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Doc Zone was a documentary series on CBC Television which showed both independently produced and in-house productions. [1] It was presented by the author, actor and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald.

The series started in 2006 and concluded in 2015, after CBC ended in-house documentary production, because of budget cuts. [2] It was replaced with Firsthand , a series which shows externally produced documentaries.

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