The Skinny Dip | |
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Genre | Travel and adventure |
Created by | Best Boy Entertainment |
Directed by | Christian Sparkes |
Presented by | Eve Kelly |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Ed Martin |
Producers | Ed Martin, Ken Pittman |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Travel + Escape |
Release | 9 July 2008 – 23 December 2009 |
The Skinny Dip is a half-hour-long Canadian travel and adventure television series hosted by Eve Kelly, [1] [2] and produced by Best Boy Entertainment. [3] The show premiered with two episodes aired together on July 9, 2008 EST on the Travel + Escape Canadian cable channel, [4] which commissioned six new episodes, that aired in October and December 2009. [5] All eight episodes are now available on Amazon Prime. [6]
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