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TV Eh B Cs podcast 50 — Mike McPhaden what the Wizzle
Mike McPhaden is a TV writer based in Toronto best known for writing half-hour comedy for adults and kids alike.
Originally from Winnipeg, he got his start doing sketch and improv with the troupe Higher Than the Ground before heading off to train as an actor at York University.  After finding success as a playwright, he graduated from the CFC’s Prime Time TV Program and went on to write for YTV’s How to Be Indie, helmed by Vera Santamaria, John May and Suzanne Bolch. Other shows soon followed: Men With Brooms, Connor Undercover, Seed, Spun Out, Insecurity, Degrassi, as well as animated fare such as Rusty Rivets and Inspector Gadget.
Most recently he adapted two Gordon Korman novels into TV movies for YTV, This Can’t Be Happening at MacDonald Hall (co-written with Adam Barken) and The Wizzle War.
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History’s No. 1 series Vikings raids Wednesday nights beginning November 30
From a media release:
#Slay. HISTORY’s critically-acclaimed original series Vikings returns with all-new episodes to a new night and time, Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT beginning November 30. This fall, the riveting series welcomes Toronto Blue Jays’ third baseman and American League MVP Josh Donaldson, making his acting debut as Hoskuld, a Viking warrior. With more than 7.6 million Canadians* tuning in to the first half of Season 4 last spring, Vikings slayed the competition, earning top spot as the #1 Series across Specialty and remains HISTORY’s #1 Series of the year.**.
Earlier this season, a humiliated Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) disappeared after being defeated by his brother Rollo (Clive Standen) in a monumental battle in Paris. The series then took an enormous leap forward during the midseason finale, time-jumping to a new era in its characters’ lives. In the midseason premiere (Wednesday, November 30 at 9 p.m. ET/PT), Ragnar’s reappearance in Kattegat triggers a chain of events no one – except the Seer – could have ever imagined. He unexpectedly arrives home to see what has become of his sons, and to handle unfinished business in Wessex with King Ecbert (Linus Roache). Meanwhile, Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) plans a power play in Kattegat, and Bjorn (Alexander Ludwig) prepares to fulfill his long-held dream to explore the Mediterranean in a sleek new boat built for him by Floki (Gustaf Skarsgård).
This fall, fans can also delve into the next installments of the in-depth Real Vikings documentary series. First, Vikings creator Michael Hirst, actor Clive Standen, and a host of experts sort through historic accounts, Icelandic sagas and archaeological discoveries to gain insight into the real lives of Ragnar Lothbrok and his famous sons, Bjorn Ironside and Ivar the Boneless in Real Vikings: Ragnar and His Sons. Then, from shield maidens and sorceresses, to queens and slaves, Vikings stars Katheryn Winnick and Alyssa Sutherland join leading experts to reveal the different roles women played amongst Norse society in Real Vikings: Viking Women.
Fans can catch up on past seasons of Vikings on HISTORY.ca, HISTORY on Demand, HISTORY Go app, shomi, and iTunes.
Hirst serves as executive producer along with Morgan O’Sullivan of World 2000 (The Count of Monte Cristo, The Tudors), Sheila Hockin (The Tudors, Penny Dreadful), John Weber of Take 5 Productions (The Tudors, The Borgias), Sherry Marsh, Alan Gasmer and James Flynn (The Tudors, The Borgias).
Vikings is an international Canadian/Irish co-production by Take 5 Productions and World 2000. HISTORY broadcasts both domestically in Canada and the U.S. MGM Television is the worldwide distributor outside of Ireland and Canada. Vikings is produced in association with Corus Entertainment.
Link: Migrant Dreams: What Canadian TV is all about
From James Bawden:
Link: Migrant Dreams: What Canadian TV is all about
The new Canadian TV season really kicks off Wednesday night at 9 with the TVOntario premiere of Min Sook Lee’s brilliant and deeply disturbing documentary Migrant Dreams. It also debuts Thursday on tv.org. Got that? This is what Canadian TV is really all about at its best –the film challenges our basic conceptions about the kind of nation we live in.
This is what Canadian TV is really all about at its best—the film challenges our basic conceptions about the kind of nation we live in. And it shows the dark underbelly of racism that permits the exploitation of migrant works in such a way that robs them of their basic dignity. Continue reading.Â
Wild Archaeology is off to the Yukon and the Land of the Giants!
This week’s episode of Wild Archaeology opens with a short animation that tells the story of Ch’itahuukaii the traveler, who fixed the giant man-eating animals to the proper size in order to safeguard his people. Once again, traditional storytelling is the basis for exploration and this time Dr. Rudy, Jacob and Jenifer are off to the Yukon to learn about Mega Fauna.
On the way to the dig site, we stop in Whitehorse to visit with Dr. Grant Zazula, a palaeontologist at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. Here, Jacob and Jenifer get acquainted with the remains of some of the mega creatures, like the woolly mammoth that used to roam Beringia. Dr. Zazula describes Beringia as an Ice Age land bridge that was a vast ice plain extending from Siberia well into North America. We learn extractable DNA is able to survive in the permafrost for tens of thousands of years, allowing geneticists to study how animals have evolved over time.
Then we continue our journey, traveling along the dirt roads of the far north to White River First Nations and the “Little John” site. It is here that we meet Dr. Norm Easton. Dr. Easton explains that “the program we run here is an interdisciplinary, multifaceted program” … “our first priority is [working with the people of White River]. Archaeology is always secondary.”
After a brief tour of the site, Jacob and Jennifer are able to get their hands dirty. They learn how to use the Total Station and are also introduced to grid work. At last, they set to digging and Jenifer locates some more recent obsidian flakes. This week, however, it is Jacob who finds the oldest specimen. Sadly, it is mishandled, but lessons are learned, we hope! I guess we will find out if Jacob can make amends next week in Part 2 of this Yukon adventure !
I cannot tell you how much I am enjoying Wild Archaeology. There is so much information presented but in such an engaging way. I have been telling all of my teacher friends about this show and encouraging them to tell fellow educators. Right now, so many teachers are struggling to incorporate more Indigenous content in their classrooms, but lacking contacts in neighbouring communities, they have not yet figured out how to do so in a respectful manner. This is a great place to start!
Wild Archaeology airs Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. ET on APTN.
