Plan B (2023 TV series)

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Plan B
Genre Time travel
Created by
  • Jean-François Asselin
  • Jacques Drolet
Based on Plan B  [ fr ]
Starring
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12
Production
Production companies
Original release
Network CBC
ReleaseFebruary 27, 2023 (2023-02-27) 
present (present)

Plan B is a Canadian television drama series, that premiered on CBC Television on February 27, 2023. [1] [2]

Contents

An adaptation of the French-language Quebec series Plan B  [ fr ], which premiered on Ici Radio-Canada Télé in 2017, the series is an anthology centred on a mysterious agency that allows people to travel back in time to change their lives, with each season telling a different self-contained story.

Premise

The first season follows Phillip, a man who is offered the opportunity to go back in time to make different choices in life to salvage his marriage to Evelyn (Karine Vanasse) and his career after a major personal setback. [3]

The second season follows Mia Coleman, a police officer who wants to change her actions after her intervention in a domestic dispute between Paul (Vincent Leclerc) and Keri (Sarah Booth) Whitman goes disastrously wrong. [4] The second season of the English series is adapted from the third, rather than the second, season of the French series, [5] and features two actors, Leclerc and Patrick Emmanuel Abellard as Mia's police partner, reprising the same roles they played in French. [6]

The third season, adapted from the second season of the original series, will star Carolina Bartczak as Abigail Walker, a prominent television host who approaches the agency after her daughter Lucy (Arianna Shannon) commits suicide. [7] The cast will also include Arnold Pinnock, Ennis Esmer, Jaeden Noel, Carolyn Taylor and Grace Lynn Kung.

Cast

Main (Season 1)

Main (Season 2)

Main (Season 3)

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast releasedNetwork
1 6February 27, 2023 (2023-02-27)April 10, 2023 (2023-04-10) CBC
2 6August 10, 2024 (2024-08-10) CBC

Season 1 (2023)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [8] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [8]
11Episode 1 Maxime Giroux Teleplay by: Lynne Kamm & Jean-François Asselin
Story by: Bruce Smith
February 27, 2023 (2023-02-27)
22Episode 2Maxime GirouxTeleplay by: Lynne Kamm & Jean-François Asselin
Story by: Bruce Smith
March 6, 2023 (2023-03-06)
33Episode 3 Aisling Chin-Yee Lynne KammMarch 20, 2023 (2023-03-20)
44Episode 4Aisling Chin-YeeTeleplay by: Lynne Kamm & Jean-François Asselin
Story by: Bruce Smith
March 27, 2023 (2023-03-27)
55Episode 5Aisling Chin-YeeLynne KammApril 3, 2023 (2023-04-03)
66Episode 6Jean-François AsselinTeleplay by: Bruce Smith and Lynne Kamm & Jean-François Asselin & Jacques Drolet
Story by: Bruce Smith
April 10, 2023 (2023-04-10)

Season 2 (2024)

The second season was released in August 2024 to the CBC's streaming platform CBC Gem, although it is slated for linear television broadcast beginning October 7.

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [8] Directed byWritten byOriginal release date [8]
71Episode 1Jean-François AsselinStory by: Jean-François Asselin
Teleplay by: Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr
August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11)
82Episode 2Jean-François AsselinStory by: Jean-François Asselin
Teleplay by: Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr
August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11)
93Episode 3Jean-François AsselinStory by: Jean-François Asselin
Teleplay by: Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr
August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11)
104Episode 4Jean-François AsselinStory by: Jean-François Asselin
Teleplay by: Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr
August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11)
115Episode 5Jean-François AsselinStory by: Jean-François Asselin
Teleplay by: Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr
August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11)
126Episode 6Jean-François AsselinStory by: Jean-François Asselin
Teleplay by: Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr
August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11)

Production

Development

The series is produced by KOTV, directed by Jean-François Asselin, Aisling Chin-Yee, and Maxime Giroux. The English adaptation was written by Lynne Kamm; the co-creators of the original French-language series are Jean Francois Asselin and Jacques Drolet. [3] [9]

On September 22, 2023, CBC announced the second season of Plan B. [10]

Casting

In June 2022, the casting of Patrick J. Adams and Karine Vanasse in the lead roles was announced. [11] In August 2022, it was announced that François Arnaud, Josh Close and Troian Bellisario would be joining the cast in undisclosed roles. [9]

Broadcast

International distribution rights to the series have been acquired by Seven.One Studios through Red Arrow Studios International. [12]

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