Check out the full list below of the film and television content coming to CBC Gem in November 2024.
The 2024 GILLER PRIZE CEREMONY recognizes the best in Canadian fiction on November 18 at 9 p.m. ET on CBC Gem
Acclaimed international series include the exclusive Canadian premieres of Nordic romantic comedy ALL AND EVA (Nov. 1); UK comedy-drama series CHEATERS (Nov. 8) about an unlikely one-night stand; Danish drama FAMILIES LIKE OURS (Nov. 22) from Oscar-winning director Thomas Vinterberg; and SPENT (Nov. 29), a comedy based on the post-modelling career struggles of creator and star Michelle de Swarte; along with the final seasons of THE BORGIAS (Nov. 1) and KILLING EVE (Nov. 15)
New documentaries include short LITTLE MISS SLEEPY (Nov. 26), documenting filmmaker Jenny Lee-Gilmore’s attempt to better understand her narcolepsy diagnosis, and The Passionate Eye presents inventive and whimsical ADRIANNE & THE CASTLE (Nov. 6), a true story of great love and loss; MY BROTHER, SOLEIMAN (Nov. 13), a haunting look at an inmate’s death in prison; and the exclusive Canadian premiere of YOUR FAT FRIEND (Nov. 27), exploring body image, diet culture and anti-fat bias through the life and work of Aubrey Gordon
GRAND DESIGNS TRANSFORMATIONS (Nov. 6), from the team behind fan-favourite lifestyle series Grand Designs, follows homeowners as they undertake ambitious DIY projects, and Jamie Oliver is back celebrating his favourite things – family, friends and food – with JAMIE OLIVER: TOGETHER (Nov. 20)
Canadian feature films include TEHRANTO (Nov. 1), a romantic comedy about two students from a divided Persian community; LIGNES DE FUITE (LINES OF ESCAPE) (Nov. 8), following three high school friends reuniting in their 30s; romantic drama STAY THE NIGHT (Nov. 22); and Canadian Screen Award-nominated drama RICHELIEU (Nov. 29)
The STREAM FOR THE HOLIDAYS collection includes specials from CHATEAU DIY (Nov. 1), THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW (Nov. 29) and Dame Mary Berry in MARY BERRY’S HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS (Nov. 22) while heartwarming holiday features CHRISTMAS CRUSH, FIXING UP CHRISTMAS, SAYING YES TO CHRISTMAS and A STORYBOOK CHRISTMAS arrive Nov. 15
New offerings for kids include new seasons of PEPPA PIG (Nov. 1) and CBC Kids original BESTEST DAY EVER WITH MY BEST FRIEND (Nov. 22), celebrating the relationship between kids and their pets
CBC Gem is Canada’s streaming service, offering more than 6500 hours of live and on-demand Canadian programming and a curated selection of acclaimed, best-in-class content from around the world, including more than 800 documentaries, 500 hours of ad-free content for kids and tweens, and a collection of over 200 Canadian feature films. CBC Gem is available free as an app for iOS and Android devices and online at CBCGem.ca, and on TV screens via Roku, Samsung, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, LG, Google Chromecast, Android TV and Xbox.
ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL SERIES
ALL AND EVA (6×60, Comedy/Drama, Warner Bros. International Television Sweden, Sweden and Denmark)
Begins streaming Friday, November 1
Exclusive Canadian Premiere
Forty-year old Eva doesn’t believe in love. After deciding to get pregnant, she goes to Copenhagen to find a sperm donor. Eva chooses an open donor who seems perfect. But, the night before the big insemination, she can’t help but question whether she made the right choice of donor. She decides to seek him out with a hidden agenda. He turns out to be normal, kind, and above all, not a psychopath. Eva returns home to Stockholm satisfied that everything went exactly according to plan. But the donor, Mads, can’t stop thinking about Eva and has completely different plans—unaware that he is the father of her unborn child. ALL AND EVA had its world premiere at Series Mania 2024 where it was nominated for Best Series. It was also nominated for Best Comedy Show and Best Actress (Tuva Novotny) at the 2024 Kristallen Awards, Sweden’s television awards, where it also won Best Supporting Role for Bengt Braskered.
CHEATERS (6×30, Comedy, Clerkenwell Films, UK) (Pictured)
Begins streaming Friday, November 8
Exclusive Canadian Premiere
A sexy, messy comedy-drama about morality, monogamy and everything in between. A chance meeting after a cancelled flight leads to an unlikely night of drunken airport-hotel sex between late-twenties strangers Fola and Josh. The next morning, as they rush to make the rescheduled flight, both admit they have partners back home. They agree their night of passion was a mistake and go their separate ways. But life gets messy when Josh arrives home to find out Fola is his new neighbour.
FAMILIES LIKE OURS (7×60, Drama, Zentropa, Denmark)
Begins streaming Friday, November 22
Exclusive Canadian Premiere
FAMILIES LIKE OURS is set in Denmark in a not-too-distant future, where the rising water levels can no longer be ignored and the country needs to be evacuated. As people disperse in all directions, they must bid farewell to what they love, what they know, and who they are. Slowly but steadily, everything changes. All property becomes worthless, all fortunes shift, and luck favours only a few. Those who can afford it travel to affluent countries while the less well-off depend on government-funded relocation to more challenging destinations. Families, friends, and loved ones are separated. Some will be overcome by hatred and division, while others will nurture love and foster new beginnings. Against this backdrop we meet Laura, a high school student in love for the first time and on the cusp of graduation. When news of the evacuation breaks, the course of Laura and her family’s lives are changed forever, and Laura is forced into the impossible dilemma of choosing between the three people she loves the most. FAMILIES LIKE OURS was created by Oscar winner Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round, The Hunt), and premiered this fall at the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals and BFI London Film Festival.
***** “the kind of series you don’t want to end”
Serena Seghedoni, Loud and Clear
SPENT (6×30, Comedy, Various Artists Ltd., UK)
Begins streaming Friday, November 29
Exclusive Canadian Premiere
High fashion, low funds. Model Mia may have a world class skincare regime but the catwalk queen’s career has crashed down to earth. Despite her humble beginnings, Mia has become accustomed to the finer things in life. Beautiful clothes, beautiful friends and an abundant bank balance. Unfortunately, Mia’s jet-set career has seriously stalled. The truth is, she’s bankrupt, pushing 40 and struggling to find somewhere to sleep. Now Mia is on the run, mainly from herself. She’s also realising that her friends and family come with their own complications. It’s not quite the champagne reception she was hoping for. Eventually, she’ll have to accept her new reality but until then, it’s going to be a little bumpy for Mia – and everyone in her orbit. Created by and starring Michelle de Swarte (The Baby, The Duchess).
THE BORGIAS Season 3 (10×60, Period Drama, Showtime Networks, Take 5 Productions and Octagon
Films, USA, Canada, Hungary and Ireland)
Begins streaming Friday, November 1
As a ruthless Pope Alexander clings desperately to power, he must rely on Cesare to exact revenge on his enemies and secure the family legacy. But Cesare is hell bent on his own ascension at any cost — leading to an epic father-son struggle with Lucrezia as the reluctant pawn.
KILLING EVE Season 4 (8×60, Drama, Sid Gentle Films, BBC America, Endeavor Content, UK)
Begins streaming Friday, November 15
Eve is on a revenge mission whilst Villanelle has embraced a new way of life in an attempt to prove she’s not a ‘monster’. Having killed Paul, Carolyn continues to chase down The Twelve. This season follows our extraordinary women, building towards a messy finale that will see Eve, Villanelle and Carolyn in very different places. This season is even more personal – and dangerous – than before.
DOCUMENTARIES
ADRIANNE & THE CASTLE (44min, directed by Shannon Walsh) Part of The Passionate Eye
Begins streaming Wednesday, November 6
Inventive and whimsical, ADRIANNE & THE CASTLE is a true story of great love and loss. Alan St-George is a mascot-maker and artist in rural Illinois who hand-made an ornate castle with his late wife Adrianne. Since her death in 2006, he continues to put the finishing touches on Havencrest Castle, which stands as a “temple” dedicated to their transcendent love, and the creation of a truly authentic life.
MY BROTHER, SOLEIMAN (44min, directed by Rendah Haj and Eric Pedicelli) Part of The Passionate Eye
Begins streaming Wednesday, November 13
Through haunting surveillance footage, Yusuf Faqiri discovers the unsettling reality of his brother’s death in prison.
LITTLE MISS SLEEPY (20min, directed by Jenny Lee-Gilmore, CBC Short Doc)
Begins streaming Tuesday, November 26
Diagnosed with narcolepsy at age 21, filmmaker Jenny Lee-Gilmore documents her participation in a scientific research study to help understand her diagnosis and raise awareness for the condition that currently has no known cure.
YOUR FAT FRIEND (96min, directed by Jeanie Finlay) Part of The Passionate Eye
Begins streaming Wednesday, November 27
Exclusive Canadian Premiere
Made over six years, acclaimed director Jeanie Finlay charts the rise of writer and activist Aubrey Gordon from anonymous blogger (Your Fat Friend) to NY Times best selling author and beloved podcaster. Aubrey’s aim? A paradigm shift in the way we see fat people and the fat on our own bodies. Her life changing work has brought her an ardent, international audience but also threats to her life. One of her biggest challenges is getting her parents to listen. YOUR FAT FRIEND is a film about fatness, family, the complexities of change and the deep, messy feelings we hold about our bodies.
LIFESTYLE
GRAND DESIGNS TRANSFORMATIONS (8×60, Lifestyle, Fremantle Australia, Australia)
Begins streaming Wednesday, November 6
Exclusive Canadian Premiere
New hosts Anthony Burke and Yasmine Ghoniem showcase the brand-new series of GRAND DESIGNS TRANSFORMATIONS, where Australia’s boldest and most inspired home renovators put their skills, finances and relationships to the test in their quest to create their perfect homes. Each episode follows the journeys of two sets of homeowners, transforming two very different projects in different parts of the country.
JAMIE OLIVER: TOGETHER (6×60, Lifestyle, Jamie Oliver Productions, UK)
Begins streaming Wednesday, November 20
Jamie’s back with another feel-good series celebrating his three favourite things: family, friends and food. In each recipe-packed episode he’ll invite us into the kitchen to serve up fun food for serious socialising, with deceptively simple dishes that will wow your friends without leaving you stuck in the kitchen while they’re catching up. Bringing together a whole range of fresh new ideas for the ultimate barbecue, the perfect picnic, a dynamite taco night, an inventive, laid-back brunch and a cracking curry night, Jamie has the mix-and-match recipes, tips and tricks to make any occasion go with a bang.
CANADIAN FEATURES
TEHRANTO (87min, Comedy/Romance, written and directed by Faran Moradi)
Begins streaming Friday, November 1
In Toronto, lively music and vibrant colours paint an unlikely love story when Badi and Sharon, two students with upbringings from a divided Persian community, accidentally fall in love.
LIGNES DE FUITE (LINES OF ESCAPE) (96min, Comedy/Drama, directed by Miryam Bouchard and Catherine Chabot)
Begins streaming Friday, November 8
Audrey, Sabina and Valérie have been friends since high school. If their paths have separated, they continue to write and speak to each other on occasion. The three women in their thirties meet at the opening of Sabine’s spouse in Montreal with their respective partners. Soon, tempers will flare and their friendship will be put to the test. Will they be able to recover from this emotional evening?
STAY THE NIGHT (94min, Romance/Drama, directed by Renuka Jeyapalan)
Begins streaming Friday, November 22
Reserved and very single Grace feels like an outcast, but when she meets Carter Stone, a professional athlete on the outs who has his own decision to make, she wonders if maybe Carter is the perfect solution to her problem.
RICHELIEU (90min, Drama, written and directed by Pier-Philippe Chevigny)
Begins streaming Friday, November 29
As an interpreter for seasonal migrant workers, Ariane must decide how far she is willing to go to speak out against injustice. Nominated for six 2023 Canadian Screen Awards including Best Motion Picture and Performance in a Leading Role (Ariane Castellanos).
STREAM FOR THE HOLIDAYS COLLECTION
CHATEAU DIY SEASON 5 CHRISTMAS SPECIALS (4×60)
Begins streaming Friday, November 1
Across four Christmas episodes, we continue to follow our favourite British families as they chase their French château dreams, and struggle to make their Christmas events and restorations a reality in time for the holiday season.
CHRISTMAS CRUSH (87min, Holiday/Romance, Canada)
Begins streaming Friday, November 15
When holiday fanatic Addie makes a Christmas wish for her next door neighbour Sam to fall in love with her, she’s not expecting anything to happen – and she definitely isn’t expecting the wish to go awry and cause her other neighbour, Pete to fall in love instead. When Pete’s romantic gestures grow more and more over-the-top, Addie recruits Sam to help. With Sam’s assistance, can Addie break the spell by Christmas? Or will she spend the rest of her life dealing with a love-lorn Pete?
FIXING UP CHRISTMAS (90min, Holiday/Romance, Canada)
Begins streaming Friday, November 15
The “fixer” of the party planning world, Holly Green, is hired to help a big architecture firm get ready for their annual Christmas party. With a big contract on the line for the firm, the party has to be perfect. But Holly gets more than she bargained for working alongside the company’s new CEO, Theo Pine, who thinks that the presentation they are giving is more important than Christmas.
SAYING YES TO CHRISTMAS (90min, Holiday/Romance, Canada)
Begins streaming Friday, November 15
A magical Christmas wish compels a career-oriented woman to say “yes” to every invitation while she’s home for the holidays. But when an old flame joins her busy roster of holiday plans and reignites past feelings, she must choose between her life in the city or her heart.
A STORYBOOK CHRISTMAS (90min, Holiday/Romance, Canada)
Begins streaming Friday, November 15
An event planner needs help in order to save her business and give her niece a happy Christmas. She finds a temporary live-in nanny, and in a surprising twist, she may have also found Christmas love.
MARY BERRY’S HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS (60min, Lifestyle, UK)
Begins streaming Friday, November 22
Much-loved home cook Dame Mary Berry (The Great British Baking Show) travels to her mother’s homeland, Scotland, for a magical winter break. Inspired by her own family holidays, she cooks up an array of sumptuous dishes. She’s joined by friends Andy Murray, Iain Stirling and Emeli Sandé to cook indulgent Christmas dishes that can be enjoyed anytime over the holidays.
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW SEASON 14 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (60min, Lifestyle, Love Productions, UK)
Begins streaming Friday, November 29
Paul and Prue are facing the Baker Ghosts of Christmas Past: Sophie from Season 8, Dan from Season 9, Amelia from Season 10, Linda from Season 11, George from Season 12 and Carole from Season 13. They’ll end their festive celebration with a performance from Citizens of the World Choir.
KIDS
PEPPA PIG Season 3 (26×5, Kids, Hasbro Entertainment and Karrot Animation, UK)
Begins streaming Friday, November 1
Peppa is a loveable, cheeky little piggy who lives with her little brother George, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig. Peppa’s favourite things include playing games, dressing up, days out and jumping in muddy puddles. Her adventures always end happily with loud snorts of laughter.
BESTEST DAY EVER WITH MY BEST FRIEND! (7×21, Kids, Lopii Productions, Canada)
Begins streaming Friday, November 22
BESTEST DAY EVER WITH MY BEST FRIEND is a show all about giving the perfect day to your pet. In every
episode, a proud pet owner brings their bestie to tell everyone how important they are and what makes them special. Whether furry, fuzzy, feathered, scaly or slimy, our host Lisette is always ready to give our guests of honour the Bestest Day Ever!
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