Radio / Television News

New CBC drama centres on best-selling Lisa Gabriele novel

TORONTO – CBC and Insight Productions are partnering on a new drama series based on the novel Tempting Faith DiNapoli by Canadian author Lisa Gabriele.Set in Windsor's Little Italy and the francophone enclave of Belle River, ON, Tempting Faith DiNapoli tells the story of what it means to grow up in a broke, blue-collar, loving, dysfunctional, God-fearing, yet increasingly faithless family.  After Nancy DiNapoli’s marriage falls apart and their immigrant community turns its back on the family, this scrappy single mother and her four unruly teens must start all over again.  Faith tries to keep it together, even while everything around her...