part story-led series captures some of the world’s most hardy animal characters across Norway, Scotland and Iceland over one dramatic breeding year.
Meanwhile, on Smithsonian Channel Canada, the new series The Curious Life and Death of… (6×60, Canadian broadcast premiere) is scheduled to premiere in September. The series explores some of the most mysterious deaths of the last century, from ’90s icon Brittany Murphy to Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones and axe-murderess Lizzie Borden.
Finally in October, on BBC Earth, the new original series Animal Impossible (10×60, Canadian broadcast premiere) follows hosts Tim Warwood and Adam Gendle as they put well-known animal facts to the test to uncover the truth about the natural kingdom. Also new in October, Spy in the Wild (season two, 6×60, Canadian broadcast premiere) returns. Narrated by actor David Tennant, this unique documentary series gives viewers an undercover look at the animal world through the lens of cameras hidden in lifelike wild animal robots placed into the natural habitats of their living counterparts.
