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Last Car Standing pits the owners of extraordinarily lousy cars against each other in an escalating series of intense driving contests. In the space of each one hour show, we put five drivers through four high-impact elimination rounds until we’re left with the sole car-vivor. The stakes? The driver of the last car standing gets a $10,000 upgrade. Or, they can pass on the ten grand for a chance to compete in our playoff episode for a complete $50,000 automotive resurrection! And for the losers? Each eliminated beater will get impaled in front of its owner’s eyes on our massive Spike of Shame.
 

Prank Science is a highly entertaining street-level gag show that lures unsuspecting people into hilarious, never-before-seen pranks – all in the name of science. Each half-hour episode of this 13-part original series takes to the streets to pull off several new prank experiments. But unlike other gag shows, every Prank Science trick reveals unexpected and water-cooler-worthy scientific facts and theories. It’s an addictive one-two punch of strange science and riveting practical jokes! Whether it’s exploring the world’s strongest superglue or testing human psychology by seeing exactly how much abuse people will put up with at the hands of an authority figure…Prank Science takes practical jokes to a new extreme!
 

Real Stories is back to examine the truth behind more well-known Hollywood movies.   This season examines the surprising facts behind True Grit, Apollo 13, Close Encounters, Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart and Master and Commander.  With thorough journalism and forensic tests, we get new insights into these blockbuster feature films.
 

Redemption Inc. is a business meets documentary show where a group of ex-offenders are given an opportunity of a lifetime – to set up their own business under the guidance of Dragon’s Den headliner and multi-millionaire businessman Kevin O’Leary. Kevin believes many ex-criminals have the entrepreneurial skills to succeed in business and he’s willing to invest $100,000 in the one who can prove it. But Kevin’s personal investment must be earned – this is not a handout charity scheme. The process will take its course through a series of tough and revealing challenges and tasks. Over a transformative eight episodes every participant will experience a life-changing journey and ultimately a single ‘winner’ will emerge. That ex-offender will walk away with Kevin’s financial backing and an amazing new opportunity to run their own business.
 

The Real Superhumans is a groundbreaking feature length documentary that reveals the amazing stories of real people with extraordinary super powers. Who are these “super humans”? In Switzerland, a young woman who combines senses so she can taste and see music; In Turkey, a painter who is compared with Renaissance Master Brunelleschi – despite being born without eyes. In the Netherlands, a man with an unexplained power to withstand extreme cold.

Writ large like a comic book, The Real Superhumans delves into each of these amazing characters’ stories. Each one give us a glimpse into what we may all be like in the future – the very near future. There are those who say that the human species will be radically different not in thousands of years or even hundreds – but in our lifetime! The Real Superhumans talks to the world’s leading geneticists, biologists, futurists, inventors and evolutionary scientists about the importance of this moment in history and how the decisions we make right now will affect our future forever.

The documentary was showcased at the World Congress of Science Producers in New York in November 2008, and won the ‘Best Canadian Programme Award’ at Banff that same year.
 

Secret Life Of...is a cheeky and provocative  biography series that deliciously dishes dirt on icons of the past. Think Napoleon, Catherine the Great, and Casanova. Then take the visual appeal of Entertainment Tonight, throw in a little Monty Python humour, and subject it all to rigorous historical accuracy. The result? A rare glimpse into the world of the rich, famous and scandalous. Did Henry VIII really please all those wives? Did Napoleon come up short in more ways than one? And how did Marie Antoinette navigate her way to the bathroom?