Family Secrets (Canadian TV series)

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Family Secrets is a television documentary series which premiered in February 2003, created and produced by Maureen Judge. [1]

The 30 minute episodes featured raw, compelling and honest accounts of the impact of secrets on families and their lives. The show used a mix of fly-on-the-wall style observational scenes, informal interviews, home movies, and other material. Each episode features a different family, taking viewers on an intensely personal, humorously nervous and emotionally moving journey into the private world of family relationships. [2]

The series aired on W Network.

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References

  1. "A dose of real TV: Family Secrets". Hamilton Spectator , March 8, 2004.
  2. "Shedding some light on family secrets". Ottawa Citizen , February 22, 2003.