Keeping Canada Alive

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Keeping Canada Alive
Genre docu-drama
Country of origin Canada
No. of episodes6
Production
Producer Force Four Entertainment
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original releaseOctober 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) 
present

Keeping Canada Alive is a Canadian television documentary series, which premiered October 4, 2015 on CBC Television. [1]

Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, the six-episode series provides a view of Canada's health care system. [1] Over a 24-hour period in May 2015, production crews in 24 cities across Canada filmed the inner workings of hospitals and other medical facilities. [1] In addition to the six televised episodes, additional footage is available from the program's website. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 John Doyle, "John Doyle: CBC drama on Canada’s health-care system is scary and uplifting". The Globe and Mail , October 2, 2015.
  2. "Taking the pulse of health care", Winnipeg Free Press , October 3, 2015.