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| Wonderfalls |
Mondays,
9 p.m. and 12 a.m. ET - Starting
October 4 |
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Jaye
Tyler (Montreal's Caroline Dhavernas) is a young underachiever
with a philosophy degree and a dead-end job at a Niagara Falls
gift shop. Her life is headed nowhere, until inanimate objects
begin speaking to her, offering cryptic messages that lead
her into the lives of others in need. Is Jaye losing her mind
– or getting guidance from a higher source? In its brief run
on network television last spring, Wonderfalls won
praise as one of the best new shows on the air. VisionTV presents
the complete run of this delightfully quirky series, including
nine never-before-aired episodes. [VisionTV
Premiere] |
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| Life
Begins |
Mondays,
8 p.m. and 1 a.m. ET - Starting
November 29 |
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This
new series from Mike Bullen, creator of the smash Britcom
Cold Feet , stars Caroline Quentin ( Blue Murder
, Men Behaving Badly ) as a happily married
woman whose orderly world is thrown into disarray when she's
suddenly abandoned by her husband and forced to return to
the workforce. Alexander Armstrong and Claire Skinner ( Chef!
) also star. [North American Premiere]
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| RETURNING
SERIES: |
| McLeod’s
Daughters |
Fridays,
9 p.m. ET |
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This
award-winning series about two half-sisters (Lisa Chappell
and Bridie Carter) struggling to run a sprawling cattle
ranch is Australia's favourite homegrown drama series –
and one of VisionTV's most popular offerings. Season four
(beginning January 14, 2005) brings a major new cast member
(Simmone Jade Mackinnon) and a shocking development that
changes the lives of everyone at Drovers Run.
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| Blue
Dove |
Mondays,
8 p.m. and 1 a.m. ET - Starting
October 4 |
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Power.
Passion. Pottery. Just another day at the Blue Dove company.
Set in historic Stoke-on-Trent, home to England's famed
Staffordshire Potteries, this series follows the fortune
of the troubled Weston family, proprietors of Blue Dove.
Stars Pual Nichols ( EastEnders ) and Esther Hall
( Fat Friends ). |
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| Miracles |
Mondays,
9 p.m. and 12 a.m. ET - Starting
January 3, 2005 |
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Are
we all alone down here? Paul Callan has begun to think so.
But something is about to happen that will restore his faith.
This supernatural drama series stars Skeet Ulrich as an investigator
of miracles for the Catholic Church whose belief is beginning
to crumble, until he encounters the miraculous firsthand.
His experience launches him on a quest for answers – one that
may hold the key to preventing an apocalypse. [Encore
Presentation] |
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VisionTV's Cultural Diversity Drama Competition Winners :
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Last
year, the network launched its first Cultural Diversity
Drama Competition, offering three independent producers
the opportunity the opportunity to create hour-long
drama programs that reflect Canada's diversity of cultures.
This season, VisionTV viewers will get a first look
at the winning projects [World Premieres] :
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| Kink
in My Hair |
Tuesday,
10 p.m. ET - November 23 |
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Based
on Trey Anthony's hit play Da' Kink in My Hair ,
this comedic drama offers an intimate look into the lives
of the stylists and patrons at Novelette's hair salon, a popular
meeting place for Toronto's Caribbean community. The show
stars Sheryl Lee Ralph (Moesha),
and is directed by Tonya Lee Williams (star
of The Young and the Restless), who is also the Executive
Producer. |
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| St.
Jamestown |
Tuesday,
10 p.m. ET - October 12
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TV
producer James Orpheus has a hit show, a luxury condo and
all the money he never had growing up in Toronto's St. Jamestown.
But when he learns of the death of his mentor, the founder
of a media program for the area's disadvantaged youth, James
returns to the neighbourhood community centre as Media Arts
Teacher, a decision that will change his life – and the lives
of local youngsters. |
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| Hotel
Babylon |
Tuesday,
10 p.m. ET -
January 25, 2005 |
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This
imaginative ensemble drama focuses on a group of new Canadians
who work at menial jobs in and around a downtown hotel. Formerly
skilled professionals in their homelands, they become an unlikely
band of sleuths, using expertise from their previous careers
to solve crimes that threaten people in their communities.
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| Note:Air
dates and times may be subject to change |
