| Plan B | |
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| Genre | Time travel |
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| Based on | Plan B |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
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| Original release | |
| Network | CBC |
| Release | February 27, 2023 – present |
Plan B is a Canadian television drama series, that premiered on CBC Television on February 27, 2023. [1] [2]
An adaptation of the French-language Quebec series Plan B , 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.
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 relationship with his girlfriend 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, stars Carolina Bartczak as Abigail Walker, a prominent television host who approaches the agency after her daughter Lucy (Arianna Shannon) commits suicide. [7] The cast also includes Arnold Pinnock, Ennis Esmer, Jaeden Noel, Carolyn Taylor and Grace Lynn Kung. The third season premiered August 8, 2025, on CBC Gem. [8]
| Season | Provider | Episodes | Originally released | Status | ||
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| First released | Last released | |||||
| 1 | CBC | 6 | February 27, 2023 | April 10, 2023 | Aired | |
| 2 | CBC Gem | 6 | August 10, 2024 | Released | ||
| 3 | 6 | August 8, 2025 | Released | |||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [9] | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate date [9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Episode 1 | Maxime Giroux | Teleplay by : Lynne Kamm & Jean-François Asselin Story by : Bruce Smith | February 27, 2023 |
| 2 | 2 | Episode 2 | Maxime Giroux | Teleplay by : Lynne Kamm & Jean-François Asselin Story by : Bruce Smith | March 6, 2023 |
| 3 | 3 | Episode 3 | Aisling Chin-Yee | Lynne Kamm | March 20, 2023 |
| 4 | 4 | Episode 4 | Aisling Chin-Yee | Teleplay by : Lynne Kamm & Jean-François Asselin Story by : Bruce Smith | March 27, 2023 |
| 5 | 5 | Episode 5 | Aisling Chin-Yee | Lynne Kamm | April 3, 2023 |
| 6 | 6 | Episode 6 | Jean-François Asselin | Teleplay by : Bruce Smith and Lynne Kamm & Jean-François Asselin & Jacques Drolet Story by : Bruce Smith | April 10, 2023 |
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 [9] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | Episode 1 | Jean-François Asselin | Story by : Jean-François Asselin Teleplay by : Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr | August 11, 2024 |
| 8 | 2 | Episode 2 | Jean-François Asselin | Story by : Jean-François Asselin Teleplay by : Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr | August 11, 2024 |
| 9 | 3 | Episode 3 | Jean-François Asselin | Story by : Jean-François Asselin Teleplay by : Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr | August 11, 2024 |
| 10 | 4 | Episode 4 | Jean-François Asselin | Story by : Jean-François Asselin Teleplay by : Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr | August 11, 2024 |
| 11 | 5 | Episode 5 | Jean-François Asselin | Story by : Jean-François Asselin Teleplay by : Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr | August 11, 2024 |
| 12 | 6 | Episode 6 | Jean-François Asselin | Story by : Jean-François Asselin Teleplay by : Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr | August 11, 2024 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [9] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | Episode 1 | Jean-François Asselin | Story by : Jean-François Asselin Teleplay by : Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr | August 8, 2025 |
| 14 | 2 | Episode 2 | Jean-François Asselin | Story by : Jean-François Asselin Teleplay by : Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr | August 8, 2025 |
| 15 | 3 | Episode 3 | Jean-François Asselin | Story by : Jean-François Asselin Teleplay by : Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr | August 8, 2025 |
| 16 | 4 | Episode 4 | Jean-François Asselin | Story by : Jean-François Asselin Teleplay by : Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr | August 8, 2025 |
| 17 | 5 | Episode 5 | Jean-François Asselin | Story by : Jean-François Asselin Teleplay by : Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr | August 8, 2025 |
| 18 | 6 | Episode 6 | Jean-François Asselin | Story by : Jean-François Asselin Teleplay by : Jean-François Asselin and Celeste Parr | August 8, 2025 |
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] [10]
On September 22, 2023, CBC announced the second season of Plan B. [11]
In June 2022, the casting of Patrick J. Adams and Karine Vanasse in the lead roles was announced. [12] In August 2022, it was announced that François Arnaud, Josh Close and Troian Bellisario would be joining the cast in undisclosed roles. [10]
International distribution rights to the series have been acquired by Seven.One Studios through Red Arrow Studios International. [13]
In August 2025, The Globe and Mail television critic J. Kelly Nestruck questioned why the CBC had invested money in creating a full English-language remake of the original French-language series, instead of simply distributing the original version on CBC Gem with subtitles, and investing in a new original production instead of a remake. [14]